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Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb 10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be...

Chakkaradeep Chandran · Feb 10, 2009 · Hot! with 13 comments

In the latest turn of events in the Yahoo! takeover bid by Microsoft, Yahoo! have announced that no further talks with Microsoft relating to any business deals between the two giants will occur. This has...

· Jun 12, 2008 · Hot! with 31 comments

The deadline for the "Early Bird Special" has been extended to 18th of April, so sign up before the end of today to get the $200 discount for TechEd. This year, the show is broken...

Steven Parker · Apr 18, 2008 with -1 comments

Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday. "This really wasn't...

Steven Parker · Mar 11, 2008 · Hot! with 34 comments

AT&T Inc, the exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple Inc's iPhone said on Thursday it ended 2007 with "just at or slightly under 2 million iPhone customers." "We had very solid sales results in October and...

· Jan 24, 2008 · Hot! with 5 comments

The Walt Disney Company plans to pull the plug on its branded cell phone service by the end of the year saying there were problems getting the phone into large retailers. "We decided that changing...

· Sep 27, 2007 with -1 comments

Authorities in Thailand have finally ended a ban on the popular video website YouTube. The ban, initiated five months ago, was prompted by controversy over a video clip deemed insulting to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej;...

· Aug 31, 2007 · Hot! with 6 comments

Microsoft has sent out e-mails regarding the closing of the Window Live Messenger 8.1 Beta that began September 7, 2006. The e-mail states that 3,009 beta testers submitted 1010 bugs and 456 suggestions as well...

· Jan 29, 2007 · Hot! with 19 comments

Thanks to Bluesnews for the scoop. Sony Online Entertainment and Sigil Games Online announced today that the "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes" open beta will close on January 23 at 11:59 p.m. PST. In anticipation...

Todd Tanner · Jan 19, 2007 with 3 comments

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a today, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, including security...

Steven Parker · Oct 10, 2006 · Hot! with 1 comment

We are thrilled with the incredible excitement around the upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office system as is evident by over 3 million people installing the Beta 2 and later Beta2TR builds. With your help, we have...

· Oct 6, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

DELL HAS had a nightmare this week compounded by the quadruple conjunction of combusting notebooks, a Chinese price probe, a 50% profit drop, and an SEC investigation. Dell's decision to announce it will use AMD...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Aug 18, 2006 with -1 comments

Support for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 1a (SP1a) ends on October 10, 2006. Microsoft will end support on this date. This also includes security updates for these service packs....

· Jun 7, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Along with the Howard Stern Show, another radio endeavor involving alien life forms is going off the air this week; SETI@Home, a grid supercomputer project for detecting signs of extra terrestrial life from deep space,...

· Dec 16, 2005 with -1 comments

RALEIGH, May 12th, 2005; Epic Games, one of the world's leading developers of cutting-edge computer and video games and the pioneer of the award-winning Unreal Engine, today announced that it has completed the purchase of...

Todd Tanner · May 12, 2005 with -1 comments

After a mere one year stint, Apple is calling it quits when it comes to supporting its audio and visual instant messaging software on older versions of the Mac OS X operating system. ...

· Oct 3, 2004 with 1 comment

One group tried get out ahead of the lobbyists and demonstrate the usefulness of P2P in areas not usually covered by the mainstream media, and they've used SP2 to do it. Downhill...

Michael Stanclift · Aug 14, 2004 · Hot! with -1 comments

Today, Ultima announced that the development of Ultima X: Odyssey has ended. The company felt that Ultima Online needed to focus on online efforts and moving to the UO expansion pack, the UO live team...

· Jul 5, 2004 with -1 comments

Microsoft has announced it is to ditch a controversial contracts provision under investigation in Japan. The software giant's statement comes after Japanese fair trade officials raided its Tokyo offices on suspicion of violating...

· Feb 28, 2004 with -1 comments

Dear Triallist, Thank you for taking part in our Newsgroups Trial. Your feedback helped us to identify a number of issues with the service but the overwhelming output of the trial has been...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Feb 18, 2004 with -1 comments

Dear , We are nearing the end of the MSN beta program, and on behalf of the entire MSN® team and MSN customers everywhere, we offer you our sincere appreciation and gratitude. We're...

· Dec 10, 2003 with -1 comments

DIAMOND HAS announced four cards based on its Stealth S60 to S90 technologies with different ATI and Nvidia chipsets and prices. The cheap Stealth S60 uses the ATI Radeon 7000 chip with 32 MB memory...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 18, 2003 with -1 comments

PDC Highlights Day One - Check out some of the activities of the first day of the PDC. Attendees talk about what they are learning and excited about and Robert Hess interviews Jim Allchin about...

Tom Warren · Oct 31, 2003 with -1 comments

The Steam Beta has delivered several Valve games and popular Half-Life MODs to over 300,000 gamers, and will come to a close Tuesday evening (Pacific Daylight Time). The first full version of Steam, Valve's broadband...

Marcel Klum · Sep 6, 2003 with -1 comments

Norton AntiVirus 2004 Beta G was the final release before Symantec updated the Public Beta page to show that Norton AntiVirus 2004's Beta Run was Complete. The new version of Norton AntiVirus includes features...

· Jul 26, 2003 · Hot! with -1 comments

Time is running out for Windows NT 4 Workstation. After Monday Microsoft won't be taking support calls for the venerable operating system. Part of the put-out-to-pasture plan that Microsoft calls Support Lifecycle...

· Jun 30, 2003 · Hot! with -1 comments

A lawsuit intended to bring justice to Netscape has ended with a deal that sounds the death knell for the browser. Microsoft today agreed to settle a private antitrust suit brought by AOL Time Warner,...

Daniel Fleshbourne · May 30, 2003 with -1 comments

I cant believe that many of our viewers ar still on 95, but if you are- nows the time to upgrade! "Microsoft has ended support for the Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5x...

· Jan 11, 2003 · Hot! with 1 comment

A landmark trial of a teenager in Norway over Hollywood charges of video piracy ended on Monday with prosecutors urging a suspended 90-day jail term. Jon Johansen, known in Norway as "DVD Jon,"...

· Dec 16, 2002 with -1 comments

Bowing to shareholders, the company said it's ending a proposed merger agreement with Alliance Entertainment. The companies said they mutually agreed to end the merger plan after a large number of Liquid Audio shareholders opposed...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 11, 2002 with -1 comments

Online auction company eBay Inc. said Monday that federal antitrust regulators had closed an inquiry into its conduct toward sites that aggregate auction listings. The investigation stemmed from a suit the online auction...

· Mar 26, 2002 with -1 comments

Defunct Web pages and mistyped URLs generally deliver error messages that are as dull as dirt. But a growing cadre of witty Webmasters opt to make light of AWOL Web pages. Instead of displaying the...

· Mar 21, 2002 with -1 comments

A 12-year-old boy who fatally shot his younger brother told authorities they were acting out an anti-terrorist video game when he accidentally pulled the trigger. Jose Iniguez, 8, was shot once in the chest Thursday...

Marcel Klum · Dec 1, 2001 with -1 comments