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Microsoft rolls out major Windows Live Hotmail updates

Sean Bradford — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:45:20 +0000

A few days ago we announced that Microsoft was finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live. The Windows Live Hotmail team has announced that it is officially rolling out the last of the Wave 3... Read more...

Microsoft rolls out translation bot for Live Messenger

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:54:12 +0000

Microsoft announced today a new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger, allowing users to translate strings of text to one of 12 different languages by simply sending a message to the bot. Users can take... Read more...

Adobe rolls out beta of Flash Player 10

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:21:35 +0000

Adobe today rolled out a beta version of its Adobe Flash Player 10 (formerly called Astro) browser plug-in, which adds features to help designers and developers create special effects and cinematic Web experiences. The new... Read more...

Microsoft Silently Rolls Out Anti-Hack Update For Vista

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:24:30 +0000

The release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 not only heralded a long-awaited update of the operating system, it also meant the end of two common Windows Vista anti-activation exploits - the Grace Timer exploit... Read more...

PS3 Firmware 2.30 rolls out 4/15/08 DTS-HD Included

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:45:18 +0000

Hey Everyone! We know you're all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, ver. 2.30, which includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store. I have more good news to report today – the system software update... Read more...

Linksys Rolls Out Affordable Wireless-N Gear At CES

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:17:03 +0000

Linksys is out to prove that the high-speed wireless gear, especially based on the soon-to-be-standard Wireless-N protocol, doesn't always come with the highest price tag. The San Jose, Calif.-based consumer and small business networking vendor,... Read more...

Ask rolls out search privacy tool

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:52:21 +0000

Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy. AskEraser allows users to immediately delete search queries stored on Ask's servers,... Read more...

Samsung rolls out coolest 1TB drive

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:53:44 +0000

Samsung has begun shipping its F1 series 1TB hard drive promising the world's highest recording density using only three disks. The Serial ATA 3.5in F1 Series run at 7,200rpm and provide a higher data storage... Read more...

Qualcomm Rolls Out EV-DO/HSPA Chip

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:52:14 +0000

Beleagered chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. launched its new "Gobi" chip today that will make it easier to build laptops compatible with the two dominant cellular broadband technologies in the United States, HSPA and EV-DO. Currently, business-oriented... Read more...

eBay rolls out new shopping interface

Steven Parker — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:05:37 +0000

eBay is getting a facelift. And while it's probably long overdue, we're not quite sure if its necessary.While pretty much every new website you see these days use newfangled tools like AJAX and Flash animation... Read more...

Apple Rolls Out Refurbished iPhones For $100 Less

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:40:33 +0000

Two months after the iPhone's launch, Apple has begun selling "Apple Certified Refurbished" 8GB and 4GB iPhones online for $499 and $399, representing a 17% and 21% discount, respectively. Apple offers free shipping on both... Read more...

Microsoft Rolls Out Key Development Tool Betas

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:08:44 +0000

Within the next few days, Microsoft will release key development technology to help developers build applications across a variety of platforms, including the Web, desktops, servers and mobile devices. In an interview with eWEEK at... Read more...

Fujitsu Rolls Out 300GB Mobile HDD

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:26:41 +0000

Fujitsu has announced a 300GB external 2.5" HDD featuring a SATA interface internally and a USB 2.0 interface for connecting to a notebook computer. The drive also features a 16-point omnidirectional shock mounting design to... Read more...

Fujitsu Rolls Out Three "Santa Rosa" Notebooks

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:00:44 +0000

Fujitsu has lost no time and has released three new Santa Rosa-based notebook models for the Japanese market. The company launched two 15.4" Santa Rosa notebooks: the FMV-BIBLO NX and FMV-BIBLO NF. The NX features... Read more...

Verizon rolls out nationwide WAN service

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:24:10 +0000

Verizon Business has rolled out a nationwide WAN service, dubbed Virtual Private LAN Service, or E-VPLS, the first such service from large telecom carriers. The service, delivered over Verizon Business' existing converged packet network, allows... Read more...

Microsoft rolls out tutorial site for new programmers

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:47:04 +0000

Microsoft Corporation has launched the Beginning Developer Learning Center Web Site, designed to help people with no programming experience learn to build Windows applications or Web sites using Visual Studio 2005. It currently offers 45... Read more...

Yahoo rolls out new ad search platform

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:45:43 +0000

As previously announced, Yahoo launched its Project Panama ad-ranking platform in the United States in an effort to compete with Google. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said the project would be constantly evolving based on user... Read more...

Linksys rolls out home-network storage system

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:15:36 +0000

Linksys has rolled out a network storage system aimed at home and small office users. The news comes just hours after Microsoft announced its Windows Home Server device, manufactured by HP, at the Consumer... Read more...

SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:51:58 +0000

SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable. The switch, however, will cost you a few hundred dollars... Read more...

AMD Rolls Outs New Athlon Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:15:24 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out two additional dual-core processors as part of its Athlon 64 X2 family of chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker announced Dec. 12 that it would begin shipping the Athlon... Read more...

