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Morro to be named Microsoft Security Essentials, build leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:37:39 +0000

Yesterday Neowin exclusively revealed Microsoft Morro to the world, today we can unveil that Microsoft's new and free Anti-Virus will be named Microsoft Security Essentials. The software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao... Read more...

Office 14 to be named Microsoft Office System 2009?

Tom Warren — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:24:52 +0000

Microsoft is currently developing the successor to Office 2007, Office codenamed "14". There has been little to no information on the upcoming Office version and many have speculated we might not see the product until... Read more...

Firefox named most vulnerable Windows application

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:02:15 +0000

In a list, published by security firm Bit9, of 12 most vulnerable applications for the Windows platform, Firefox finished at the top of the list. The browser has earned the reputation from Mozilla... Read more...

Zelda game named 'greatest ever'

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:08:21 +0000

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has topped a poll of readers of Edge magazine and industry experts to find the top 100 games of all time. The 10-year-old videogame for the Nintendo 64... Read more...

First Woman named Winner of Prestigious Computing Award

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:01:45 +0000

For the first time since its debut in 1966, the A.M. Turing Award, which is granted by the Association for Computer Machinery, has been awarded to a woman. Frances Allen, a 74-year-old IBM Fellow Emerita... Read more...

Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:36:42 +0000

ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM. "An unnamed Microsoft official just confirmed to... Read more...

Windows Vista Named "Best of CES 2007"

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:06:25 +0000

Today, the Windows Vista™ operating system has been selected by the editors at CNET (https://www.cnet.com) as a winner of the "Best of CES 2007" award in the computers and hardware category at the 2007 International... Read more...

NASCAR 06 Cover Boys Named

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:44:47 +0000

Electronic Arts today revealed that NASCAR Nextel Cup stars and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson will be adorning the cover of NASCAR 06: Total Team Control. The move to include the... Read more...

Longhorn Server most likely to be named Windows Server 2007

Steven Parker — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:48:14 +0000

A Microsoft spokesperson who has been following our coverage of Windows Vista over the last few days, contacted me in regard to the naming of Longhorn Server -the next version of Windows Server, that is... Read more...

Longhorn To Be Named 'Windows Vista'

Steven Parker — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:59:46 +0000

Bob Stein has just posted that the next version Windows, currently codenamed 'Longhorn', will in fact be named Windows Vista. There is currently no confirmation or announcement from Microsoft on this, but as... Read more...

Neo-Matrix game named, detailed

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:13:17 +0000

Atari today made an official announcement on the next installment of games based on the Matrix franchise. Dubbed The Matrix: Path of Neo, the game is set in the universe of The Matrix trilogy. Path... Read more...

Medal of Honor 4 named, detailed

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:50:14 +0000

Quoting Shakespeare, no less, Electronic Arts has officially unveiled its next World War II-based Medal of Honor console title, having mentioned one was in development earlier this week during an investor conference call. Medal of... Read more...

BioWare named in key Canadian business award lists

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:43:52 +0000

Developer BioWare has been named as one of the top 100 employers in Canada by Mediacorp Canada and Macleans magazine, and has also been placed in Deloitte's Canadian Technology Fast 50 listing. This... Read more...

Codewarrior named as official DS dev suite

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:22:58 +0000

Austin, Texas based development tools provider Metrowerks has announced an agreement with Nintendo which will see the company providing the official development suite for the forthcoming Nintendo DS console. Under the terms of... Read more...

Top net villains and heroes named

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:14:32 +0000

Britain's net industry has named internet domain giant Verisign as its villain of the year. It won the accolade for a system it set up that hijacked mistyped web queries and sent people... Read more...

Google Named as #1 Global Brand

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:59:39 +0000

Google, the top Internet search engine which is expected by bankers to list its shares this year, has gained a fillip as it was named Global Brand of the Year by consultants Interbrand for the... Read more...

Final Microsoft antitrust overseer named

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:55:45 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday nominated a Silicon Valley engineer and entrepreneur to a technical committee that will oversee Microsoft's compliance with its antitrust settlement. If approved by U.S. District... Read more...

It's Official. Hammer to be named AMD Athlon™ 64

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 05:40:04 +0000

Thanks to username for posting this in BPN At Comdex, AMD today announced it has selected "AMD Athlon 64" as the brand name for its next-generation processor for desktop and mobile PCs,... Read more...

Palmisano named IBM chairman

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:28:18 +0000

IBM President and CEO Samuel Palmisano has been elected chairman of the company, succeeding Louis V. Gerstner Jr., who is retiring at the end of the year. Palmisano, 51, will take on the role... Read more...

Seiko Epson named as faulty Nokia display supplier

Mon, 06 May 2002 13:53:03 +0000

Industry sources have named Seiko Epson as the manufacturer that supplied Nokia with faulty components that led to a high screen failure rate amongst its handsets. Nokia was instructed by the NSW... Read more...