As Neowin had previously reported about the DTV switch on February 17, 2009, 491 stations will end broadcast of their analog signal today at 11:59pm. More stations are due to end their signal, up... More...

Update: Virgin has now updated its site with the full details on its 50mbps service here. Virgin Media is expected to unveil its 50Mbps broadband service at a press briefing this morning. It will be... More...

Cheers Bink for the heads up that Microsoft has notified him that they will release an emergency security patch later today. Thursday October 23rd, 17:00 GMT (That is 19:00 for GMT+1). All Microsoft has said... More...

Neowin has turned 8 years old today, and to celebrate we will again be giving away some goodies throughout this month to our registered members. We have hosting packages, USB keys and even 2 Neowin... More...

Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software... More...

Bill Gates will kick off Tech-Ed Developers in Orlando, Florida today. The keynote will begin at 8:30am EST (1:30pm BST, 2:30pm CET). It is not yet known what Gates plans to talk about but many... More...

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is being released to manufacturing on Monday 4 Feb and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 is also... More...

Microsoft backed technology Zumobi has finally launched today in beta form. Zumobi started life as ZenZui back in the Microsoft research labs. Zumobi is now a seperate startup company but still has strong roots to... More...

It is 15 years today since the first commercial text was sent over the Vodafone network by Airwide Solutions engineer Neil Papworth. Today marks the 15th anniversary since the first commercial short message service (SMS)... More...

Microsoft is expected to officially open the beta program for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 this afternoon (or early evening). Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is the next generation of Windows Live Messenger; this release is a... More...

Today, the Windows Home Server team will release a new update for Windows Home Server software. This is a scheduled update - part of the ongoing process of continually enhancing the customer experience with... More...

Back in April, Apple announced a delay from June to October for the next version of its operating system due to needs of the iPhone program. Well, October has finally arrived. The company says that... More...

A third service pack for Office 2003, promising improved security and enhanced compatibility with Windows Vista, Office 2007, Internet Explorer 7 and Windows SharePoint Services, will be available starting today (September 18), Microsoft officials say.... More...

Windows Live makes it easy to store and manage your communications and information, and share what's going on in your life with the people who mean the most to you. Many of you have already... More...

Just a reminder to my loyal Neowin followers that Cellfactor: Revolution the recently (literally last month) announced free to play multiplayer FPS based around the Ageia PhysX card, but playable for the masses without one,... More...

Originally set to be released in the fourth quarter of 2006, ATI's first DirectX 10-compliant graphics product is now more than a quarter late. In addition to technology-related issues, Henri Richard, the sales chief at... More...

HD DVD's dual-layer 30GB and Blu-ray's dual-layer 50GB media simply won't cut it for movies in the future or at least media manufacturers do not believe they will. Multi-layered discs seem to be the expected... More...

Alot of games shipped out today, so instead of making a single post per game, I'll just list three of them here in one post for you to enjoy. Though I will still post several... More...

This is just a quick notice that we will be upgrading the main site today. Members may find that during the course of the upgrade you could be logged out on more than one occasion.... More...

Microsoft has released the final build of IE7 today to customers, with the company expected to push the build by automatic updates on 1st November. At the moment there is no link on Microsoft.com,... More...

Hi all, Just wanted to make time to let everyone know that Neowin has just entered its 7th year online. As many will know we spent the better part of the last two days offline... More...

MSN today announced the U.S. beta release of Soapbox on MSN® Video, a user-uploaded video service that aims to rival YouTube. "Soapbox delivers on a critical component of the MSN growth strategy of deepening audience... More...

Thanks to slimy & nshahzad for posting this and many others who submitted this to our newsdesk. Microsoft will release a Technical Refresh build (4407.1005) for Office 2007 Beta 2 today. The UI is at... More...

Thanks to Radish™ and saxondale. from the forums for some heads up with the links Apple is hosting another one of their product release shows today in San Francisco. The date corresponds with the start... More...

Barring more bugs, Firefox Beta 2 will release Thursday, Mozilla Corp. developers reported after a weekly status meeting held Tuesday. "We are on target to release Thursday, Aug. 31st assuming no stop-ship items are discovered,"... More...

