Neowin News Feed for: Longer

If Gates is right, how much longer for keyboards & mice?

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:20:15 +0000

It wasn't exactly Minority Report but Bill Gates' technology demonstration at the company's CEO Summit earlier Wednesday may be remembered years from now as a harbinger of the end for the keyboard and mouse era.... Read more...

ReadyBoost no longer a Vista-only feature: eBoostr 1.0

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:35:29 +0000

MDO Ltd. announces the release of eBoostr, a complete replacement for Microsoft ReadyBoost technology for Windows XP. Upgrade the performance of your PC without upgrading its components. Get ReadyBoost-like technology in Windows XP. Overcome ReadyBoost... Read more...

Animated wallpapers no longer just for the Vista elite

Steven Parker — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:58:17 +0000

Animated wallpapers have been one of the "Extras" that Microsoft has touted as a selling point for customers of its priciest Windows Vista SKU. But now Stardock is bringing animated wallpapers to the Vista masses.... Read more...

Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:05:31 +0000

Let me step onto my own personal soapbox for a minute. I've always been one of those do-it-yourself, "hardcore" PC guys. I believed that the only good desktop PC was one you built... Read more...

Gates no longer the richest man in the world?

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:01:59 +0000

Reuters quoted a Mexican financial news service while reporting the fact that Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation chairman and co-founder, has been overtaken on the world's richest list by Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim. A 27%... Read more...

DDoS attacks 'no longer paying off'

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:19:33 +0000

Economics are playing a part in the decline of denial-of-service attacks, according to a Symantec security expert. In the second half of 2006, Symantec noted a sharp decline in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks,... Read more...

Mind over matter no longer science fiction

Dave Legg — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:36:07 +0000

Using a specially designed skull cap fitted with electrodes, scientists are now able to control a computer, and write characters onto the screen. As Dr. Brunner concentrates on the "B" of "bonjour" in a keyboard-like... Read more...

TiVo Will No Longer Skip Past Advertisers

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:22:44 +0000

When it debuted in 1999, TiVo revolutionized the TV experience by wresting control of screen time from advertisers, allowing viewers to record shows and skip commercials. TiVo's slogan said it all: "TV your way." Behind... Read more...

Microsoft pledges longer support for products

Tue, 25 May 2004 20:09:45 +0000

Microsoft revealed a new long-term support policy on Tuesday, along with upcoming technologies to boost security and reduce spam. Speaking at TechEd, the software giant's annual conference for information technology administrators, Andy... Read more...

EU seeks longer review of Oracle deal

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:53:29 +0000

European antitrust regulators announced Monday that they're extending their review of Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft into an in-depth second phase. The decision by the European Commission, which serves as the antitrust agency... Read more...

MSN Calendar no longer free

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 May 2003 09:53:23 +0000

Another service you got to pay for soon: MSN Calendar. This sucks, or do we ave to be gratefull we could use this services for free for all this time and at Microsoft is now... Read more...

MSN Photo no longer a freebie

Tom Warren — Tue, 06 May 2003 19:15:23 +0000

Attention MSN Photo users: You have two weeks to subscribe to MSN 8 or download your photos if you don't want to lose them. On May 22, MSN is planning to offer... Read more...

Microsoft no longer W3C'ing eye to eye

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:48:44 +0000

In a sign of growing discord over Web services guidelines, Microsoft has pulled out of a key Web services standards working group. Over the past month, IBM and Microsoft have been at... Read more...

Net's no longer a haven from sales taxes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:15:55 +0000

Several large retailers this week began collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. The move arose from an agreement among about 38 states and the District of Columbia that went into effect this week. The... Read more...

AMD to move beyond PC, faster chips no longer key

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:30:29 +0000

Thanks OoO for this gem. "AMD said on Tuesday that it would embrace a strategy of developing processors for a wider range of products outside computers and called on the industry to focus... Read more...

Longhorn no longer a Tall story

Steven Parker — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:44:26 +0000

It appears that Longhorn build 3683 leaked to the web last night opening the dawn of a new beta that Microsoft still has yet to announce. Not much is known about this version of Windows.... Read more...

Dell No Longer Selling Systems w/o Microsoft OS

Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:19:02 +0000

I found this over on /., where it shows an email that one SysAdmin recieved from Dell, which basically says that Microsoft will no longer allow Dell to sell PCs without an operating system! Shown... Read more...

MSN comunities is no longer

Thu, 30 May 2002 08:17:02 +0000

Well... that might have been slightly over dramatic. They are renaming msn comunities to groups, to truely reperesent what goes on there.... What else is changing? Group e-mail distribution lists will be easier... Read more...

Longhorn, Blackcomb no longer a rumour!

Steven Parker — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:02:52 +0000

My friend Vla pointed me to a couple of urls containing black & white info on Longhorn and Blackcomb, the respective succesors to Windows XP. While the "press" has been all ablaze about the inner... Read more...

Segway - No Longer Just a Segment Crossover

Fred Spencer — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 05:14:32 +0000

South Park's 'IT' has this thing beat.... =) - Rit 'On a quiet Sunday morning in Silicon Valley, I am standing atop a machine code-named Ginger--a machine that may be the most... Read more...