Even after the release of Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft won't be quick to ditch Vista according to Computer World. Microsoft plans to continue selling Vista until January 2011. However, they will drop support... More...
Before I start rambling, I'd like to start off by saying that I never really got into the whole microblogging scene. I tried, time and time again, but it just never kept me interested for... More...
Contrary to rumors going around the web regarding an alleged screencap of an internal Sharepoint site listing the Vista SP1 release date, it's going to be a while before the masses see SP1. Biplab Paul... More...
Ouch, we just tested and confirmed that one of the smallest (and thus likeliest to fit) USB EV-DO modems around, the Sprint / Novatel U727, won't even come close to fitting in the cramped, foldaway... More...
During an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Chairman Bill Gates revealed that Microsoft will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone: "No, we won't do that. In the so-called smart phone... More...
After months of anticipation, AMD is launching its Phenom desktop processor and "Spider" platform for desktop PCs. Its new Phenom chips feature a native quad-core design, a 65-nanometer manfufacturing process, and enhanced power management technology.... More...
Microsoft learned some hard lessons with Windows Vista that it already is applying to Windows 7. Vista mistakes Microsoft won't repeat with Windows 7. First and foremost: Keep Windows architectural changes to a minimum. And... More...
The U.S. Department of Justice said it will not seek to extend the restrictions placed on Microsoft Corp.'s business practices following its antitrust settlement with the U.S. government in 2002. Many of the restrictions are... More...
Microsoft has decided not to appeal last month's appeal ruling against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally agreed to comply with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling that sparked the... More...
Recently, news sites have been reporting that Windows Home Server (WHS) would ship in less than two weeks, on August 27. However, it appears that the product is still on schedule for late September-early October... More...
Perfect 3D television and movies without those horrible glasses? They're closer than you think. I'm sitting in Paris and some butterflies are fluttering towards me. Loads of them, perfectly clearly. I could allow one to... More...
Amazon.com Incorporated has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final Harry Potter book due out in July, but according to Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit.... More...
Having recently settled various lawsuits over their use of invasive DRM in CD's, Sony has decided to try their luck with pushing more DRM into DVD's which has caused some recent issues in Sony's own... More...
Carve out another notch in the loss column for Taiwanese-based DigiTimes, which on Friday reported that Apple's next-generation Leopard operating system would be delayed till October. Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg later spoke to Apple... More...
Among the reasons cited by DOT Chief Information Officer Daniel Mintz in ceasing any deployment of the newest OS from Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, were questions about its compatibility with other programs, including earlier versions of... More...
Yesterday a Neowin member linked to a DIGG article that was sourcing this website with a screenshot of a supposed key generator for Windows Vista. Since last night it has been updated and the poster... More...
Peter GalliWhen Microsoft announced that it was ready to roll out Windows Live OneCare version 1.5 to coincide with the general release of Windows Vista, it omitted one important fact: the product will not support... More...
U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts in New York has refused to throw out a record-industry lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio. XM was accused last May by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of... 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...
Symantec has accused Microsoft of withholding key information about its upcoming Vista operating system in an attempt to gain an advantage in the security market. The security specialist said this week that Microsoft is refusing... More...
Don't look for Google to get into digital music sales anytime soon. The Internet search giant used a keynote slot at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference to quash rumors of a... More...
Windows Vista won't have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed. In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government... More...
Many users view Windows XP (and Windows 2000, and previous Windows versions) as unsafe. No matter how many patches and updates Microsoft releases, the foundation of the OS itself—the kernel—is designed and built in a... More...
Mac developer Dan Wood knows what happens when Apple Computer has the same idea he does. A couple of years back, his small firm, Karelia Software, released a set of... More...
According to various online sources, GameFly members who have recentlyrented Xbox 360 games and returned them scratched have been getting notices informing them about the current issue with the Xbox 360 damaging discs and what... More...
According to AnandTech, ATI will release a driver which will enable CrossFire multi-GPU configurations on X1300 and X1600 products without the need for a "master" card. Alternatively, all data will be handled by the... More...
