Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb 10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be... More...

Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate. In a blog posting by Microsoft's Frank Olivier, the UX and Compatibility program manager confirms "we're... More...

A windows worm named Conficker or Downadup or Kido (as called by various anti-virus vendors) which targets unpatched networks and poor passwords has been reported to have affected 2.4 million machines to over 8.9 million... More...

This week we'll be revisiting some of the more popular stories that were viewed and commented on, in-case you missed them the first time around. This week saw new Windows 7 information hit the... More...

You may of had difficulty getting to Neowin over the past week due to our server changes and DNS update. Hopefully all of that will be resolved by the middle of next week when our... More...

Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher, and Jet database software next week. The software vendor also plans to release a less-critical update for its antivirus products, fixing a flaw that attackers... More...

Now that Windows Vista service pack 1 has been released, all eyes have shifted to Microsoft's plans for Windows XP service pack 3, the final package of updates for the trusty OS. And, according to... More...

After both public and private betas galore, Microsoft is set to make the final, gold Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits available, most likely this week. Last week, I've been getting reports of SP1... More...

We all knew the Warner announcement would do a lot of damage, and now the statistics to back up those predictions are here. According to the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales numbers for last week,... More...

Wikia co-founder and chairman Jimmy Wales announced the public will get its first view of Wikia Search, an open source, community-driven search engine, on January 7. Wales admits his company's search engine is not an... More...

Mozilla Corp. will probably release a Firefox update tomorrow to patch a bug in the just-released 2.0.0.10 version, according to the company's bug database. If so, it would mark the first time that Mozilla has... More...

Coming on the heels of Nintendo of America's announcement of its best North American sales week ever -- with 350,000 Wiis and 653,000 Nintendo DSes sold -- a CNBC report states that Microsoft has announced... More...

Microsoft is looking to release the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected testers the week of December 1, according to sources close to the company. Microsoft's plan... More...

Mozilla is set to release a Firefox bugfix next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the public next week.... More...

Microsoft plans to release a major update to its Windows Live OneCare security suite next week, according to online retailer Amazon.com. Amazon has already begun accepting orders for OneCare 2.0, which it says will ship... More...

Security administrators should have a pretty easy time of it next Tuesday as Microsoft says it will issue just two updates in its monthly security software release. Microsoft said Thursday that next week's updates will... More...

Next Patch Tuesday, Microsoft plans to release seven security updates for: Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word, and SharePoint – four of the seven will be rated critical, Microsoft's highest ranking, while the remainder will... More...

Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks about video games. "Halo® 3" has captured the attention of consumers worldwide and has... More...

Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community. Shift is Debian based, therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Neowin's Shift Linux is... More...

Microsoft Corp. will release nine sets of security patches next week, including six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and its Visual Basic development software. The updates will come as part of Microsoft's regular... More...

Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, fixing bugs in the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003. Online criminals will typically e-mail the victim with a maliciously... More...

Microsoft has announced plans to issue four "critical" security bulletins next week that address vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail in Vista. "Critical" is the most severe ranking Microsoft assigns to... More...

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas3 Guitar Hero II4 Call Of Duty 35 GRAW 26 Boom Boom Rocket7 Crackdown8 Oblivion9 Pro Evolution Soccer 610 Madden... More...

Luxor 2, the Egyptian-themed casual game, will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, at 2:00 am PST. Luxor 2 combines the pick-up-and-play fun of games like Zuma with the mystique of ancient Egypt.... More...

Jetpac Refuelled, a remastering of Rare's first game, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, March 28. Created in 1983 under Rare's early company name of Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac puts you in the... More...

Nokia and up to three other potential bidders are interested in buying Palm Incorporated, which could be sold for some $2 billion as early as this week. Based on unidentified sources, Unstrung.com believes Palm’s management... More...

Research firm Current Analysis Incorporated has concluded that Windows Vista spurred a 67% increase in personal computer sales at U.S. retail stores in its first week (ending Saturday) on the market. In terms of units... More...

Microsoft's wish that consumers purchase the premium versions of Windows Vista rather than the most basic version of the OS may be coming true, according to the findings of a research report released Thursday. Research... More...

Media Create Co. has compiled a set of data from around 3,000 shops across Japan, extrapolated that into national sales estimates for the week ending January 14 and published figures this Friday. Overall the entire... More...

BOOGSoftball has posted up one of his famous Strangenews of the week on his blog, absent from the front page for quite a while we think it's a perfect round-up to recent events of 2006... More...

Valve shot me off an email a couple of hours ago, telling me that a major update was coming for the Steam service sometime next week. According to the email this was a significant update,... More...

Mr. Doug Lombardi from Valve just sent over a little press release, so here it is for all of you to enjoy: World War II Week begins today on Steam with new product,... More...

Here we go again, yet another NPD Group Top 10 Best Selling list, this time for the week ending November 18th. World of Warcraft is still in there, as are the obligatory The Sims 2... More...

Here we go again, NPD's top selling PC games for the week ending November 4th. You'll notice something amazing this go round, World of Warcraft is not in the top 3 this week! The end... More...

Yes, its that time of the week again. The NPD Group has released the newest Top 10 list for PC games (and consoles of course, not listed here though) in the US and guess who... More...

Sources in Taiwan again confirmed that Nvidia's upcoming GPU (graphics processing unit) GeForce 8800 (formerly codenamed G80) is designed to fully support Microsoft's DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 technology. Nvidia is scheduled to officially launch... More...

I might start making this a weekly thing when the Top 10's are announced. So here are the Top 10 best selling games for the week of October 8th through the 14th. There are a... More...

Once again, even though I don't do it every week or two, here is the NPD Groups list of the Top 10 best selling PC games for the week of October 7th. Notice what game... More...

Thanks Steve from bink.nu. I guess that settles that! Windows Vista is not ready to RTM next week, we'll all have to wait just a little longer after all. Vista is not on track to... More...

After 200 years or so as the top selling game in the Universe, World of Warcraft has taken a backseat to a newcomer on the block. The Sims 2, which has sold more copies than... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of September 20th 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, LOC, and barneyt. Topics discussed this week include: Microsoft unveils the Zune portable... More...

In only one week, Apple's iTunes Store has generated $1 million in movie sales for Walt Disney, and that's "just the beginning," the head of Disney said Tuesday. By the end of this year, Disney... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of September 13th 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, Fred Derf, and Shane Pitman. Topics discussed this week include: ... More...

Microsoft has announced that it is to host a free Xbox Live week for 360 gamers in September, in a bid to entice more gamers to the service. Via a very enthusiastic press release, the... More...

Windows Vista is set to show off a ton of changes in the way we look at Microsoft Windows. Meanwhile, the third bi-annual GUI Championships are set to begin next week. The GUI... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 30th 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, lardiop, and Shane Pitman. Topics discussed this week include: Apple joins the Sony... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 23rd 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, lardiop, LOC, and Fred Derf. Topics discussed this week include: Websites Leaked Microsoft... More...

DELL HAS had a nightmare this week compounded by the quadruple conjunction of combusting notebooks, a Chinese price probe, a 50% profit drop, and an SEC investigation. Dell's decision to announce it will use AMD... More...

Well, better late than never I suppose. Due to the sites "technical" issues over the past few days I was unable to post this until now. So, have at it folks. The free... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 2nd 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, shanepitman, and barneyt. Topics discussed this week include: Microsoft's Zune Strategy Microsoft to... More...