Neowin News Feed for: Track

Skype Says It Was Unaware of China Message-logging

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:46:09 +0000

Skype was unaware of a major privacy problem affecting Skype users in China, the company's president said Thursday. In a blog posting to the eBay subsidiary's corporate blog, Skype President Josh Silverman said his company... Read more...

Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates

James Hall — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:35:18 +0000

When we reported about the leak of a BuckCherry track last week, and specifically the band's response to it, we hinted that this could be a covert form of self-promotion. Indeed, after a few days... Read more...

Windows 7 On Track For 2010 Release

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:46:56 +0000

That's the year we'll make contact, and not before. A Microsoft source confirmed to Neowin that Windows 7 would not be released next year and that it is still on track for 2010, already disclosed... Read more...

Vista SP1 gold bits on track for this week

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:20:51 +0000

After both public and private betas galore, Microsoft is set to make the final, gold Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits available, most likely this week. Last week, I've been getting reports of SP1... Read more...

AMD Reportedly On Track with Next-Generation Graphics Chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:40:49 +0000

ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, reportedly aims to release its next-generation code-named R700-series graphics processing units (GPUs) in mid-2008. The news comes as a surprise, as earlier it was revealed that the... Read more...

Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday - Track & Field, Summer of Fun!

Todd Tanner — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:23:42 +0000

Tomorrow Xbox Live Arcade users will finally get their button smashing needs filled when the long awaited Konami Coin-Op classic Track & Field gets released for 400 MS points! Featuring the original game of course,... Read more...

IBM's 'Weather Map' Software May Track Disease Paths

Steven Parker — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:18:22 +0000

IBM's software can quickly create an epidemiological model for how an infectious disease, such as bird flu, is likely to geographically spread over time based on certain parameters including population, road maps, airport locations, travel... Read more...

'Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:22:12 +0000

Before you get all excited, I should emphasize that the source of this news post is a blog. In my defence, it is a fairly trusted one and Bink has already approved it. Fiji has... Read more...

Police Track Suspected Dealer on MySpace

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:32:02 +0000

MySpace isn't all about age restrictions to keep teens safe from sexual assaults. It turns out drug dealers love MySpace too! Michael Wayne Pilkerton, 20, of Suffolk was charged after police used an informant to... Read more...

MySQL on track with storage engine

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:01:26 +0000

Open-source database maker MySQL AB will soon release the alpha version of its Falcon storage engine, designed for high-volume Web server environments, a company executive said Wednesday. News of the release slipped out early, but... Read more...

GeForce 8800GTX on track despite resistor fault

Steven Parker — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:43:04 +0000

French hardware site Clubic is reporting that the a faulty resistor has been found on the 8800GTX model making the card unstable at high load and may cause image corruption (or tearing). nVIDIA has said... Read more...

FBI director wants ISPs to track users

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:07:17 +0000

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers' online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year. "Terrorists coordinate... Read more...

Microsoft: Vista Launch In Europe On Track

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:19:42 +0000

Microsoft said Thursday it was on track to launch its Windows Vista operating system in Europe in January but again asked the European Commission to detail concerns it may have with the system. "The release... Read more...

Intel Says 45nm Process On Track

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:57:02 +0000

Intel, the world's largest microprocessor manufacturer, has created test chips made using the 45nm fabrication process and expects to see processors, flash memory, and other products based on the technology available in the second half... Read more...

802.11n Wi-Fi Standard Back On Track

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:24:13 +0000

After much quarreling, the groups responsible for determining wireless standards are closer to reaching a compromise. If the revised draft being presented next week is approved, we can expect to see Wi-Fi devices using... Read more...

Juiced back on track as THQ reaches deal with game

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:43:43 +0000

US publisher THQ has almost completed negotiations to sign Juice Games' street racing title Juiced, reuniting the Fund 4 Games owned title with the Acclaim-owned name - while legal clouds gather over Exclaim's involvement. According... Read more...

