Yesterday morning, thousands of previously happy Microsoft Zune 30 owners woke up to a interesting situation. Their Zunes were dead in the water. As Neowin reported yesterday, "At exactly 2am CDT (12am PDT), the docked...
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Ars Technica has an interesting piece today about the iPhone SDK, and the NDA that continues to withhold information about it from reaching the masses. While the problem isn't that there's a lack of documentation...
[quote]The fact that Microsoft has relaxed its antipiracy mechanism built into Windows Vista concomitantly with the release of Service Pack 1 failed to stop hackers from providing a crack for the latest version of Windows...
Xbox World 360 magazine has hit back after Microsoft Game studios said that an article in this Wednesdays issue about the abandoned GoldenEye for XBLA was based entirely on rumor and speculation. They insist they...
Several senior executives at Apple Inc took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries but Chief Executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1 and took no additional compensation, the company said on...
Linux creator Linus Torvalds, in an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation Tuesday, stressed that version 2 of the GPL (GNU General Public License) still makes the most sense for the Linux kernel...
Intel has received an license to support CrossFireX on its upcoming P45 chipsets, according to sources at motherboard makers. Although ATI originally said it would be open to licensing CrossFire to those who wanted to,...
Those MP3 and AAC files that you've ripped from your CD collection are still "unauthorized copies" in the eyes of the recording industry. In a brief filed late last week, the RIAA said that the...
Despite growing awareness of the need to adopt more environmentally friendly IT practices, a quarter of firms (26%) admit to having done next to nothing to green their IT, according a PMP Research study commissioned...
Anyone who uses Firefox on Windows knows the browser has an almost insatiable appetite for memory, and it's not unheard of for PCs to allocate a half GB or more of memory just to the...
According to the NPD group's August 2007 report, sales of Microsoft Corporation's Xbox 360 game console increased tremendously in the United States following the price drop, while the Nintendo Wii game console continued its overall...
A price cut in early June seems to have boosted sales of Sony's PlayStation 3, but the floundering console is still trailing its rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo. After dropping the console's 60GB SKU price...
A key U.S. standards committee remains undecided about whether it will support a document standard proposed by Microsoft Corp., even while the company asserted that the committee has already signalled its "yes" in an upcoming...
For a technology that's supposed to make computing easier, virtualization is becoming quite complicated. The Hewlett-Packard Technology Forum that starts Monday in Las Vegas will feature as many as 87 user training sessions on virtualization,...
Sideshow-compatible gadgets and hardware compatible with Microsoft's external display standard have been slow to arrive. One of Windows Vista's most intriguing new features has yet to fulfill its promise, as Microsoft Corp. wrestles with issues...
Mary Jo Foley writes:I've got to admit that I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft table Service Pack (SP) 3 for Windows XP, as Windows expert Paul Thurrott claims the Redmondians have done. I asked...
Although the new version of Apple's iTunes software supports the upcoming AppleTV device and includes an improved album-sorting feature, it does not yet address all compatibility issues with Microsoft's Windows Vista. The new version fixes...
The Cisco versus Apple trademark dispute still hasn't been resolved: Cisco is granting Apple's request for more time to reply to the lawsuit filed by the networking giant. "Cisco has agreed to give Apple an...
Major Nelson published the new lists that shows both the original Xbox and Xbox 360's Xbox Live activity. Combining both lists, Gears of War still remains the most played game on Xbox Live, closely followed...
In positioning itself to provide aftermarket applications for Microsoft's Vista operating system, anti-virus market leader Symantec is highlighting some shortcomings it believes to exist in the new platform's own security tools. Among the conclusions...
You know what the biggest and most unreported story of 2006 was? Uwe Boll's BloodRayne sold almost one million copies on DVD. Unless that's GameDaily BIZ's idea of a New Year's joke, as they recently...
Authorities in Hong Kong have warned of Internet and email congestion when businesses reopen after the festive break as workers scramble to repair undersea cables hit by a quake last week. Repairs to the data...
Sorry for not having posted this sooner, but as some of you know I haven't been posting as much news as of late. Which I won't get into here. In any event, here you go...
European Union antitrust regulators last week confirmed that Microsoft had met the Thanksgiving Day deadline for submitting revisions to the technical documentation the American developer was ordered to produce by a March 2004 ruling. The...
Adobe may sue Microsoft if it is not satisfied with the European Union's steps to ensure Microsoft's new operating system does not shut out rivals, Adobe's chief executive said. Bruce Chizen told Germany's Euro am...
Scott Miller, the CEO of 3D Realms did a little interview on the Next-Gen Podcast this week. In it, he actually talked about a game most people figure will never come out. No, not Prey...
Despite a series of high-profile executive firings and resignations connected with the backdating of stock options that are shaking the US technology industry, the president of Adobe believes there will be little effect on the...
Anyone who dual-boots Linux and Windows knows that Windows comandeers the master boot record and that Microsoft steadfastly refuses to introduce any flexibility into its handling of MBRs. However, Microsoft has grudgingly given some ground...
WE'VE HAD THE pleasure of using Vista since its very early builds. The first release candidate is now upon us, and was made available to download by TechBeta and Technology Adoption Program program subscribers last...
The mass market for WiMax technology faces a number of challenges, but will probably reach its potential within five years. "Now that the certification of WiMax equipment has started and coverage areas have begun to...
According to sources at Microsoft, the company plans to ship Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) in early September. More important, perhaps, is that Microsoft still plans to release Vista to manufacturing by the end...
Intel insiders have confirmed to DailyTech that the license for ATI to manufacture chipsets for the Intel bus has not been revoked. ATI's board of directors recently approved a takeover bid from AMD which would...
MEMORY TRACKING site DRAM Exchange said its figures show that DDR-2 is still failing to outsell DDR memory. The whole DRAM market was worth $4.92 billion during the first quarter. It said that in the...
Infinium Labs much touted Phantom games console/service has had analysts, gamers and journalists confused from day one, announced over three years ago it didn't even make an appearance at e3 this year, but according to...
Apple is still expanding its available range of iPod products, and has room to grow its iPod business - and unit sales - by 20 percent for the foreseeable future, Credit Suisse believes. "We believe...
Despite of formal announcements and strong hype, Nvidia Corp.'s technology called quad SLI that allows four graphics cards to work together cannot be obtained by end-users. Furthermore, system builders anonymously claim that they are allowed...
Months and months since Activision and Infinity Ward promised a Call of Duty 2 patch for PC (and X-Box 360 users), we have yet to see it. And news comes now that the patch is...
A recent survey from the Department of Trade and Industry has suggested that viruses are the single biggest security threat for UK businesses. Despite the number of business PCs falling victim to viruses falling by...
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the...
Conventional wisdom once stated that building your own PC was more than just a way to create your perfect computer--it was also a lot cheaper than buying a finished system. However, in recent years economies...
