Neowin News Feed for: Starts

Microsoft starts two new blogs focused on Windows 7

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:40 +0000

Microsoft has started two new blogs centered around Windows 7, to complement the existing "Engineering Windows 7" blog most Microsoft enthusiasts are already used to reading. The first one hosted on the Microsoft Developer... Read more...

Firefox 3 Download Day Starts Today, June 17th 2008

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:43:23 +0000

Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software... Read more...

New York starts Intel chip probe

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:54:57 +0000

Intel, the world's biggest computer chipmaker, is being investigated by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Mr Cuomo is looking into claims that Intel forced customers not to deal with rival Applied Micro Devices (AMD).... Read more...

Microsoft starts charging for Windows Live Mobile?

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:47:46 +0000

MoDaCo has picked up on a recent popup that occurs when you try and sign into Windows Live Messenger from a Windows Mobile powered device. The following message is displayed: "Hello! Starting today, your 30... Read more...

Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:27:38 +0000

What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal... Read more...

Google starts charging for extra storage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:36:20 +0000

Just hours after Microsoft rolled out its Skydrive online storage service on Thursday, Google Inc. unveiled pricing for shared online storage available to both Gmail and Picasa, the search giant's Web-based photo and e-mail services.... Read more...

Dell Starts Selling Unlocked Mobile Phones

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:02:38 +0000

Dell seems just as interested as anyone else in terms of the ultra-high-end mobile phone market. The world's second largest PC-maker is using its online store to sell Nokia mobile phones which are completely unlocked,... Read more...

Staples starts computer recycle program

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:42:05 +0000

Framingham-based Staples Incorporated is expanding its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors of any make that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the office products... Read more...

YouTube starts paying 'select' uploaders

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:28:22 +0000

Google clip dump YouTube is to trial revenue sharing with normal users by adding some of its favourite uploaders to its partnership programme. YouTube already shares advertising dollars with big commercial content firms who threaten... Read more...

Sky News starts IP broadcasts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:59:44 +0000

Sky News is using a managed network to deliver broadcast-quality news coverage over the internet and eliminate the need to transmit information by satellite. The news channel started using Streambox technology late last year to... Read more...

Amazon Starts Selling Pink Zune 30GB Digital Media Player

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:30:39 +0000

Here's a quick note for all of those interested in a Pink Zune. Amazon.com has began selling the Pink coloured Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player, not to be confused with rumoured Zune 2.0 in... Read more...

Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Mac

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:52:09 +0000

Microsoft Corporation has started private testing of Office 2008 for Mac, the first version of Office for the Macintosh that runs natively on both Intel- and Power PC-based Macs. As well, the new software adds... Read more...

Africa starts to tap solar energy for IT

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:20:07 +0000

Governments and development organizations in Eastern and Southern Africa are starting to adopt solar energy to bolster energy resources for Information and Communication Technology in rural areas. The e-school project in Africa is already using... Read more...

Toshiba Matsushita Starts Mass Production of 5-inch TFT LCD

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:34:51 +0000

It turns out that the demand for electronic dictionaries is fairly big, and growing. Enough anyways, for Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. to announce the mass production of its 5.01-inch monochrome, highly reflective, thin... Read more...

Vista and Office: The WOW Starts Now!

Steven Parker — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:42:14 +0000

It's official! The consumer release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be celebrated in New York on January 29 at a launch event the software giant has dubbed "The WOW starts now." The invitation... Read more...

Longhorn Server CTP program starts in April

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:21:56 +0000

Windows Server Devision Blog: One of the things we get asked a lot is when Longhorn Server will be released and when people will be able to get their hands on a new pre-release build.... Read more...

VIA starts shipping PCIe-enabled P4 and K8 chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:40:00 +0000

VIA Technologies has begun shipments of its PCIe-enabled integrated chipsets supporting Pentium 4 and K8 platforms this quarter, albeit in small volumes, according to company sources. The sources noted that though demand for VIA's integrated... Read more...

Yahoo Starts a Book Collection

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:31:33 +0000

Yahoo, in conjunction with several universities and two European archives, says it plans to make books available online beginning later this year in a move similar to Google's "Google Print" service. Collectively the group... Read more...

BBC TV Catch-Up Trial Starts This Week

Howard Thomson — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:27:06 +0000

As reported on Neowin back in May of this year, the BBC will be offering viewers in the UK the chance to watch missed TV shows (up to one week from the original broadcast date)... Read more...

UK Mobile TV Trial Starts

Howard Thomson — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:51:31 +0000

BBC News is reporting that UK mobile operator 02 has launched a trial for technology which will allow mobile users to watch TV on their handsets. The technology is called DVB-H, which stands for digital... Read more...

Pre-release testing of Longhorn starts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:39:19 +0000

Microsoft is offering a selected group of testers an early preview of Windows, Code-Name "Longhorn,". Longhorn Beta Program participants will preview software for the next generation of Windows as well as Internet Explorer 7 for... Read more...

