Neowin News Feed for: Helps

Microsoft Australia Helps Aussie kids get a great education

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:54:18 +0000

Every time some one visits and watches a Microsoft commercial, Microsoft Australia will donate $ 1 to Smith Family Learning For Life Program. It is a Foundation which helps disabled kids with their education. ... Read more...

IETester Helps You Test Your Site

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:31:18 +0000

IETester is a free web browser specifically designed for testing web sites in Internet Explorer including IE 8 beta, IE 7, IE 6, IE 5.5 on both XP and Vista. Like any web browser,... Read more...

Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene

James Hall — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:38:07 +0000

Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor,... Read more...

Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:50:19 +0000

Thanks to information provided by the Secret Service, on June 12 French National Police arrested four on online fraud charges in relation to an international ID theft ring. The arrests were part of an undercover... Read more...

Hands-free mouse helps disabled nose through the net

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:23:43 +0000

Computer users who can't move their hands are testing a device that allows them to point and click using their nose. Thirteen patients at St. Vincent Hospital in Ottawa are currently trying out the "nouse"... Read more...

Glidepath helps MicroISV's develop apps for Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:45:17 +0000

Project codename "Glidepath" is an Evangelism initiative targeted at helping MicroISVs get started and be successful with a focus on Windows Vista. Project Glidepath includes a free software factory add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that... Read more...

Microsoft helps fight online child abuse in India

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:50:19 +0000

What is that evil, evil Microsoft up to now? The software giant is working with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the international police force Interpol to help Indian law enforcement... Read more...

Microsoft Helps Those Upgrade to Vista from a Legacy OS

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:14:12 +0000

Microsoft launched a page that clearly explains how to upgrade your existing system in-place from a legacy Windows OS to any Windows Vista version; or, in the case of certain systems, whether you'll need to... Read more...

Intel Helps to Develop New Apple PowerMac Computers – Report

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:21:27 +0000

Apple Computer, which has been known as a company that likes to keep all the secrets in house, according to a report from a web-site, asked Intel Corp. to help develop its commercial PowerMac computers... Read more...

New Microsoft Tool Helps Manage Your E-mail

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:16:10 +0000

Microsoft's research arm today released a freetool to help users slog through e-mail messages in their inbox in theorder of importance, according to one of the researchers who developedthe software. Created within Microsoft Research, the... Read more...

Adware firm helps FBI nab botnet hackers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:40:00 +0000

Adware maker 180solutions claims to be a key witness in the case against three Dutchmen accused of running a botnet which controlled 1.5m PCs. The group allegedly used the largest zombie army ever created to... Read more...

DRM in Windows Media Player Helps Spyware

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:27:44 +0000

According to a report by Panda Software, two new trojans have appeared on the internet recently which take advantage of Microsoft's Windows Media Player using DRM (Digital Rights Management). Trj/WmvDownloader.A and Trj/WmvDownloader.B... Read more...

Take-Two helps Microsoft get out of sports game

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:09:45 +0000

Internal sports slate at Microsoft Game Studios is wiped clean as the Salt Lake City dev shop behind Links, Amped, and Top Spin is sold off. The end of sports game development... Read more...

PayPal's UK move helps e-purchases

Darren Bolton — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:17:52 +0000

Local site to increase customer satisfaction PayPal, the online payment system owned by auction site eBay, which has some 30 million users, has opened a UK web site and office. ... Read more...

Gates helps cops fight kiddy porn

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:00:26 +0000

Microsoft and the Toronto police are now developing software that will make it easier for police to investigate the dissemination of child pornography on the Internet. They hope to complete an initial version of the... Read more...

Military Web portal helps US Navy officers stay networked

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 05:29:18 +0000

When Lt. Cmdr. Michael Crockett was promoted to executive officer of the guided missile destroyer USS Porter, he naturally sought advice from fellow officers on other ships. But he did not pick up the phone.... Read more...

Subcontinent link helps huge bank deal

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:50:56 +0000

A Sydney software developer has paired up with Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services in a $US100 million ($181 million) deal to supply technology to the State Bank of India. The world's third-largest bank... Read more...

Earthlink software helps banish pop-up ads

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:31:30 +0000

EarthLink arsenal for luring away subscribers from its online rivals (Microsoft's MSN and AOL) includes a $10 million marketing campaign and new access software that will block pop-up ads, one of the most frequently... Read more...

New technology that helps you name songs.

Sat, 15 Dec 2001 05:52:39 +0000

"The technology allows you to retrieve, within seconds, not only a track's title but also the artist and album. All that's required is to hold a mobile phone to a radio's speaker for three seconds-long... Read more...

IBM Helps University on Cancer Research Computer

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:47:49 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N on Wednesday said it is working with the University of Pennsylvania on a large computer that will store mammogram data, helping doctors screen for breast cancer... Read more...