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Microsoft has begun sending out invitations to the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Microsoft is distributing the Office 2010 bits via its Connect testing site. The bits hold the build number 14.0.4006.1110 meaning they are older...

Tom Warren · Jul 14, 2009 · Hot! with 63 comments

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Neowin Staff · Jan 7, 2009 with 1 comment

In September, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced details of a home access project allowing PC and internet access to families so that children can enhance their learning at home. The plan will see Â£300 million...

Tom Warren · Oct 22, 2008 · Hot! with 11 comments

Shhh! Can you hear a hiss? That's the sound of naughty facts deflating the social networking balloon a tad. Whisper it, but numbers from web analytics outfit comScore have confirmed what the chatter in bars...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 31, 2008 · Hot! with 35 comments

One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization launched in 2005 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte to design, manufacture and distribute affordable laptop computers to children around the world, announced that mass production of the...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 7, 2007 · Hot! with 6 comments

Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, "Leopard," OS by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp -- the utility that runs...

· Oct 2, 2007 · Hot! with 29 comments

Yahoo Inc. ratcheted up its sponsored mobile search program on Wednesday, launching a beta test for all users of its mobile portal in the United States and United Kingdom. Phone users with access to the...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Oct 5, 2006 with -1 comments

YouTube is exploring ways to monetize its traffic flow of 100 million downloads a day by launching a pay-for-play video advertising service. Its inaugural spot is a promotion for Paris Hilton's new album, "Paris." YouTube...

· Aug 22, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Yes, all puns intended. Robots are already taking jobs, will they soon replace athletes? This is a fun idea regardless. I can see it now, "All your footballs are belong to us." A football...

· Jun 14, 2006 with -1 comments

The day that most Windows community enthusiasts who have been following the beta program for Windows Vista, but haven't been part of it has arrived in the form of Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Microsoft...

Steven Parker · Jun 8, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Samsung to now supply the majority of NAND flash memory and the media chip for Apple's iPod After PortalPlayer Inc. received what amounts to a death blow last week when Apple decided not to...

· Apr 27, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

The 3GSM Annual World Congress 2006 kicked off today with a flurry of press releases from various companies. The 3GSM congress consists of anything and everything mobile telephone related. To summarise todays events:...

Tom Warren · Feb 13, 2006 with -1 comments

Today Nvidia is announcing a new program in which it will certify products for use with its new Scalable Link Interface, or SLI, GPU teaming technology. The program will cover four different types of products...

· Nov 10, 2004 with -1 comments

Gaming guru J Allard makes his case for DirectX to attendees as lattes and lectures herald the start of the developer-only event. This reporter is lucky to be here in Seattle at...

· Jul 27, 2004 with -1 comments

A public spat between UK games distributors Gem and 20:20 has exploded into a legal battle, it emerged today, as Caudwell-owned 20:20 reacted to allegations that it is poised to open up a High Street...

· Jun 4, 2004 with -1 comments

Mac Design magazine is set to kick of its second annual Mac Design Conference next week in Chicago, Ill. The conference will feature some of the most well known names in the graphics industry, who...

· May 30, 2004 with -1 comments

WinHEC Officially kicks off on Tuesday 4th May. But we're beginning our coverage a little early. We managed to get hold of a little sneak peek at the upcoming build that will be released to...

Tom Warren · Apr 29, 2004 · Hot! with 3 comments

IBM Corp. is slated to announce its service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy Wednesday, including new services offerings as well as new products to support customers in developing and deploying SOAs, the company said. Scott...

· Apr 21, 2004 with -1 comments

Microsoft launches an international, multi-million-dollar online and print ad campaign for its Windows Server System this week, highlighting individuals who work with the product and showing how it has helped them succeed at their jobs....

Tom Warren · Feb 2, 2004 with -1 comments

NVIDIA ATTACKED ATI with a slightly crippled high end card but the Canadian firm seems to have some answers to that. The Nvidia FX 5900XT is, so far, the best performer in the mainstream market...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 27, 2004 with -1 comments

An early Beta version of Microsofts next SQL Server version has been released to testers on BetaPlace.com Downloads available to testers are: Prospect.csv (272.26 KB) - Data Mining Tutorial ReadinessKit.exe (62.36...

Tom Warren · Jul 16, 2003 with -1 comments

Finally! you could say. :P Beta testers are receiving notifications that Windows Messenger 5 can be downloaded from BetaPlace. One sharp eyed reader by the name of Koen had already spotted the new...

Steven Parker · May 6, 2003 · Hot! with -1 comments

While half a million additional users are expected to participate on Beta 2 of Office 11 Microsoft have showed no real signs of wanting to commit itself to the new name yet choosing to leave...

Steven Parker · Mar 10, 2003 with 3 comments

Thanks Anonymous for mailing me the link to this website that holds information to a free "do" that will open up the public side of the techinical beta in Yukon. The Microsoft...

Steven Parker · Sep 18, 2002 with -1 comments

Thanks to xStainDx for the heads up in BPN on our forums. He has found some documentation on Windows Codenamed Longhorn, the new Windows planned to follow XP. Microsoft have been keeping mum about this,...

Steven Parker · Apr 10, 2002 with -1 comments

Seen this at Silicon Strategies Getting an early jump on the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) event here this week, Intel Corp. today announced its long-awaited Prestonia microprocessor line and Plumas chip set...

Darren Bolton · Feb 24, 2002 with -1 comments

Just a quick reminder for all (including me!) The first transitional period for the Data Protection Act (1998) ends on Tuesday and the second starts Wednesday morning - with huge implications for all...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Oct 22, 2001 with -1 comments