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Gmail goes offline

Brad Sams — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:33:38 +0000

Google has introduced a new feature for Gmail users to allow them to access their email offline. Announced on the Google blog you will be able to cache your messages on your computer using... Read more...

GPU-Accelerated Wi-Fi password cracking goes mainstream

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:43:19 +0000

The once thought 8 character length password may no longer be safe, after the GPU-accelerated password recovery attack can break weak WPA/WPA-2 PSK passwords. The Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor mentioned that its software can work... Read more...

YouTube goes widescreen

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:12:39 +0000

YouTube rolled out an exciting change to all of its users today, by expanding the width of their videos to widescreen (16:9), from the previous standard format (4:3), making the player 960 pixels wide. A... Read more...

Windows Live wave 3 beta goes public

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:51 +0000

Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3? Now get yourself in on the action. Microsoft is launching the official Windows Live Wave 3 beta today. Watcher of all things... Read more...

When Advertising Goes Too Far

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:32:09 +0000

While product placement can be traced back to early movies and radio, the digital world we live in today gives companies ample opportunity to send us images of trucks we should buy, what computers we... Read more...

AMD Goes Hollywood With New Graphics Chips

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:03:13 +0000

Imagine turning a movie into a game instantly, with the audience driving storytelling by defining the character. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) wants to make that possible in the future, with the company releasing new graphics... Read more...

MyColors goes public

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:48:54 +0000

Stardock has released MyColors to the general public. MyColors is a program that reverses the traditional way users change their desktop. Rather than users going out and finding/buying various programs to change some aspect... Read more...

Creative Goes After Driver Modder

Denis Wong — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:11:05 +0000

Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being 'Vista Ready'. Unfortunately, as many unlucky customers did discover, this is not true. What the users actually found were buggy, feature... Read more...

Windows Vista Goes Pink !

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:44:10 +0000

Microsoft has in Japan, combined Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live OneCare in one eye-popping hot pink box. As a special promotion for the Japanese market, an upgrade version of Windows Vista Home Premium... Read more...

Apple upgrades iPhone to 16GB, iPod touch goes to 32GB

Fred Derf — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:47:02 +0000

Apple today announced new iPhone and iPod models with larger memory capacities to solve the ever growing craze for more portable storage. This move doubles the amount of memory that was previously available on the... Read more...

MSN goes to the Grammys

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:33:48 +0000

Well, actually, the Pre-Grammys. MSN has been signed on as the exclusive online broadcaster and as a title sponsor of Clive Davis’ legendary Pre-Grammy Party, which will be held February 9 in Beverly Hills, California.... Read more...

iPod 8GB Nano goes Pink

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:00:09 +0000

Microsoft isn't the only one planning to push its MP3 player for Valentine's Day; Apple has brought pink to the iPod nano - available immediately in an 8GB model for $199. As expected, everything else... Read more...

CeBIT Goes Green This Year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:31:41 +0000

The Climate Savers Computing Initiative, established by many of the world's leading computer companies will use the 2008 CeBIT trade show to drive home the green IT message. The Initiative is led by Dell, EDS,... Read more...

WGA Update Goes Phishing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:27:15 +0000

The message uses a little Windows Genuine Advantage fear mongering to cajole end users to download a fake update that realy is a backdoor Trojan. The message warns: "Please update your P.C. in maximum 12... Read more...

IBM's Lotus Symphony Suite goes International

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:07:09 +0000

IBM's Lotus Symphony suite, downloaded for use in English by more than 400,000 individuals since its release in September 2007, is now available in 24 languages. Lotus Symphony is a suite of software tools for... Read more...

Dragon Ball Z Goes Next-Gen with Burst Limit

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:56:43 +0000

After Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 arrived on the PlayStation 2 a few months ago in all its so-so glory, many fans were left wondering what's next for Goku and team. Looks like Atari... Read more...

Zune 80 goes Red for Valentine's Day

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:47:03 +0000

Microsoft Corporation is making the $250 Zune 80 available in red with Zune Originals, just in time for Valentine's Day. Also available until February 14th will be an exclusive collection of 20 new love and... Read more...

Warner Bros Goes Blu-Ray Exclusive

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:07:44 +0000

In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment stated today in a press release that it will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year. The announcement was... Read more...

Wikia Search Goes Online Next Week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:50:13 +0000

Wikia co-founder and chairman Jimmy Wales announced the public will get its first view of Wikia Search, an open source, community-driven search engine, on January 7. Wales admits his company's search engine is not an... Read more...

Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:47:40 +0000

Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the... Read more...

Office for Mac 2008 goes gold, available next month

Simon Andrews — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:09:13 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Mac Office 2008, the Macintosh version of their incredibly popular Windows productivity suite, has gone gold, and is shipping to manufacturers. It's been nearly half a decade since Microsoft updated the... Read more...