Apple Makes Just $.04 Per Track

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:07:44 +0000

UK newspaper, The Independent has uncovered data suggesting that Apple make as little as $0.04 per track sold. Apple operates iTunes in the US and Europe, which is the largest legal music download provider. The... Read more...

Microsoft on Track to Offer Anti-Virus Software

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:56:27 +0000

Late Monday Microsoft announced that it's still on track to deliver its own anti-virus software. Mike Nash (Microsoft's chief of security business unit) said that this anti-virus software will ship separately from Windows. ... Read more...

Linux creator unveils a way to track who wrote what code

Tue, 25 May 2004 14:23:41 +0000

To rebut The SCO Group's claims on his brainchild, Linux creator Linus Torvalds says he plunged into a bit of detective work. The endeavor to prove who wrote what code and when for his freely... Read more...

Xen On Track to Debut as 'X Omega'

Tom Warren — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 04:21:25 +0000

Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to deliver its XML programming language to programmers inside and outside the company. By mid-year, Microsoft plans to make its XML programming language – currently code-named... Read more...

Sun Microsystems Aims to Get Back on Growth Track

Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:31:43 +0000

The question has been asked before, but the issue has new urgency now for investors in Sun Microsystems Inc., who have seen their stock tread water over the past year even as other big-name tech... Read more...

Microsoft defends security track record

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:39:39 +0000

Software designed by humans will always have flaws, says Microsoft, but the company argues that its security record is improving Microsoft has admitted it does not expect to ever release completely secure,... Read more...

Intel puts Tri-Gate transistor on fast track

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:18:50 +0000

Intel says that its Tri-Gate transistor, a futuristic transistor that will let electricity flow more freely inside chips, is moving closer to reality. The Tri-Gate transistor, one of the tools that may let Intel continue... Read more...

GRid to help track online song sales

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:02:25 +0000

The Global Release Indentifier, or GRid, is a code akin to the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or cassette tape in stores. GRid's aim is to track each time... Read more...

Experts try to track vicious 'Slammer' worm

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:48:01 +0000

Computer experts are trying to determine if a virus-like attack on the Internet over the weekend originated in Hong Kong as the president of South Korea, the hardest hit nation, ordered officials to safeguard that... Read more...

NORAD gears up to track Santa

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:12:32 +0000

Despite President Bush's formal go-ahead on the first phase of missile defense deployment, the coast is clear for the time being on the entry of Santa Claus into American air space. According... Read more...

Dell Computer Quarter on Track, Spokesman Says

Sun, 23 Jun 2002 11:56:16 +0000

Dell Computer Corp. is on track to meet its financial targets in the current quarter despite a series of warnings from its competitors, a spokesman said on Friday. "We are on course... Read more...

Can search engines track down terrorists?

Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:02:45 +0000

Several search companies are offering technology to help government agencies organise their records. It could stop anti-terrorist information from falling through the cracks. Some US government officials engaged in the so-called war on terror... Read more...

Compaq CEO Sees Merger on Track with Regulators

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:25:34 +0000

Compaq Computer Corp. Chief Executive Michael Capellas said on Wednesday his company and Hewlett-Packard Co. were determined to hold shareholder votes in March on their $22.3 billion merger, and said regulatory approval was on track... Read more...

Microsoft interactive TV to track viewers

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 03:19:31 +0000

Just when you thought you had a handle on popup's, popunders and Shoshkeles, Microsoft now wants to know what your watching, when your watching on it's Interactive TV system! Gees, what next.... ... Read more...

Macromedia to track Flash usage

Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:43:56 +0000

Software developer Macromedia has signed a deal with WebSideStory, a Web site analytics company, to offer site developers a custom tool to track consumer interaction with sites built in Flash. Flash, an... Read more...

Windows XP launch on track

Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:48:28 +0000

Microsoft is ready to go ahead with the full-scale launch of its new Windows XP operating system next month, with a major event in New York City as the city recovers from last week's attack... Read more...