As Microsoft unveils the release candidate to TechNet and MSDN customers today we at Neowin wanted to answer that burning question, what is the difference between all these Windows 7 versions? Microsoft supplied us with... More...

Many are familiar with the Microsoft Beta programs wherein users get access to pre-release products, such as Windows 7. But very little know the different programs Microsoft adopts in testing these pre-release products. Through Microsoft... More...

Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer has officially announced that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release. The next release will... More...

In the midst of a global financial crisis, one company stood out from the crowd yesterday, that company is Google. Despite the whole world struggling and stock markets taking a battering, the company still managed... More...

Over the past six months, many individuals have downloaded early, unauthorized Windows 7 test builds that have leaked from Microsoft since late last year (the 6519 series). They've been looking for clues — any clues... More...

Windows Vista's one-year anniversary is Wednesday. Microsoft released the software to everybody on Jan. 30, 2007. A day earlier, Microsoft held a launch gala for Vista and Office 2007 in New York. In this post,... More...

Microsoft isn’t offering up any dates or final product names, but it is breaking with Windows Mobile tradition and is talking about future features. It’s not hard to see why Microsoft’s Windows Mobile team is... More...

Executive vice-president of product development Frank Pearce talks WoW 2, StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. Blizzard is sitting pretty at the moment. Having just announced that the world's most popular MMO, World of Warcraft, has... More...

Apple Inc.'s latest version of Mac OS X, known as Leopard, has been big technology news for the past few weeks as Mac users have eagerly awaited the next-generation operating system. Although not as flashy... More...

One frequent TV commercial asks, "What's in your wallet?" I ask: What's in your computer that could expose sensitive data? Last week, I searched my Windows Vista registry and turned up some disturbing stuff. ... More...

Media attention these days focuses mostly on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats. Yet in this interim period--while high-def adoption ever-so-slowly ramps up--standard DVD continues to see updates and new products. Here's a... More...

For those of you that haven't clicked one of the attractive orange logos flying around the forums lately: "OpenDNS offers DNS resolution for consumers and businesses as an alternative to using their Internet service provider's... More...

The main CPU for the iPhone is a PXA320, a descendant of the StrongARM processor developed by Digital Equipment Corp. under an architectural license from ARM in the 1990s. Warren East, president and CEO of... More...

You know what the biggest and most unreported story of 2006 was? Uwe Boll's BloodRayne sold almost one million copies on DVD. Unless that's GameDaily BIZ's idea of a New Year's joke, as they recently... More...

Teaser campaigns clearly aim to generate buzz by way of viral marketing strategies. The latest teaser is provided by Samsung and their What's Everyone Looking At? campaign. There is a countdown clock until... More...

With the release of Windows x64 nearing, how will applications of today perform on the next generation of processors? The Windows x64 platform is not Microsoft's first endeavor into the 64-Bit market.... More...

Since May this year we've heard dribs and drabs about Microsoft's much hyped next generation Operating System. According to the internal calendar Longhorn is due to hit Beta 1 on February 16th 2005 and hit... More...

RealNetworks went all Crazy Larry on us recently, kicking off a limited-time promotion in which it sold tracks for the insane price of 49 cents per song at its Real Player Music Store. Competitors hover... More...

A television sewn into your shirt sleeve. A dashboard screen to monitor the kids in the back seat. A 3-D computer monitor sharp enough to make a hardcore gamer's heart stop -- or help a... More...

From Channel 9: "Peter Loforte, general manager of the Tablet PC team, shows us what is cool about the upcoming Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 software update (code-named "Lone Star.") ... More...

Microsoft is feting its 'best-selling version of Windows server ever.' So, what's Redmond going to do for an encore? On April 24, Windows Server 2003 turned 1 year old. Microsoft officials say... More...

Q: What exactly did the European Union say? A: European regulators said that Microsoft broke EU law by abusing its "near monopoly" market power in the workgroup server and media player markets. ... More...

Linux is everywhere. it's in your Web server. It's in your data center. It's in your desktop, your laptop and your handheld. It may soon be in your car and home appliances. It's being used... More...

The hype is finally turning into reality. Over the next two years, you'll start to use "invisible" PCs small enough to fit inside a desk drawer, powered by chips that chew through massive files like... More...

Jared from "The Idea Basket.com" has sent us a nice little article about Apple's Panther OS. He writes "Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" finally fulfills the promise of the... More...

Looming competitive and regulatory pressures factored into Microsoft's recent decision to reveal formerly secret pieces of its latest Office software, according to analysts. Microsoft announced that starting Dec. 5, customers and partners will be able... More...

The hacking of the computer network at Valve Software has sent an unprecedented buzz through the computer games industry, not just from the gamers waiting for the highly anticipated Half-Life 2, but from developers as... More...

As Apple's Power Mac G4 aged, the company was in danger of losing its most devout audience: the audio, video and graphics professionals who favor the high end of the company's line. By comparison to... More...

As you know, the Athlon 64 processor is slated to launch on September 23rd. You may recall what I suggested as prerequisites for the Athlon 64's success a while back. Now it looks like AMD... More...

Join Microsoft experts in an online chat: What's new in Windows Server 2003? Everyone wants to know the coolest new changes in Windows Server 2003. Well, now is your chance to... More...

So everyone has seen the previous screenshots and most people will have downloaded and installed it and are playing about with it at the moment. But what is to come? Thanks to Betaz... More...

Microsoft's readying its next big Visual Studio release that (at least for now) is expected in 2004. Now that Microsoft has got its "Everett" release of Visual Studio .Net out the door,... More...

The message from Microsoft is that Office 2003 (previously Office 11) has a heavy focus on productivity. What does this mean for you? A ZDNet News Focus: Office 2003 Beta 2: An IT perspective ... More...

Microsoft recently announced the release of a scaled-down version of the .Net runtime meant for mobile devices. What will you find in the .Net Compact Framework? This .Net Compact Framework opens up... More...

Thanks to xStainDx who posted this in BPN Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword-bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing base."... More...

id Software's reserving of it's own space at this year's E3 games expo in Los Angeles suggests that the developer is going to roll up its sleeve and reveal a number of spectacular tricks ... More...

Thanks go to Slashdot for this eye up on Apple, who is asking for feedback specifically from PC users about why you might be considering a Mac purchase, or if you recently purchased a Mac... More...

OK, I found this on Ananova and wanted to share this with the rest of the NeoWin readership. You can buy all sorts of things on Ebay, well extend that to a Wife! ... More...

Watching TechTV's "The Screen Savers" tonight, they mentioned that Patrick "here's another smoked Athlon" Norton and company got an Xbox and did what your not really meant to do, OPEN the thing up! ... More...