Intel Rolls Out New vPro Technology

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:49:48 +0000

Intel this week announced the availability of its new hardware and softwaretechnology known as vPro, which the chip giant said can cut energy useand costs for enterprise IT shops while giving them more advanced remote... Read more...

Dixons rolls out TechGuys support service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:10:04 +0000

When your technology fails, who you gonna call? The TechGuys, or so Dixons Stores Group, owners of Dixons.co.uk, PC World and Currys, hopes. The TechGuys is a support service for a variety of consumer electronics... Read more...

Microsoft rolls up Office ribbon

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:54:31 +0000

Microsoft has modified its new interface for Office 2007 after complaints from beta testers that the "ribbon" system took up too much screen space. Office 2007 had ditched the traditional drop-down menu approach of most... Read more...

AMD 64 Live! Rolls Out in June

Wed, 31 May 2006 16:11:07 +0000

If you are not quite convinced that you want an Intel Viiv PC in your living room, then here is another option: AMD promises similar functionality and "real world solutions" with beefed up entertainment center... Read more...

NVIDIA Rolls Out nForce 500 Chipsets

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:12:42 +0000

NVIDIA has announced its new nForce 500 series core logic chipsets, sporting a wide array of new features and goodies for mainstream and enthusiast users alike. After appearing on roadmaps in months past as... Read more...

MSN Search Toolbar rolls out more international versions

Steven Parker — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:53:57 +0000

We received a couple of comments in response to the recent blog posting which announced the availability of international versions of MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search. Specifically, we were asked "where's the India... Read more...

VIA rolls out 64-bit drivers for XP RC2 x64

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:38:46 +0000

VIA Technologies has introduced its 64-bit drivers for Microsoft's recent launch of its Release Candidate 2 of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, according to the company. VIA's complete driver lineup for 64-bit operating systems includes... Read more...

HP rolls out Itanium 2 servers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:49:23 +0000

Hewlett-Packard hammered home its commitment to the Itanium 2 chips this week, announcing new mid- and high-end members of its Integrity family of servers with the Madison chip, along with new support for OpenVMS 8.2,... Read more...

Xbox 2 takes shape as ATI rolls out graphics chipset

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:40:12 +0000

R500 parts headed for development kits, just in time for public unveiling on January 5th? The development hardware for Microsoft's Xbox 2 is moving closer to the final specification of the console... Read more...

Google rolls out two new features

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:11:27 +0000

Google has unleashed two new features that are aimed at smaller Web sites and could change the search habits of millions of people. First, the Mountain View search engine announced Friday a "site-flavored"... Read more...

Redmond Rolls Out its MS CRM Roadmap

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:05:29 +0000

Microsoft has big plans to enhance its CRM suite through 2006. But don't expect its next major milestone, version 2.0, until mid-2005, company officials said here at its annual Microsoft Business Solutions conference on Monday.... Read more...

Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers, Software

Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:34:37 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday rolled out new, faster computer servers starting at about $2,800 and updated software as the network computer makers seeks to tap into modestly improving spending on information technology.ncluded among the... Read more...

PSX rolls out in Japan, but analysts are unconvinced

Marcel Klum — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:38:39 +0000

Sony's integrated games console, DVD recorder and digital video recorder has arrived in Japan, but analysts now seem unconvinced by the machine following the company's decision to scale back its specifications. Speaking to... Read more...

Microsoft Rolls Out Rights Management 1.0; Preps 2.0

Tom Warren — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:52:26 +0000

Redmond's RMS technology is ready to roll. But so far, the only application making use of it is Office 2003 As Microsoft rolls out its first-generation Windows rights-management service (RMS) designed to... Read more...

Xbox sales surge as new bundle rolls out

Marcel Klum — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:29:57 +0000

GameCube's much-publicised sales recovery in the UK has slowed already according to the latest set of ChartTrack hardware figures which reveal that Xbox has once again overtaken Nintendo's console. Microsoft's decision to be... Read more...

Segway Rolls Out a Recall

Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:40:58 +0000

Segway LLC has issued a voluntary recall of its Human Transporter product after revealing that riders might fall from the device as the batteries are drained of power, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.... Read more...

Gateway rolls out new desktops

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:38:38 +0000

Gateway will refresh its desktop line this week with PCs featuring the latest chips from Intel as the company continues to rebuild itself. The Poway, Calif.-based company is coming out with new versions of the... Read more...

AMD rolls dice on Opteron chip

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:11:12 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices will come out with a new chip on Tuesday--and once again, everything is on the line. The Opteron processor, first revealed in 1999, represents the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's best opportunity ever to... Read more...

Reuters rolls out Oracle e-learning system

Sun, 03 Nov 2002 04:39:29 +0000

Reuters expects to save over Â£1m a year by replacing classroom-based training with e-learning. The news agency and information provider is rolling out Oracle's iLearning management system as part of an overall self-service... Read more...

Sun Rolls Out Java Verification Program

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:36:12 +0000

Striking a blow in the battle for the enterprise developer, Sun Microsystems Inc. last week announced the Java Verification Program for the enterprise. Glen Martin, a senior manager in Sun's Java software... Read more...