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The Pirate Bay rises from its digital ashes -again

Usama Jawad — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:09:31 +0000

The Pirate Bay is back online with a few changes; the site's logo is changed as well as the staff. The site is not fully functional yet but will probably be restored to its original form soon. Read more...

Image points to on-screen Back, Start, Search buttons in Windows Phone 8.1

Andy Weir — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:00:02 +0000

The latest revelation from the ever-reliable evleaks gives the strongest indication yet that Windows Phone's Back, Start and Search hardware buttons will be relocated to the display in the 8.1 update. Read more...

Facebook reverts back to old Terms of Use

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:48:30 +0000

Facebook recently made changes to their Terms of Use on their web site, which gave Facebook all permissions of your images, videos, and content when submitting anything to the web site. The social networking web... Read more...

Update: Google search back to normal after hour long outage

Tom Warren — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:52:13 +0000

Update: Google Search seems to be back to normal, the issue was caused by "human error" according to Google. Google Search is currently not functioning correctly and returning "this site may harm your computer" on... Read more...

Apple pulls back NVIDIA Update released on Monday

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:12:25 +0000

Apple has retracted the NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 released on Monday from its website and automatic software update system without any explanation. The update was meant to address issues with its Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link... Read more...

FCC fires back at Obama's DTV delay request

Brad Sams — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:36:43 +0000

FCC chief Kevin Martin has fired back at the Obama camp for its recommendation for a delay in the DTV transition. As previously reported on Neowin, the Obama office wants the FCC to delay... Read more...

Wal-Mart to carry iPhone, isn't rolling back prices, yet

Brad Sams — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:49:42 +0000

There has been much of a rumor that Wal-Mart would soon be carrying the iPhone. The rumor that the mega-store would soon be selling the almighty iPhone will finally come true by the end... Read more...

Microsoft Silverlight to back Ruby, Python in browser

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:41:08 +0000

Microsoft plans to enable the Python and Ruby languages to be used for client-side development of rich Internet applications that leverage the company's Silverlight browser plug-in technology. The intent is to let developers continue using... Read more...

Twitter to make a come back at WWDC?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:46:21 +0000

As a daily routine the first thing I did today after turning my system on was to check whether twitter is back or not and I was not disappointed. The big day has arrived (Worldwide... Read more...

Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:04:29 +0000

As a part of its Rome release, Microsoft's Live Search team has launched a new Live Search News, a direct competitor to Google News. At this time, Live Search News looks like a simplified version... Read more...

Dell to Scale Back AMD Machines on Website

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:37:26 +0000

Computer maker Dell Inc. has stopped selling many computers with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on its Web site, although it will continue selling some through retailers. This decision is a setback for AMD,... Read more...

HP Wants That Inkjet Cartridge Back

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:30:50 +0000

Heweltt Packard announced on Wednesday that it's making strides in its efforts to be more environmentally friendly through the development of an engineering process that allows the company to use post-consumer recycled plastics when manufacturing... Read more...

Back from the dead: CompUSA assets snapped up by TigerDirect

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:40:08 +0000

CompUSA will live on, thanks to a deal with electronics marketer Systemax. Systemax, which owns popular computer parts reseller (and CompUSA competitor) TigerDirect, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the... Read more...

Clause in Contract means Paramount can go Back to Blu-ray

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:31:43 +0000

Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home... Read more...

E3 Back From The Dead?

Andrew — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:26:22 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association have confirmed that the E3 Media & Business Summit will be returning back to its historic digs at the Los Angeles Convention Center next year. Is the 'old' super-sized E3 back... Read more...

AMD Pushes Back Barcelona Ramp-Up to Q1 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:41:07 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has revised an October pledge to make its new quad-core Opteron processors "widely available" by the end of the year and won't ship large quantities to the channel until the first quarter... Read more...

Get Back to the Farm, Mac Boy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:40:56 +0000

Has Leopard let the malware cat out of the bag? It's time to ask, given all the security potholes Apple has hit since the release of Mac OS X 10.5. The new QuickTime flaws and... Read more...

Xbox 360 November '07 Back Compat Update

Andrew — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:40:26 +0000

The Holiday comes a little early this year, as the BC team has just issued out another update. The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This... Read more...

PES 2009 Forced Back To Drawing Board

Andrew — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:25:56 +0000

Pro Evolution Soccer creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka has revealed that he's gone back to the drawing board for PES 2009 following the criticism of the 2008 edition on PS3. "It's so far from what we... Read more...

Microsoft brings back automatic ActiveX

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:48 +0000

Microsoft is to remove a feature from Internet Explorer that required users to activate certain interactive features on a website. Prior to April 2007, the features functioned without any user interaction. The changes were made... Read more...

Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:59:42 +0000

Microsoft has apparently lost out in trying to persuade Nigeria's government to use Windows over Linux even after bribing a local supplier with a $400,000 marketing contract. Microsoft gave the money to the supplier... Read more...

PIRATE Act dons eye patch, swashbuckles back into Senate

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:29:26 +0000

The PIRATE Act is back, and this time it means business. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) yesterday introduced the Intellectual Property Enforcement Act (PDF), with Leahy saying, "The PIRATE Act has... Read more...

The Pirate Bay to Bring Back OiNK

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:48:21 +0000

The Pirate Bay is currently working on an OiNK replacement in an attempt to bring the hundreds of thousands of music albums back online that disappeared during the raid. The replacement will be released within... Read more...

China hits back at hacking charges

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:15:33 +0000

Recent reports suggested that hackers from the People's Liberation Army of China were behind attacks on computers in a handful of Western countries. Chinese military expert Wang Xinjun, a researcher at the Academy of Military... Read more...

Sony Responds: 60GB PS3 Back in Stock

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:38:41 +0000

After Sony's Dave Karraker confirmed that there were no longer any 60GB PlayStation 3s remaining in SCEA warehouses and that the entire inventory had been shipped out to retailers, Sony has restocked the 60GB PlayStation... Read more...

Community fights back for AutoPatcher

Dave Legg — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:02:09 +0000

Microsoft's move this week to close down the AutoPatcher project, a project well known and supported here on Neowin, that allows users to update their computers without requiring an internet connection, has met with cries... Read more...

3Com hits back at U.K. school Wi-Fi skeptics

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:18:42 +0000

British schools are wasting money on wireless networks that don't work properly, claimed 3Com and specialist reseller 802UK. The two companies kicked off a fight back against anti-Wi-Fi misinformation, arguing that not only is wireless... Read more...

Intel Fights Back Workstation Market from AMD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:18:21 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices' positions in the market of workstations have never been really strong primarily due to the fact that not a lot of system builders used AMD's chips in business-oriented personal computers. While along... Read more...

Extended Warranties on Ubuntu Systems Back Soon

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:46 +0000

Recent reports have noted that Dell had stopped offering extended warranties or CompleteCare on Ubuntu-based systems. The problem occurred due to an ordering system glitch over the weekend, but Dell is working to get the... Read more...

XM Radio back on air

Tue, 22 May 2007 20:24:14 +0000

XM Satellite Radio has restored service to its subscribers after a software glitch knocked out the signal from one of its four satellites, affecting an unknown number of the company's eight million Canadian and American... Read more...

Congress urged to pull back from web regulation

Sat, 12 May 2007 23:18:48 +0000

Scott Cleland, chairman of net neutrality forum NETcompetition.org, believes moves to extend internet regulation in the US will stifle future web video innovation and hence urged the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to... Read more...

Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat

Thu, 10 May 2007 20:39:57 +0000

On Wednesday, members of the hacking community willing to give Microsoft a hand arrived at Redmond, Washington, to show the software giant where it's gone wrong. This time the company's latest Blue Hat conference, typically... Read more...

Acer Strikes Back at HP Lawsuits

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:30:18 +0000

Acer Incorporated has hired intellectual-property lawyer Chris Ottenweller of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, who helped win a big patent case against Hewlett-Packard Company two years ago, to help fight two HP patent lawsuits. The... Read more...

PC gaming back on the rise?!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:43:45 +0000

US retailers sold USD 203 million worth of PC games in the first two months of 2007 - a 48 per cent year-on-year increase, according to an analyst for the NPD Group. Speaking to the... Read more...

Dell brings back XP on home systems

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:30:55 +0000

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. Like most computer makers, Dell switched... Read more...

College advises students to push back against the RIAA

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:06:06 +0000

In February, the RIAA offered university students the option of an early settlement with the organization, which included lowered payouts and the benefit of avoiding going to court. While some universities were quick to comply... Read more...

Has IE 7 turned back Firefox?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:49:24 +0000

Firefox's success in chipping away at Internet Explorer's majority Web browser market share has slowed since Microsoft Corp. began pushing the new IE7 as an automatic update to Windows users last year, a management consulting... Read more...

Microsoft Goes Back to 'Hotmail'

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:27:19 +0000

Looks like Microsoft has decided to stick with the 'Hotmail' name for its popular webmail service: "Just on the heels of another great release for the beta (M9), I'd like to share some interesting news... Read more...

Microsoft to back open ID scheme

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:06:49 +0000

A plan to make it easier for web users to manage their online identities has won the support of Microsoft. The Open ID scheme uses web addresses that people already own to help authenticate their... Read more...

Vista 'Family Discount' Bites Back

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:51:42 +0000

In the past, early adopters of new Windows versions have had some small hurdles to overcome. Such hurdles may be software incompatibility, or lack of driver support. These sorts of things are almost expected with... Read more...