Neowin News Feed for: Closer

Microsoft Moves Closer To Hyper-V Rollout

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:21:06 +0000

Microsoft Tuesday unveiled the second release candidate for its long awaited Hyper-V hypervisor, which adds minor tweaks like guest operating system support for Windows 2000 Server and mouse integration tools for Novell SUSE 10 Linux.... Read more...

Yahoo closer to Google ad outsourcing deal

Tom Warren — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:05:37 +0000

Yahoo Inc is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google Inc following a successful test using Google's service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,... Read more...

Closer Look: Beta Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:23:35 +0000

With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack? Microsoft made the latest beta of Vista SP1 available to the public earlier this month,... Read more...

IBM and Partners Move Closer to 32-NM Chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:15:55 +0000

IBM says its next-generation 32-nanometer chips will cut down on power leakage and reduce the processor's size. IBM is moving a step closer delivering the first of its first 32-nanometer microprocessors with an announcement that... Read more...

Windows XP SP3 moves closer to completion

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:48:15 +0000

Beta testers have received access to a release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3, but general consumers still have a long wait until they'll see SP3 available for download. Microsoft has scheduled the last... Read more...

Google and Random House Move Closer on Book Search

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:04:32 +0000

Random House, the world's largest book publisher, is considering joining a book-search project run by search-engine giant Google, once considered an arch-enemy by the paper publishing industry. According to sources close to the matter, the... Read more...

Online Customized Ads Move a Step Closer

Tom Warren — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:23:48 +0000

Yahoo will announce new tools for online advertising today that could pull the company ahead in the race for what is called "behavioral targeting," that is, the ability to better tailor online advertisements to the... Read more...

Intel moves closer to flash memory replacement

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:45:16 +0000

Intel has been tinkering with a concept of a phase change memory device chip for nearly 30 years. Intel CTO Justin Rattner demonstrated a 128-bit sample of code-name Alverston at the Intel Developer Forum in... Read more...

Wireless USB is Closer Than You Think

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:57:35 +0000

Both Iogear and Wisair are showing UWB wireless USB hub technology which they claim will be capable of transmitting up to 480 Mbps, enabling up to four simultaneous wireless connections to such high-bandwidth devices as... Read more...

New Display Standard Inches Closer

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:57:56 +0000

The Video Electronics Standard Association, or VESA, is currently reviewing a new display standard which will allow for better resolutions, more colors, higher refresh rates - all over less wires than current technologies. Called... Read more...

A closer look into Microsoft's Codename "Istanbul"

Steven Parker — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:45:25 +0000

Thanks to Neowin member Amsterdam for the submission of his editorial on a closer look at Codename Istanbul. Microsoft has released information of its new software client, codenamed "Istanbul." The client offers its... Read more...

DS Linux closer to reality

Marcel Klum — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:18:46 +0000

A group of homebrew development enthusiasts attempting to get Linux running on the Nintendo DS have made something of a breakthrough this past week, managing to get a homebrew demo running on the dual screen... Read more...

Acclaim closer to NASDAQ delisting

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:51:58 +0000

Company says stock exchange has commenced delisting proceedings; on note of optimism, says it is close to securing new loans. The news from Acclaim Entertainment cut both ways today. In various public... Read more...

Innovation Brings Quantum Computation Closer

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:59:56 +0000

Instead of puddle jumping during a rainy Midwestern spring, physics researchers at Indiana's Purdue University have been doing some puddle linking -- tying together pools of a few dozen electrons sandwiched inside a semiconductor. The... Read more...

Half-Life 2 - It's Getting Closer

Mon, 24 May 2004 00:07:53 +0000

I was going to begin this article by listing all of the awards that the original Half-Life has won, but I have a word count limit on this article so let me just name one:... Read more...

Parents to keep closer watch on teen music downloads

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:12:28 +0000

When the RIAA filed 261 lawsuits against illegal Internet music downloaders earlier this week, it was a wake-up call to parents of computer-savvy teens. Those being sued include quite a few parents who either... Read more...

Palm steps closer to Handspring merger

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:07:13 +0000

Handheld maker Palm has cleared the last regulatory hurdle in its bid to acquire rival Handspring. The company said Friday it has completed a government-required waiting period, during which the deal could be held up... Read more...

Iomega inches closer to mini-storage

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:52:06 +0000

Iomega has unveiled details of a small, detachable storage drive it is developing for portable electronics gadgets. The 1.5GB device, dubbed Digital Capture Technology, or DCT, uses a combination of hard drive... Read more...

Borland, Microsoft Move Closer on Databases

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:55:41 +0000

Building on its January promise to release a new Microsoft .NET (define) development product this year, software tool developer Borland Software (Quote, Company Info) unveiled C#Builder for the .NET Framework Monday. Borland... Read more...

IM compatibility closer to reality

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 02 Nov 2002 10:24:17 +0000

The Internet's governing technical body quietly gave its stamp of approval Thursday to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the group that sets... Read more...

UnitedLinux inches closer to OS goal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:13:04 +0000

UnitedLinux, a combined effort to create a uniform version of Linux for businesses, on Wednesday named a top executive and said it will ship a test version of its code later this month. ... Read more...

Quantum crypto edges closer

Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:59:43 +0000

British boffins have made a breakthrough in quantum cryptography, an advanced code-making technology which is theoretically uncrackable, by developing a single photon-emitting diode. The researchers from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba... Read more...

Computing with DNA comes a step closer

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 11:32:05 +0000

Is DNA the new silicon? News last month that scientists had built the first programmable computer made from the molecule which carries our genes has brought the vision of computing with DNA one step nearer.... Read more...

OT: Teleportation one step closer to reality

Steven Parker — Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:00:31 +0000

Saw this over @ The C-A-D. Physicists in Denmark have made two samples of trillions of atoms interact at a distance in an experiment which may bring Star Trek-style teleportation and rapid quantum computing closer... Read more...