As we await Microsoft and Verizon's "mystery event" scheduled in just thirty minutes time, the first Project Pink handsets, currently only known as Turtle and Pure, have appeared in Verizon's inventory system and are confirmed...
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Microsoft's monthly release of security updates is this coming Tuesday, April 13, and is set to deliver 11 patches to address vulnurabilities in various bits of its software. Five of the patches are marked as...
With Microsoft and Verizon set to finally reveal the outcome of Project Pink on Monday, here we give you a preview of what to expect and try and explain just what this mysterious project is,...
The announcement of the iAd mobile advertising platform by Apple at their iPhone OS 4.0 event on Thursday may have seemed like a big enough kick in the teeth for Google, with Apple directly invading...
Apple are now rejecting apps which include the word "pad" in their title, it appears from an official email sent out to a developer. It is Apple's latest attempt to prevent people from using its...
Following the US launch of the iPad last Saturday, rumours are now circulating the web that Apple's tablet device could hit some international markets in as little as three weeks time. Reports suggest that Canada,...
Next Monday, April 12, looks set to be a busy day for Microsoft. With their mystery event - confirmed earlier today as the launch of Project Pink - scheduled for then, it seems that the...
Google has long history of trying to play April Fools' pranks on their users, and this year was no different with hoaxes across a wide range of their services. Here's a round-up of all Google's...
The availability of a program offering a free download of 90-day trial of Windows 7 Enterprise has been extended until the end of this year, according to a posting on the Microsoft Springboard Series blog. The...
Earlier Neowin reported on the latest update to the Zune HD's firmware, labelled version 4.5. Along with the SmartDJ feature and added video codec support that we mentioned, a message from a Zune spokesperson also...
The popular music streaming service Spotify plans to finally launch in America in the third quarter of this year, according to an interview between its Senior Vice President, Paul Brown, and Bloomberg. It had originally...
More than seven out of ten iPhone app developers plan to launch applications for Google's Android mobile platform within the next six months, research by mobile advertising network AdMob has found. The survey also found...
Concerns over the space requirements for Microsoft's upcoming Project Natal motion-sensing system have been put at ease after confirmation that comments made earlier this month were "misinterpreted." TechFlash had been told that you would need...
The main political parties in the UK are currently gearing themselves up for the next general election, which must be called for 3 June this year at the latest. Key to this election, more than...
News about the next version of Microsoft's Windows Live software and services offering (codenamed Wave 4) has been leaking all over the place recently, with milestone 2 of the actual Windows Live Essentials software package...
Windows Live Wave 4 will include a Facebook chat style interface for Windows Live Messenger access across its web services, new screenshots leaked at LiveSide.net show. We first saw back in January that the header for...
Remember Microsoft's new tablet concept that was revealed last September? Well, the book-like Courier device - or "digital journal" as it has now been labelled - may be on the shelves as early as the...
Last week we reported how LG could be planning to launch a Windows Phone 7 Series device as early as September this year. Now the first pre-production prototype of this possible device has been...
Following last week's leaks of screenshots of the upcoming Windows Live Messenger 2010 - part of the next version of Windows Live know as Wave 4 - a myriad of new screenshots of the other...
Development of Windows Live Wave 4 is in full swing as Microsoft prepares the next versions of its consumer software and service offerings. With Windows Live Messenger apparently having reached milestone 3, screenshots have started...
When the Apple iPad was unveiled last month one of the main criticisms of the device was its lack of support for Adobe's Flash player, an interactive component used on many major websites to provide...
In building the new Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system Microsoft started from scratch to create a user interface which was both easy to use and visually appealing. Luke Wroblewski, the chief design architect...
Whilst Google's upcoming Chrome OS is being primarily designed for netbook computers, as we reported recently, it could be the ideal operating system to run on a tablet device - and this is an option...
One of the main new features introduced with Apple's iPad tablet computer is its iBooks application which turns the machine into an eBook reader, good enough to rival established devices such as Amazon's Kindle and...
Following Apple's unveiling of its iPad tablet computer earlier this week, could Google also be planning to launch a rival tablet running its upcoming Chrome operating system? The Chrome OS has until now been aimed...
All the rumours circulating recently about a new tablet computer from Apple have been suggesting that the device will be called the iSlate. However, new evidence at MacNN now reveals that Apple have filed to...
The rumours that circulated throughout last year that Microsoft were planning to launch a Zune branded phone are back, sparked by comments from a Jefferies & Company analyst. Despite strong denials of any plans to...
Phishing schemes have become increasingly more common these days and, as we have seen over the past couple of days, can come as a big shock to the general public who are not aware of...
Back in June at this year's E3 gaming expo Microsoft announced that Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm integration would be coming to the Xbox 360 dashboard, allowing users to update their accounts and view what their...
Earlier today, Orange announced that it will be offering the iPhone 3G and 3GS to UK consumers later on this year. This will mark the first time that customers in the UK have a choice...
Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch App Store has reached another milestone today as it was announced that over 2 billion apps have now been downloaded through the service. It was only in April of this...
Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, is set to officially launch and become generally available to the public on October 22. Some custom computer builders, however, have now been given permission to start selling PCs...
Microsoft has come up with a novel use for its online Office Live Workspace document sharing service. On a new website the company recommends that teachers should use the tools it provides to "continue the...
There have been multiple sightings of a big cat, presumed to be a cougar, prowling around Microsoft's Redmond campus. Whilst the reports are yet to be confirmed, there were two spottings in as many days...
The US Department of Justice has filed its concerns over a deal between Google and several book publishers which would see the creation of what could be the world's biggest virtual library. They have urged...
A 19 year old Pennsylvanian man has been arrested after stopping to check his account on social networking website Facebook whilst burgling a house, and then forgetting to log out again. According to The...
The purchase of The Pirate Bay by Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB (GGF) has looked unlikely for several weeks now as the firm has been struggling to raise enough funds for the...
Earlier this year, YouTube blocked access to all premium music videos for users in the UK after failing to reach a deal over a new license with PRS for Music (formerly the Performing Rights Society)....
Google and Sony have announced a deal that will see computers in its VAIO range supplied with Google's Chrome browser pre-installed. This is the first time that Google has agreed such a deal with a...
There was an outcry earlier this week when it was discovered that Microsoft had digitally altered a publicity photograph by superimposing the head of a white person onto a black person's body. Now to add...
