Neowin News Feed for: Programs

After six years, Wakoopa Social closes down

Paul Ferson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:30:45 +0000

Wakoopa, self-described as the "Last.fm of software", is to shut down at the end of the month,. Users will be able to download their data before it is gone forever. Read more...

Microsoft Early Adopters Programs - What's in it?

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:13:37 +0000

Many are familiar with the Microsoft Beta programs wherein users get access to pre-release products, such as Windows 7. But very little know the different programs Microsoft adopts in testing these pre-release products. Through Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft Simplifies Its Volume Licensing Programs

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:51:07 +0000

Microsoft is trying to simplify its complex volume licensing programs and the customer agreements that fall under them as an unprecedented number of volume license customers face renewal decisions this fall. As part of that... Read more...

Adding PowerToys-like programs to Windows Vista

Steven Parker — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:08:20 +0000

Working with various versions of the Windows operating system over the years, I've always enjoyed discovering and using programs or utilities designed to provide the user with handy additional features. My all-time favourites, the PowerToys... Read more...

Google charges for web programs

Tom Warren — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:46:33 +0000

Google has introduced a paid-for version of its web applications it hopes will be popular with small firms. The paid version adds more storage, phone help and guarantees of availability to the Gmail,... Read more...

Man Ordered to Disable Spyware Programs

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:42:40 +0000

A federal judge has ordered a man known as the "Spam King" to disable so-called spyware programs that infiltrate people's computers, track their Internet use and flood them with pop-up advertising. U.S. District Judge Joseph... Read more...

Microsoft lists programs with possible SP2 issues

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:19:21 +0000

Thanks to neostyle who gave me the heads up in BPN about this news. Microsoft has posted a list of programs with possible issues in Service Pack 2. This is not a... Read more...

Copying Programs Could be Outlawed

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 22:43:19 +0000

A new legislation passed Tuesday would allow artist and entertainment companies to sue creators of products. Products such as P2P and software copying programs. That "induce" copyright violations. New legislation... Read more...

Office System Launches With Record Number of Programs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:18:09 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of the new Microsoft® Office System, along with research that shows how leading companies are already gaining a competitive advantage from Microsoft Office System productivity solutions. The research,... Read more...

Microsoft Bolsters Partner Programs With Presales Support

Tom Warren — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:44:35 +0000

Microsoft is about to roll out a free presales support option for its army of partners. The presales support line is in pilot now and will be rolled out in phases. It... Read more...

Microsoft To Tout New Academic Wares, Programs

Tom Warren — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:43:22 +0000

Company's annual Faculty Summit will highlight e-Learning programs and projects, among fruits from other Microsoft Research teams. At its annual Faculty Summit in Redmond next week, Microsoft will show off the fruits... Read more...

Microsoft Offers New Programs for Web Development Community

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:21:15 +0000

Company Releases an Update to ASP.NET Web Matrix, The ASP.NET Starter Kits and a New ASP.NET Hosting Program Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of three offerings for Web developers to... Read more...

Patch: WinXP SP1 makes some programs ten times slower

Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:34 +0000

As reported previously, a bug in Windows XP SP1 may cause some programs to launch 10 times slower because of a change in memory management in SP1 from XP retail. Remember, only download... Read more...

Windows 2000 Patch: Performance Issue with Server Programs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 09:55:49 +0000

Quick Info File Name: Q316430_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe - Download Size: 9220 KB - Date Published: 1/31/2003 - Version: Q316430 Overview This update addresses the "Performance of Microsoft Commerce Server-based Programs May Degrade... Read more...

Other Microsoft Programs Said at Risk for Web Worm

Steven Parker — Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:43:34 +0000

Redmond finally speaks... Thanks WiNBETA for the heads up. Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that a virus-like attack against its key database software, which slowed Internet traffic around the globe, could spread... Read more...

Longhorn, gives antivirus programs access for better protection

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:33:23 +0000

Microsoft is working behind the scenes with leading antivirus software vendors to improve the way desktop security software works with its next major operating system, code-named Longhorn. Under enormous pressure from customers, partners,... Read more...

Error With Add/Remove Programs Using Service Pack 1

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:22:13 +0000

Winbeta.org noticed quite a few people asking questions about getting errors when using Add/Remove Programs, when Windows XP Service Pack 1 is installed, so they decided to do a quick "How-To" on fixing the problem.... Read more...

SQL Server Beta Programs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:39:55 +0000

From MS: One more quick reminder about two significant beta programs we've got coming up. Both are shaping up to be very cool - we are doing a lot of things we've never... Read more...

DirectX 8.1 Programs May Stop Working on Computers with AMD Processors (Q321178)

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:32:14 +0000

Affected Software Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SYMPTOMS On computers with an AMD processor, programs that use Microsoft DirectX 8.1 may quit without displaying... Read more...

MS Beta programs UPDATE

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 02:18:39 +0000

Thanks Anonymous for the update :) I [MS] wanted to drop you a quick note and let you know about a couple Beta programs that are starting up in the very near future... Read more...

RealNetworks Merges Programs Into RealOne Platform

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 04:42:29 +0000

Internet media company RealNetworks Inc. on Monday unveiled a new service melding its two popular consumer programs, RealPlayer and RealJukebox, into a single, digital media destination. The combination has been long expected and marks the... Read more...