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Office 2011 beta invites sent out

Neowin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:16:58 +0000

If you have been waiting for your invitation to get into the Office 2011 beta for OS X, check your inbox. Neowin was tipped off by a reader that invites for the beta have been sent out by Microsoft. The current build number is 100709. The email states, “The Office...

Little Big Planet 2 release date announced

Neowin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:50:32 +0000

The sequel to the user generated masterpiece, Little Big Planet has received an official release date via the US Playstation Blog. Little Big Planet 2 will release on November 16 and will have multiple pre-order options available. Media Molecule, the developer of the game, has joined forces with Disney, to give...

HP’s Slate may still live as more details revealed

Neowin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:46:44 +0000

HP's tablet computing device (dubbed the "Slate") may still live on, despite rumors the company had axed the planned device in favor of a new one running webOS, which is now owned by the company after their recent acquisition of Palm. The glimmer of hope, which comes from HP's own website,...

Nokia hunting for a new CEO?

Neowin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:28:01 +0000

Nokia is reportedly undertaking a search for a new CEO to lead the company, amid mounting criticism that the company is struggling to keep up in the smartphone race. Nokia -- once the powerhouse of mobile phone development -- is struggling to keep up with the pace and innovation of the...

Microsoft creates a terapixel map of the night sky

Neowin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:11:30 +0000

Recently, Microsoft Research took us all on a high resolution voyage to Mars. Now, they are expanding on that experience. At their Research Faculty Summit on July 13, Microsoft announced their Terapixel Project. This project involved stitching together 1,791 plates from various telescopes that were located in California and Australia....

Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update now available

Neowin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:44:41 +0000

Valve, the developer behind Team Fortress 2, has rolled out another update for its critically acclaimed first-person shooter. Coming as the last of the class upgrades, the "Engineer Update" will be the last refresh of its kind to be released by the developer. As with the previous class upgrades, Valve...

Google invested $100+ million in Zynga as "cornerstone" for upcoming Google Games?

Neowin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:10:56 +0000

Google has reportedly invested more than $100 million in Zynga, a popular social gaming company, and is quietly preparing to launch a new product, Google Games, later this year. According to TechCrunch and their "multiple sources", Google (and not Google Ventures - the search giant's venture capital division) has secretly pumped...

Microsoft cuts jobs globally across the company

Neowin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:20:21 +0000

Neowin reported yesterday that there were rumors of possible job cuts within Microsoft, and today these rumours turned into reality. Although Microsoft never publicly announced the layoffs, hundreds of workers were told today they would be losing their jobs. Rumours scattered throughout the company yesterday that Microsoft will continue pruning jobs...

Firefox 4 Beta 1 available now

Neowin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:39:27 +0000

Last week, Mozilla was spotted posting a beta candidate build of its upcoming Firefox 4 web browser. Today, the company has officially released their first beta to the public. Included in the beta is the browsers much anticipated revamped user interface. Featuring less chrome, more glass (for Windows Vista...

AT&T stores start receiving Windows Phone 7 promo materials

Neowin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:21:42 +0000

AT&T has reportedly started receiving promotional materials for the Launch of Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has stated that the launch is targeted for the fourth quarter, but this may point to a sooner than expected roll-out. Engadget points out that it is not unheard of for these types of material...

Crunching the digits: The scale of Microsoft

Neowin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:59:10 +0000

Sometimes, a name or brand becomes such a large part of your life that you start to forget it is there. Microsoft is one of those brands. From your living room, to your desk, and even in your pocket, Microsoft is there. Even in a market full of competitors in almost...

Premium PlayStation Plus subscriptions coming to PSN

Neowin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:11:32 +0000

Sony’s James Thorpe has taken the wraps off the soon to be released PlayStation Plus account. Speaking on the PlayStation blog, the PlayStation Network Product Manager detailed the premium subscription including the features associated with the account as well as the pricing and release date.

The blog post describes…

Review: Lenovo A70z

Neowin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:16:39 +0000

Lenovo, that brand that is known for its tank-like laptops also builds many other products, especially workstations. The question is, do their desktops match up to their laptops? We recently reviewed the Lenovo A63 which is a formidable solution due to its ergonomics, especially for a desktop PC, but…

Apple now accepting iOS 4 apps for review

Neowin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:12:30 +0000

MacRumors reports that Apple is now accepting developer builds of apps that have been updated for the newly dubbed, iOS 4. The updated mobile OS introduces over 1500 new APIs, including many that will provide developers with better and easier ways to accomplish the goals of their apps. It will also…

Length Doesn’t Matter: Twitter forcing universal URL shortening soon

Neowin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:17:54 +0000

“Length doesn’t matter” according to Twitter this week, with Twitter announcing that they will begin routing all links that travel through it’s site through their own link shortening service, including links that are sent from the web interface and any third party clients.