ASUS Goes for the Gigabyte

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:27:04 +0000

ASUS announced the EN8800GT/HTDP/1G, an Nvidia GeForce 8800-based graphics card with a full 1GB of onboard memory. The DirectX 10 friendly card also includes what ASUS calls SmartDoctor, a method of overclocking not only the... Read more...

Fast broadband goes underground

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:55:04 +0000

While politicians and network providers work out how they can afford to provide the UK with a network capable of delivering super-fast broadband speeds, one company is already doing it - via the sewers. H20... Read more...

Windows XP SP3 RC goes to MSDN, TechNet testers

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:06:26 +0000

Microsoft made available on December 3 for download the near-final Release Candidate (RC) of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3. The RC is available to all Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet subscribers. This isn't... Read more...

Pizza Ordering goes Mobile, no Phone Call Necessary

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:39:29 +0000

In 2001, Louisville-based Papa John's International Incorporated debuted an online pizza ordering system, which now accounts for nearly 20% of its U.S. sales. This week, however, the pizza maker has rolled out its text message... Read more...

Vista SP1: RC1 test build goes to 15,000 testers

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:40:15 +0000

Microsoft has delivered yet another test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to testers. On November 14, the new build — designated the SP1 Release Candiate (RC) Preview — went to a slightly... Read more...

Guitar Hero III PC goes gold (Mac version later this year)

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:36:53 +0000

AUSTIN, TX – November 12, 2007 – Aspyr Media has granted computer gamers a license to shred with the announcement that Activision, Inc.'s best-selling Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock is now available for the... Read more...

Zune Tattoo Guy Goes All Out, Changes Name to Microsoft Zune

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:36:02 +0000

First, number one Zune fan Steven Smith got a Zune tattoo on his arm. Then, he went and got a second Zune tattoo on the other arm, and a few months later picked up a... Read more...

Google Goes OpenSocial to Trump Facebook

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:08:40 +0000

In a move possibly designed to one-up Facebook, online search giant Google will officially join the club of social software development platform providers Nov. 1, when it unveils OpenSocial, a set of application programming interfaces... Read more...

Hulu Private Beta Goes Live

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:23:26 +0000

Hulu, a joint-venture, ad-supported online video site between Fox and NBC, has officially gone into beta today with the launching of a test page at Hulu.com. According to officials from both companies, the final version... Read more...

Asustek Eee PC goes on sale in Taiwan

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:19:12 +0000

Asustek Computer's low-cost Eee PC notebook has gone on sale in Taiwan with pricing at online retailers at around NT$11,655 (US$35. This is much higher than the price of US$199 Asustek originally promoted for the... Read more...

Microsoft's Social Events Planning Service Goes Live

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:01:28 +0000

Organizing an event? Microsoft is hoping that customers will use its latest free online service, Windows Live Events. This new social events planning service was unveiled Oct. 11 and will be rolled out over the... Read more...

Windows Home Server goes on Sale in the US

Steven Parker — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:10:17 +0000

Windows Home Server is finally available in the US! You can pick it up at Newegg.com for $190. This fall, families will have a new way to organize, share and protect photos, videos, music and... Read more...

Windows Live Web Messenger goes into dogfood

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:24:32 +0000

Beta is the new passÃ©, and dogfood* is where its at. Calendar and now Web Messenger are now both in dogfoods that are running on external urls (you have to be signed up to the... Read more...

Intel goes neutral (supports Blu-Ray too) starting Q2 2008

Steven Parker — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:49:51 +0000

In a major step toward bringing an end to the much-buzzed-about format war that has pitted HD-DVD technology enthusiasts against the backers of Blu-ray technology, Intel Corp.'s CEO Paul Otellini today said during the Intel... Read more...

Project Gotham Racing 4 goes golden

Todd Tanner — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:08:10 +0000

Thanks to the new an improved Voodoo Extreme for the head's up on this one: PGR4 has gone gold and is currently winging its way to manufacturing! Woo! For all the non-Level 60 geeks... Read more...

Google AdWords Goes Mobile

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:09:51 +0000

In a move that further underscores Google's quest for the the online ad dollar, the search company has quietly noted that it is moving AdWords onto its Google Mobile Search product. "If your text ads... Read more...

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts goes golden

Todd Tanner — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:01:25 +0000

THQ Inc. today announced Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, developed by award-winning Real-Time Strategy (RTS) developer Relic Entertainment, has reached the gold master stage of development and is now entering manufacturing. Company of Heroes: Opposing... Read more...

Halo 3 Goes Gold

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:25:10 +0000

Microsoft and Bungie announced today that Halo 3 has gone gold. The game is schedule for release on September 25, 2007 in the U.S. The wait is almost over. "Halo 3," the final chapter in... Read more...

Universal goes DRM-free

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:25:02 +0000

Universal has announced that it is abandoning the practice of embedding digital rights management (DRM) software in its music. In a limited trial Universal will strip out the DRM from music sold via some retailers,... Read more...