Neowin News Feed for: Transfer

Microsoft's free Windows XP transfer tool leaves you no excuses for not upgrading

Brad Sams — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:01:50 +0000

Microsoft has released a new tool that will make it easier than ever to move from Windows XP. As the support deadline looms closer, now is the time to upgrade your operating system. Read more...

Nokia to say “näkemiin” to their Espoo HQ building

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:13:08 +0000

Nokia is starting to, subtly, move out of its Espoo HQ in Finland, paving the way for the site and its 32,000 staff to become Microsoft's Windows Phone Research and Development hub. Read more...

Gmail can now search inside attachments

Paul Ferson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:57:38 +0000

Gmail's latest addition might help you dig up documents you forgot you ever received, indexing .doc and .pdf files among others so they can be hunted down with a simple search in the web interface. Read more...

Could future Windows Phones transfer apps from iOS or Androids?

John Callaham — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:11:50 +0000

A newly revealed patent application from Microsoft shows that the company has developed a way to transfer apps and data from one phone to another, even if that phone uses another operating system. Read more...

GoDaddy may be attempting to thwart transfer attempts [Update]

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:09:58 +0000

Domain registrar Namecheap has accused GoDaddy of attempting to thwart the transfer of domains, in violation of ICANN rules. GoDaddy currently faces an Internet boycott for it's support of SOPA. Read more...

New record set for laser data transfer speed

Mike Brown — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:11:21 +0000

The fastest data transfer speed through a single laser has been beaten, according to a new report released. Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have achieved a blistering speed of up to 26 terabits... Read more...

Review: Pinnacle Video Transfer

Doug Bemis — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:16:23 +0000

Ever wanted to record a video stream without lugging a computer around? The Pinnacle Video Transfer allows you to do just that! All you need is an S-Video or composite source, and a... Read more...

MS offers $1.2 Billion to acquire Fast Search & Transfer

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:35:33 +0000

Microsoft Corporation is offering 6.6 billion NOK (or approximately $1.2 billion USD) for the acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer, a leading provider of enterprise search solutions. FAST's board of directors has unanimously recommended that... Read more...

Nokia to Transfer Chip Technology and Workers to STMicro

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:29:46 +0000

In a move geared towards enhancing cooperation on high-speed, third-generation, or 3G, mobile technology between Nokia Corporation and STMicroelectronics NV, Nokia has announced today that it will transfer chipset technology and workers to STMicro. Nokia,... Read more...

UK government 'loses' $1.7 billion in data transfer fiasco

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:43:44 +0000

Around $1.7 billion of unpaid VAT did not appear on a U.K. Revenue and Customs debt case management system because of a failure to transfer data from the main VAT computer system. Edward Leigh, chair... Read more...

Windows Easy Transfer for Windows XP and Windows 2000

Steven Parker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:14:04 +0000

This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a Windows XP or Windows 2000 based PC. This software is already built into Windows Vista, so it is not necessary to install it on a Windows Vista... Read more...

Microsoft Tightens Vista Transfer Rights Under New License

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:31:11 +0000

Microsoft said today it will limit the number of machines to which users can transfer the Windows Vista OS licenses, to just one system beyond the original PC. When Windows Vista is available, consumers will... Read more...

Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:04:24 +0000

This update helps resolve an issue with Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773) where the BITS 2.0 service wrote an invalid value in the FilesNotToBackup registry key. This invalid... Read more...

First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:10:35 +0000

As on Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes with today's announcement that "the Austrian project for Quantum Cryptography made the world's first Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography Based on Entangled Photons; see also Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Paradoxon." ... Read more...

Upgrade to File Transfer Manager 4.0

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:44:11 +0000

thanks mark...For all of you that are MS beta testers, Microsoft beta programs, MSDN, Microsoft Volume Licensing Services Listen up this is for you. ;) Dear Microsoft Customer, The Microsoft Security... Read more...