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Microsoft continues Mixed Reality push with its latest reorganization

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:40:01 +0000

With Microsoft focusing more on Mixed Reality, HoloLens, and similar products or services, it has yet again reshuffled its internal structure to put the focus on these burgeoning markets. Read more...

Microsoft researchers predict 16 scientific advancements for 2016

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 22:22:01 +0000

Researchers from Microsoft's Research department have called the entrance into 2016 a "new Golden Age of technological advancement," and have proposed 16 scientific advancements that may come in 2016. Read more...

AT&T is about to increase activation fees, "Next" customers will be affected

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:18:01 +0000

Upgrading your next AT&T phone is about to get a little more expensive, and NEXT customers are the ones that will get hit the hardest once the changes take hold. Read more...

CERN recreates first web page

Ben Buffone — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:42:05 +0000

Scientists at the world's most advanced physics laboratory, CERN, have embarked on a project that seeks to preserve the original hardware and software used to give birth to the World Wide Web. Read more...

Opera Next 11.50 Build 1040

Steven Parker — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:47:29 +0000

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs,... Read more...

Microsoft set to respond to Google OS next Monday?

Tom Warren — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:08:43 +0000

Blogger Robert Scoble has posted a message on his FriendFeed account, hinting at a Microsoft announcement next Monday, related to Google's OS. In the posting, Scoble notes "why did Google announce Chrome OS this week?... Read more...

Rumor: Next gen iPhone to feature much faster internet speed

Sam Symons — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:55:26 +0000

More rumors pointing to a next generation iPhone have come out, this time pointing to the iPhone 3G's questionable 3G speeds. According to Business Insider, the next generation iPhone will (when inevitably released) feature faster... Read more...

Bethesda Softworks' next game is on iPhone

Sam Symons — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:38:58 +0000

MTV Multiplayer posted highlights of New York's Comic Con today, where Todd Howard, Executive Producer and Game Director for Bethesda Softworks, revealed that one of Bethesda's next projects will be for Apple's iPhone. News... Read more...

Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week

Tom Warren — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:14:37 +0000

Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate. In a blog posting by Microsoft's Frank Olivier, the UX and Compatibility program manager confirms "we're... Read more...

Microsoft set to unveil MobileMe competitor next month

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:24:51 +0000

Microsoft is planning to unveil three new mobile services at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month. The software giant is aiming to move your mobile data into the cloud and rival Apple's... Read more...

Mac Mojo: Audio/Video support in Messenger for Mac next year

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:20:46 +0000

One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger... Read more...

Windows Live Spaces, the next big social network?

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:47:44 +0000

The sleeping giant is finally awaking on the front of Social Networking. The one area where Microsoft has failed to get into was Social Networking. Microsoft has been building Windows Live profiles over... Read more...

Comment on this article and your next boss may read it

Fred Derf — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:56:33 +0000

A survey by online job site CareerBuilder.com has found that 22% of hiring managers regularly screen social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpace, before hiring new applicants. An additional 9% of hiring managers do not... Read more...

Mozilla Releases Alpha of Next Firefox

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:41:26 +0000

Mozilla Corp. has released the first preview of Firefox 3.1, the fast-track update that the open-source company has pegged with a late 2008 or early 2009 ship date. Code-named "Shiretoko," named for a national park... Read more...

Next Doom Game Announced

Marcel Klum — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:24:43 +0000

Kicking off the festivities at QuakeCon, id CEO Todd Hollenshead took the stage during the keynote presentation and promised he would be showing off either Rage or the previously unannounced Doom 4. So which did... Read more...

Neowin: The Next Generation

Brad Wardell — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:13:09 +0000

Neowin Editor-In-Chief Steve Parker (Neobond) has put a call out to features users would like to see on Neowin.net coming up. Neowin is in the process of going through its next major development... Read more...

A simple way to avoid being the next Star Wars Kid

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:15:03 +0000

Fifteen years ago, the world wide web was the playground of boffins. Its design reflected the open ethos of those users: it had no central managers, no main menu and no investment in content –... Read more...

Four Microsoft security patches due next week

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:37 +0000

Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher, and Jet database software next week. The software vendor also plans to release a less-critical update for its antivirus products, fixing a flaw that attackers... Read more...

Google mulls next moves on U.S. wireless networks

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:32:50 +0000

Google Inc confirmed on Thursday it had been an active bidder in recent U.S. auctions for licenses to create a national wireless network and that it will weigh in as regulators set new rules. In... Read more...