FCC Starts Mini-Auction For Airwaves

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:42:32 +0000

A US Government auction for airwaves in the states has netted just under a billion dollars worth of bids, Reuters reports. The FCC is auctioning licenses that bankrupt NextWave Telecom gave back as... Read more...

Microsoft Starts Locking Out Pirates

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:30:26 +0000

The Inquirer is reporting that Microsoft have begun cracking down on pirate copies of Windows. The action comes as part of Microsoft's Genuine Advantage program, launched recently. The program asked users to validate their computer... Read more...

Intel Quietly Starts to Offer 64-bit Pentium 4 Processors

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:26:43 +0000

Intel Corp., the world's largest producer of computer chips, Monday started to offer its clients Intel Pentium 4 processor with 64-bit extension technology known as EM64T. Intel Gets 64-bit Desktop Parts ... Read more...

SpaceShipOne Countdown Starts

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:26:12 +0000

Neowin previously reported about SpaceShipOne's initial launch and successful flight. Yesterday, they officially announced their run for The X Prize and to prove once and for all that space exploration isn't restricted solely to government... Read more...

AOL starts to recruit beta testers for AOL Thailand Preview

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 12:39:19 +0000

I just recieved this from AOL..."Dear Beta tester We are now recruiting Beta testers to help us test the AOL Thailand Preview TOD. TOD stands for Tool On Demand. When... Read more...

European EverQuest II beta starts July

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 20:04:18 +0000

Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment will begin accepting applications for the European EverQuest II beta test next week. Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) have today announced that the European public beta... Read more...

Sony's 300-mm fab starts test production of Cell processor

Fri, 21 May 2004 18:02:24 +0000

TOKYO — Sony Corp.'s Nagasaki 300-mm fab has begun test production of Cell processors, Ken Kutaragi, Sony's executive deputy president and COO, acknowledged this week. He declined to elaborate. Sony and IBM Corp. recently announced... Read more...

Intel Starts Preparations for 65nm Transition

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:18:05 +0000

Intel Corporation announced that it has begun a $2 billion construction project to convert a 200mm wafer fabrication facility to a 300mm facility in Chandler, Arizona. The conversion of Fab 12 is scheduled to be... Read more...

Next Generation of Games Starts With XNA

Marcel Klum — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:56:59 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced XNA (TM) , a powerful next-generation software development platform. XNA empowers developers to deliver breakthrough games while combating rising production costs and ever-increasing hardware complexity. Games for future iterations of all... Read more...

Yahoo starts lab to improve services

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:49:18 +0000

Yahoo! Inc. is setting out to prove its recently acquired Overture Services division can deliver innovation as well as advertisements. Inspired by Overture's past work, Yahoo has formed a research lab that... Read more...

Serial ATA starts to filter into enterprise

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:33:40 +0000

MARKET RESEARCH firm iSuppli said that Serial ATA is beginning to make inroads into the corporate marketplace. But such systems may only represent one third of enterprise class data systems even by 2007, iSuppli cautioned.... Read more...

Best Buy starts test selling Macs

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:11:50 +0000

Best Buy Co. Inc. will soon start a test selling Macintosh computers in some of its stores. Dawn Bryant, a spokeswoman for Richfield-based Best Buy, confirmed that the company is running the pilot program in... Read more...

Maxtor Starts Selling The Worlds Largest HDD

Tom Warren — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:02:49 +0000

Thanks xStainDx for posting this in our Back Page News Maxtor has begun to sell its world's largest MaXLine II HDDs in Japan and possibly some other countries. The devices boast... Read more...

SQL Server "Yukon" Beta program: Starts July

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 22:46:52 +0000

Select testers have just received emails of their participation on the Microsoft® SQL Server "Yukon" Beta program, heres a snip:Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the Microsoft® SQL Server "Yukon" Beta program! You... Read more...

Media Center Edition beta starts in the United Kingdom

Thu, 29 May 2003 03:11:26 +0000

Dear Beta Tester, We have approved your application for participation in the Windows XP Media Center Edition Update Beta program. As a beta tester for Windows XP Media Center Edition Update, your... Read more...

Microsoft Windows iSCSI 1.0 Beta Program Starts

Tom Warren — Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:04:45 +0000

Dear Microsoft iSCSI Beta Tester, Welcome to the Beta 2 release of the Microsoft iSCSI initiator and iSNS Server. We will be providing support for the beta program through newsgroups... Read more...

Final Release of WMP9 Starts Next Wave of Media

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 16:45:14 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. -- Jan. 7, 2003 -- Today Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Windows Media® 9 Series, the next-generation digital media platform that offers benefits for hardware and software vendors, the media and... Read more...

Firm starts selling AMD Opteron servers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 10:29:42 +0000

A US FIRM APPEARS to have jumped the gun and has started selling Opteron based systems well ahead of the launch date. A search on Polywell Computers – motto: American made Computers – and using... Read more...

SQL Server 2000 SP3 Beta starts Oct 1st 2002

Steven Parker — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:09:57 +0000

Thanks Zyth of WiNBETA for telling me he received his invite to the SQL Server 2000 SP3 Program that is due to start on Oct 1st 2002. This is what he got: Ladies,... Read more...