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Windows Phone now the third place smartphone ecosystem as BlackBerry sinks further

Andy Weir — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:04 +0000

The latest figures from IDC show that growth in Windows Phone helped Microsoft's mobile OS to jump to third place in global smartphone shipments, as BlackBerry market share fell from 6.4% to 2.9%. Read more...

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard third beta released for testing

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:46:05 +0000

As Windows 7 RC gets ready for its release, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard build 10A261 is released officially to select beta developers and testers this week according to an Italian Website, Macity. Compared... Read more...

The Wii third party game story is not a pretty one

Marcel Klum — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:23:41 +0000

Microsoft has hit back at claims made by Nintendo that the Wii sells the most third party games, saying instead that it's Xbox 360 sells the most. Last week, Nintendo of America's vice president of... Read more...

Third undersea cable cut in Middle East

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:36:48 +0000

A third undersea cable was cut on Friday, just two days after two breaks near Egypt disrupted Web access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said. FLAG,... Read more...

Third Party Applications for iPhone and iPod touch coming

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:34:11 +0000

In response to wide criticism that the company's latest portable device is limited to Apple's software, Steve Jobs today announced a Software Development Kit for the iPhone and the iPod touch. However, developers and endusers... Read more...

Review of the Week: Third Generation iPod Nano by Quillz

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:00:27 +0000

As part of our recent efforts to get more unique content on the front page, I would like to introduce to you the Sunday's Member-Written Review of the Week. Every Sunday, the front page will... Read more...

Apple said to have third Beatle

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:11:56 +0000

Apple Incorporated seems to have reached a deal with former Beatle Ringo Starr for the distribution of his solo works released by EMI through the iTunes store. Starr's solo albums that were released on Koch... Read more...

Apple reclaims US' third biggest PC seller spot

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:45:55 +0000

Apple is now once again holding third place in the US PC market, sales figures from market watcher IDC have revealed. A return to form? Not quite, since its 5.6 per cent share is well... Read more...

Ask Enters Third Dimension

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:15:49 +0000

It would appear that Ask.com has evolved into Ask3D. With new search technology and a three-panel design, it's supposed to give searchers what they need, faster, according to Ask CEO Jim Lazone: "Search engines have... Read more...

Google admits word database came from third party

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:51:44 +0000

Google has acknowledged that a dictionary of Chinese words used with one of its recently released software tools came from a third party. Google's Pinyin Input Method Editor (IME) "was built leveraging some non-Google database... Read more...

Hacker Releases Tool to Add Third Party HDD to Xbox 360

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:44:03 +0000

A hacker who goes by the handle "TheSpecialist," who was one of the first hackers to modify the Xbox 360 DVD drive firmware to play backup games, has released a tool that allows any Western... Read more...

Broken botnet cuts global spam by a third

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:07:21 +0000

New email monitoring data has revealed a "sudden" 30 per cent reduction in global spam volumes over the past week. Security firm SoftScan believes that the drop is most likely to be the result of... Read more...

Nvidia "Patches" Serial ATA Issue For the Third Time

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:33:05 +0000

Nvidia Corp., a leading chipset developer, and EVGA, a supplier of graphics cards and mainboards, have released more BIOS versions that should correct the already well-known issues with Serial ATA storage devices and mainboards powered... Read more...

Third MS Word Code Execution Exploit Posted

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:07:28 +0000

Exploit code for a third, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been posted on the Internet, adding to the software maker's struggles to keep up with gaping holes in its popular word processing program. The... Read more...

Apple settles with third alleged Tiger leaker

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:20:48 +0000

Apple Computer has settled with the last of three men it said leaked prerelease versions of Mac OS X Tiger onto the Internet. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it has reached... Read more...

World Network Speed Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:53:13 +0000

An international group of scientists and engineers have broken the world network speed record for the third consecutive year. The team consists of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers from the California Institute of Technology,... Read more...

Google's Third Quarter Results Higher Than Expected

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:26:17 +0000

Google's rapidly rising profits soared to new heights in the third quarter as its internet-leading search engine churned out a sevenfold earnings increase that blew past analyst expectations. The Mountain View, California-based company said Thursday... Read more...

Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:09:15 +0000

A playable demo for Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich has been released, allowing you the chance to try out this imminent superheroic 3D action role-playing sequel by Irrational Games. This demo contains an intro... Read more...

Third Parties Offer IE Vulnerabilites Protection

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:48:27 +0000

Software being offered for free by third party companies is giving users the latest protection against current Internet Explorer Vulnerabilites. Security outfit Secunia recently announced three new vulnerabilites with Internet Explorer.... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:49:52 +0000

Electronic Arts is pleased to announce that its upcoming title, The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age has gone gold and is scheduled to ship Nov.2, 2004. Third Age is a turn-based role playing... Read more...

Third parties to fly DS flag at Tokyo Game Show

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:34:19 +0000

Both Sega and Square Enix have confirmed that they will have software for the Nintendo DS in their booths at the show, with each publisher confirming one title apiece for the platform. Several third-party publishers... Read more...

Nintendo plans third run of NES Classics

Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:04:03 +0000

Nintendo is planning to release a third batch of Famicom Mini titles in Japan on August 10th, according to reports on Game Watch and elsewhere this week. Priced around 2,000 yen (less than €20) the... Read more...

Maxtor announced the third generation of MaXLine

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 04:43:32 +0000

After announcing the plan for wireless hard drive, Maxtor has launched the follow-up to its MaXLine products with MaXLine III. MaXLine III is a high capacity storage that employs the native SATA technology as well... Read more...

Pokemon-inspired Cube revival pushes Xbox into third place

Thu, 27 May 2004 14:14:19 +0000

Sales of the Nintendo GameCube have risen above the Xbox for the first time since November, according to the latest set of hardware sales figures from UK research body Chart-Track. For the seven-day period to... Read more...

Third Thief gets third-person view

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:33:07 +0000

Eidos announces new camera option for the previously first-person stealth series, confirms rumored title. New screens inside. Eidos confirmed today what GameSpot reported last week: the third installment in the Thief series... Read more...

Microsoft Reports Solid Third Quarter Financial Results

Tom Warren — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:38:59 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $7.84 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, an 8 percent increase over revenue of $7.25 billion for the same period in the prior year. Operating income for... Read more...

The Third Reich Released!

Marcel Klum — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:38:58 +0000

The Third Reich, a Total Conversion for Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003, has finally been released and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Features: Two sides with 11 available roles, 15... Read more...

Hard disk prices hiked by up to a third

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:43:51 +0000

THE SHORTAGE OF HARD DISKS has sent prices spinning upwards. Systems builders have reported hard disk prices rising by up to a third in recent weeks and say they will be forced to increase the... Read more...

Motorola Sees Return to Profit in Third Quarter

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:36:47 +0000

Wireless technology giant Motorola Inc. said on Wednesday it still sees a return to profitability in the third quarter after a year and a half of expected losses, thanks to new cost cuts and improved... Read more...

The Reg cuts a Third of it Staff

Steven Parker — Sat, 22 Dec 2001 08:55:04 +0000

Ahh! one of my all time fav IT Tongue in cheek news reporting sites took a blow this week when it had to lay of a third of it's staff. Many Neowin readers will know... Read more...

Registration for the third annual Half-Life mod Expo has begun.

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:36:11 +0000

Members from five mod teams previously selected will be in attendance as well as members of Sierra and Valve. The event takes places on Nov. 29 at 7pm to 9pm (PST) with... Read more...

VMware Launches Third Generation Desktop Virtualization

Steven Parker — Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:00:55 +0000

Users can run multiple OSes -- now including Windows XP -- on a single PC VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization software for Intel computers, today announced general availability of VMware(tm)... Read more...

Third Generation KDE Desktop Ready for Developers

Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:56:02 +0000

Thanks to configure, the hardcore Linux fan :), for this. This makes the second Linux related news for the day KDE Ships Alpha of Third Generation of the Leading Linux Desktop for Developers.... Read more...