Microsoft To Release XP SP3 Next Week

Steven Parker — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:22:12 +0000

Now that Windows Vista service pack 1 has been released, all eyes have shifted to Microsoft's plans for Windows XP service pack 3, the final package of updates for the trusty OS. And, according to... Read more...

Futuremark's next goal: PC Game Development

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:51:08 +0000

They're the leading figure in PC benchmark programs, technology showcases and cutting edge demos. You'd be forgiven if you thought there was nothing else that Futuremark Corporation could do but amazingly there is, and today... 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...

Symantec Sets Next Release of Norton 360

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:11:11 +0000

Symantec's security software is gearing up for the New Year with a few enhancements. The Cupertino-based security vendor slated the release of Norton 360 Version 2.0 Beta for early January. While the basic Norton 360... 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...

Samsung to produce faster graphics memory next year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:31:40 +0000

Samsung Electronics next year plans to begin mass production of a new type of graphics memory that both consumes less power and is significantly faster than existing chips. Called GDDR (Graphics Double Data Rate) 5,... Read more...

Vista SP1 Release Candidate expected next week

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:45:21 +0000

Microsoft is looking to release the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected testers the week of December 1, according to sources close to the company. Microsoft's plan... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares Next Windows Home Server Update

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:49:26 +0000

Microsoft announced earlier this week it's plans to release a new update (or rather a second update) to Windows Home Server (WHS), this update is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Microsoft first... Read more...

Firefox vulnerability fix available next week

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:03:00 +0000

Mozilla is set to release a Firefox bugfix next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the public next week.... Read more...

What's next for Blizzard? Interview with Frank Pearce

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:08:30 +0000

Executive vice-president of product development Frank Pearce talks WoW 2, StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. Blizzard is sitting pretty at the moment. Having just announced that the world's most popular MMO, World of Warcraft, has... Read more...

Microsoft's OneCare 2.0 due next week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:06:00 +0000

Microsoft plans to release a major update to its Windows Live OneCare security suite next week, according to online retailer Amazon.com. Amazon has already begun accepting orders for OneCare 2.0, which it says will ship... Read more...

Asustek to push desktop version Eee PC next year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:01:54 +0000

Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display,... Read more...

Microsoft: Just a pair of security updates coming next week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:54:05 +0000

Security administrators should have a pretty easy time of it next Tuesday as Microsoft says it will issue just two updates in its monthly security software release. Microsoft said Thursday that next week's updates will... Read more...

Intel to up 45nm Core 2 Extreme prices by 50% next year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:45:50 +0000

Upcoming 'Penryn'-based 45nm high-end quad-core CPUs may well attract an even higher price premium than before, it has emerged. Intel has apparently informed customers that next year's Core 2 Extreme processors will cost up to... Read more...

Microsoft schedules seven patches for next week

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:56:44 +0000

Next Patch Tuesday, Microsoft plans to release seven security updates for: Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word, and SharePoint – four of the seven will be rated critical, Microsoft's highest ranking, while the remainder will... Read more...

Three US chip-makers could be next targets for trust busters

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:23:17 +0000

"The significance of this ruling for the [European] commission is that we have been reinforced and confirmed in our approach in putting consumers before innovation and research and we have been supported in our interpretation... Read more...

What's Next for DVD?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:35:43 +0000

Media attention these days focuses mostly on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats. Yet in this interim period--while high-def adoption ever-so-slowly ramps up--standard DVD continues to see updates and new products. Here's a... Read more...

Microsoft Plans Nine Security Updates for Next Week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:17:16 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will release nine sets of security patches next week, including six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and its Visual Basic development software. The updates will come as part of Microsoft's regular... Read more...

AMD Promises "DirectX 10+" Graphics Chips Next Year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:23:20 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday that even though its ATI Radeon HD 2000-series graphics chips family has experienced massive delays, the company is still positioned to deliver competitive graphics solutions to the market place.... Read more...

Microsoft's next move is the Xbox 360 Code-name Falcon

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:41:29 +0000

According to Dean Takahashi, Microsoft is working on project code-named Falcon: another hardware upgrade for the Xbox 360. It will have an IBM microprocessor and an AMD/ATI graphics chip that are manufactured in a 65-nanometer... Read more...

Microsoft to release six security updates next week

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:19:43 +0000

Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, fixing bugs in the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003. Online criminals will typically e-mail the victim with a maliciously... Read more...