Twitter said in a blog post that they’ve…

Microsoft: No porn apps allowed on Windows Phone 7

Neowin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:09:41 +0000

Microsoft revealed the new policies for the Windows Phone Marketplace earlier today.

As part of the policy (PDF) there’s an interesting section headed Adult Related Content:

Content not allowed:

Sex / Nudity – Images that are suggestive or sexual (e.g. sexually provocative touching, bondage, masturbation) or provocative images that reveal nipples, genitals, buttocks,…

Bing! Google adds customizable backgrounds to their homepage

Neowin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:18:47 +0000

Google release a new option on its homepage, customizable user backgrounds. The added feature has only gone live in a few countries, starting with United States, and will continue to roll out in more countries in the coming days. The new feature on Google allows users to add their own...

Internet Explorer 9 preview improves HTML5 compliancy

Neowin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:48:21 +0000

Microsoft is working hard on the next version of their browser, Internet Explorer 9, and plans to make this the browser the top dog on the block. Early IE9 preview tests have been looking very promising for the browser, finally moving to be fully HTML5 and CSS3 compliant.

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Internet Explorer 9 preview improves HTML5 compliancy

Neowin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:48:21 +0000

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Microsoft indirectly responds to Google moving away from Windows

Neowin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:48:30 +0000

Today, in a blog post from Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc over on the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft responded to the various claims that were circling the web last night, which asserted that Google was “ditching” Windows for Mac and Linux because it was too much of a “security effort”. The blog…

Apple comments on Foxconn suicides; rumours of wage subsidies

Neowin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:34:47 +0000

Hot on the heels of a statement released by Foxconn regarding factory suicides, Apple has acknowledged and released a statement of their own.

“We are saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn. We are in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter…

OfCom’s new plans for Internet piracy

Neowin — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:45:18 +0000

OfCom, the UK’s independent competition and regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry, has released a new draft of their policies towards Internet piracy. There are many changes in the new draft especially when it comes to dealing with Internet pirates.

Under the new system, users who break piracy laws will be…

Rock Band 3 may include a keyboard

Neowin — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:19:21 +0000

Xbox360 owners have the opportunity right now to download a two song demo of Green Day:Rock Band from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo contains two songs, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Welcome to Paradise. When you open the demo it shows a teaser image for Rock Band 3 with...

Sony atracTable to take on Microsoft Surface

Neowin — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:55 +0000

image courtesy of pocket-lint.com Sony is set to take on the Microsoft Surface next month, with their new Sony atracTable prototype, according to pocket-lint. Sony purchased the technology off of a Swiss company, Atracsys, which has been developing the atracTable since 2008. Atracsys specializes in multi-touch interactive projects,...

Adobe giving free Android phones to its employees

Neowin — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:13:18 +0000

Responding to last week’s Steve Jobs’ public letter calling for an end to Flash, CNET reports that Adobe will be distributing free Android phones to its employees. Though it is still in testing, Flash 10.1 for Android is well on its way to shipping near June with Android 2.2. Adobe...

Twitter for Android released

Neowin — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:29:00 +0000

Twitter on Friday announced the availability of their official client for the Android platform. Available on the Android Market today, the new app was developed in cooperation with Google’s Android team and sports the strong integration features that Android users have come to expect. Twitter users can now share...

New Windows Phone 7 videos illustrate Office, productivity features

Neowin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:53:40 +0000

New videos of Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS have surfaced demonstrating its strong depth in productivity features. The two short clips from Mobility Digest show real world scenarios that users would encounter when using Windows Phone 7. The first clip demonstrates the native email client browsing through different categories and mass deleting...

Zunes hacked, opened for homebrew development

Neowin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:32:02 +0000

A group of developers have successfully taken advantage of an exploit within Microsoft’s Zune players to open the system up for the development of homebrew apps. Announced today at a dedicated Zune forum, the team has released the first SDK, OpenZDK, to get developers started in creating native...

Review: VDIGI’s VD-W3 Wii HD adapter

Neowin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:26:02 +0000

When I first heard about VDIGI’s VD-W3 Wii upscaler, like many others, my first reaction was, “how does this differ from any other upscaller currently on the market?”. The unit arrived a few days ago and I tested the product with two games, Wii Sports and Mario Kart...

64GB Zune HD and 4.5 firmware now available

Neowin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:30:09 +0000

Following last week’s accidental leak on the Zune HD website, Microsoft has officially lifted the wraps on the new 64GB Zune HD model and made it available for order. The large capacity Zune HD 64 is priced $50 less than the 64GB iPod touch at $350. Both the...