According to mozillaZine Firefox 1.5.0.5 Final is scheduled to be released today (and Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 the day after tomorrow). This will be most likely the last update that version 1.5 will see before the release... More...

Today we are launching the beta release of the new Windows Live Gallery site! This new site is a one-stop shop for consumers to find all of the great Gadgets, Messenger Activities & Bots, add-ins,... More...

According to Unknown User on our forums, the news about an interim build being released to testers yesterday was incorrect. After speaking with an un-named Vista Project Manager he made the comment on the... More...

The new .eu domain opens to the public today, after four months of being available to businesses during a 'sunrise' period. Those of us based in the EU can take advantage of the new domain,... More...

According to bink.nu who cites an unknown Microsoft Employee from the Windows Vista Newsgroups, a new build of Windows Vista is due today. Paul Thurrott has confirmed the build... More...

According to a very trustworthy source, NVIDIA are set to release a new forceware driver for the Windows Vista Feb CTP release. The driver version is 87.15 and should fix some very annoying lag issues... More...

According to many industry analysts and rumours posted to our Forums the Feb CTP is due today. With a build tag expected to be 5308.x86fre.winmain_idx01.060217-2200 the CTP is likely... More...

The highly anticipated Calendar app 30Boxesgoes live later today; sneaky Neowin users might just be able to get in alittle early using the username beta and password tester. Restassured, the site is much better than... More...

According to the America's Army website, a new version dubbed "Direct Action" will be made available at 12 Noon PDT today. Included in the new version are two new maps, a new training mission, Tournament... More...

Today is a big day for Neowin, we've reached a grand total of 5 years online. Thats pretty good for a site like ours, especially one that hasn't stopped growing, refused to lie down dead... More...

To celebrate their 5th Anniversary, the guys over at DivX are giving away licensed copies of their Create bundle for Windows. This includes both the DivX Pro 6 Encoder and the professional player. Usually DivX... More...

Thanks to WinMonkey for the heads up According to sources at pre-PDC sessions Microsoft will release build 5219 to attendees tomorrow. 5219.winmain_idx02.050824-2010 is the build tag so the build... More...

SOE has released the first adventure pack for EverQuest II - The Bloodline Chronicles - as well as their fifth major update today. The expansion is available for digital download only and sells... More...

MSN Messenger Beta Chat Join Raja Abburi, MSN Messenger General Manager, and experts from the MSN Messenger team for a fun filled hour discussing MSN Messenger 7.0. Date: 1/20/05 Time:... More...

System Builder: Office Hours with the US System Builder Team Join the US System Builder Team for an open chat about whatever you want. We will have experts from marketing, sales, licensing, and technology... More...

Starting today, Microsoft will provide Windows customers with Malicious Software Removal Tools. Microsoft's new tool named "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" is an extension of the previous tools that Microsoft have... More...

Company will seek to liquidate assets and pay off as many debts as possible; public announcement to follow as early as tomorrow. Reliable sources close to the executive management team of Acclaim... More...

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is the new update for Windows XP. It provides an enhanced security infrastructure, increased manageability and control and an improved experience for users. Microsoft will send out Windows... More...

According to a post from the Windows Update Beta Team a new build of Windows XP SP2 will be released soon via the Windows Update V5 site. This build includes many fixes for reported issues.... More...

Microsoft is releasing a configuration change for Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003, to address recent malicious attacks against Internet Explorer, also know as Download.Ject. Windows customers are encouraged to apply... More...

Configuring remote access servers running Windows Server 2003 Discuss tips, techniques, and best practices for configuring remote access servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The chat will focus on configuring servers for VPN, dial-up,... More...

AN ANTI virus company has found a message inside a Netsky worm variant that warns of trouble today. Panda Software said that the text tucked inside the Netsky.k worm, which first appeared Monday, indicates a... More...

Atari and Epic Games will release the official UT2004 demo this afternoon. Atari and Epic Games announced they will release the highly anticipated official demo for Unreal Tournament 2004 later today. The... More...

While there are hardly any widely available applications or content that require more than about 100 – 200GB of storage space, LaCie, a leading producer of innovative and breakthrough storage products, thinks there is a... More...

THE LORD OF graphics is set to release a fresh set of drivers today – it's a selection of bug fixes to make your graphics card work better. While the 53.0X drivers were available from,... More...