Neowin News Feed for: Ease

Microsoft to ease XP activation with SP3

Steven Parker — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:36:31 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the... Read more...

Happy Games May Ease Stress

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:14:17 +0000

Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have concluded, with the help of their MindHabits Trainer game, that happy games helps cut stress and boost confidence. In this particular game, one exercise shows a grid of... Read more...

Feds expected to ease Net phone rules

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:47:57 +0000

The nation's top telephone regulators are widely expected to decide on Tuesday to further deregulate Internet phone services. States would be barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Net phone providers, which treat... Read more...

'Longhorn' Builds in Ease of Use

Fri, 28 May 2004 16:15:39 +0000

The latest build of the client operating system is richer and more stable, but it will require heavy-duty hardware. In the opening keynote address at WinHEC, held earlier this month in Seattle,... Read more...

As security concerns ease, businesses warm to Wi-Fi

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:50:56 +0000

Security fears have kept many large companies on the wireless-networking sidelines for the past two years, but new intrusion defenses are beginning to put the worst concerns to rest, opening the door to renewed corporate... Read more...

Microsoft Agrees to Ease Windows License Terms

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 03:51:36 +0000

Microsoft Corp. said on Monday it has agreed to cut the cost and ease some restrictions it placed on competitors seeking to view the inner workings of the Windows program under last year's antitrust... Read more...

IRS pushes e-filing to ease tax pain

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 09:33:39 +0000

Thanks xStainDx for posting in BPN. With millions of tax forms making their annual pilgrimage through the U.S. mail system to taxpayers' homes, the Internal Revenue Service is promoting using the Internet... Read more...

Proposal Aims to Ease Digital Photo Printing

Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:32:05 +0000

A group of six digital still camera makers and printer vendors, including Sony and Hewlett-Packard, have jointly proposed a new industry standard that allows images recorded by a digital still camera to be printed out... Read more...

Software aims to ease Mac switch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 10:49:21 +0000

Apple Computer has a new weapon in its campaign to woo PC users: a $59 piece of software that makes the switch to Macintosh easier. Detto Technologies has started selling Move2Mac, a combination of software... Read more...

Ease on DVD Rec in Media Center

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:51:11 +0000

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it is easing the DVD-copying restrictions it planned to build into new entertainment software coming out this fall, in response to consumer protests. Windows XP Media Center Edition, a variation... Read more...