Microsoft is set to enter the security arena next year, but Symantec won't compete by complaining to antitrust regulators or suing the software giant. "We're not looking to go whining to the... More...
Microsoft does not plan to update Internet Explorer to prevent a spoofing attack that could trick users into giving out personal information to hackers. In the attack, JavaScript is used to display... More...
Q Entertainment's president finally leaks some details about his upcoming game; developer wants to be challenged with new genre. Former Sega producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi has been the focus of media attention since... More...
The Justice Department announced Friday that it will not appeal a court ruling against it in the Oracle antitrust case, reducing the number of obstacles the software company must clear in its hostile takeover bid... More...
Microsoft says that the code for its update to the Windows XP operating system is finally ready. But IBM's internal technology department disagrees. Microsoft on Friday released Service Pack 2 (SP2) to... More...
When an interim government takes over from the U.S.-led occupation next week, Iraq will regain its place among the world's sovereign nations -- except on the Internet. More than 240 places have their own two-letter... More...
Microsoft's domination of the client operating systems market will fade over the next few years, according to Avneesh Saxena, vice-president for Asia-Pacific computing systems research at IDC. Microsoft currently has around 90 percent share of... More...
Intel will stop selling its 802.11 WLAN products in the People's Republic of China because it refuses to comply with the country's home-grown proprietary encryption technology. Beijing has mandated that from June,... More...
For computer security experts, 2003 started with the Slammer Internet worm and went downhill from there. The year, which included four major worm and virus outbreaks just in August, has been labeled the "year of... More...
A ruling in Canada declaring downloading music through peer-to-peer services legal, but uploading illegal, may do little to prevent the music industry from taking its own action against file swappers. That's because... More...
The biggest computer manufacturers in Japan that build systems running Linux will hold out against blustering by SCO to extract license fees based upon unsubstantiated infringement claims, it has emerged. According to today's... More...
Channel partners are miffed that Microsoft's Exchange 2000 won't run on Windows Server 2003. Just two days before that operating system is to be released, partners are complaining about incompatibilities between Windows... More...
When a new crop of tablet PCs debuts next week, they aren't likely to be cheap. Prices of tablet PC models from Acer, Toshiba and Viewsonic, posted on CompUSA's Web site this week, range... More...
AMD's Opteron won't reject unlicensed content afterall... According to an AMD UK representative, AMD's Opteron products will run any kind of content in the future -- contrary to the report in The Age,... More...
Linux sales lost some ground to Windows last year, but are expected to climb in coming years as distributors of the alternative operating system create new revenue streams. According to market research... More...
Finally a fellow webmaster who is agreed on the short comings of Lindows. It seems there are so many sites out there that have it in for Microsoft they don't really care if Lindows is... More...
The head of office-machine maker Canon said Tuesday his company will not supply printers to PC maker Dell Computer, which aims to enter the printer business but may need a manufacturing partner to do so.... More...
A posting on the Rage3D forums appears to confirm that ATI's up and coming 9000 Pro and 9700 won't run on Windows 98, on Windows 95 and on Windows NT. The forum posting confirms that... More...
A report qouted senior Intel executive Paul Otellini as saying the firm would not produce a 64-bit backward processor compatible with 32-bit code. Paul Otellini, speaking at a meeting in New York earlier... More...
America Online has dropped Internet Explorer from a test version of its software for Mac OS X, the latest sign that the Internet giant wants a rematch in the browser wars with Microsoft. ... More...
Microsoft Corp. on Friday pulled chief executive Steve Ballmer from its list of remaining defense witnesses, confident of making its case without calling its No. 2 executive. Microsoft told the federal judge... More...
Compaq Computer won't seek another buyer if its $21.3 billion merger with Hewlett-Packard falls through, Compaq CEO Michael Capellas says. H-P is the "only deal for Compaq. I can't see any other combination... More...
It seems like MS has another coup at hand. Apparently Microsoft demanded from developers and publishers that US software titles will only recognize US controllers. Though this story is not 100% confirmed yet it still... More...
David Coursey, Executive Editor of ZDNet's AnchorDesk, recently sat down and spent more than an hour with the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, and his conclusions :- Jobs has a vision for the future of... More...