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11/06/2006 - Alcune utility per il mondo Mobile - Come ogni settimana il mondo dei software per dispositivi mobili si evolve, offrendo tantissimi nuovi programmi spesso gratuiti. Questa settimana poniamo l'attenzione su ben tre freeware per Palm OS e un utilissimo plugin per la schermata Oggi dei PDA Windows Mobile Phone Edition |
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10/06/2006 - 2 schede video HDCP compatibili per MSI - Il produttore taiwanese presenta due soluzioni basate su chip NVIDIA GeForce, pienamente compatibili con le specifiche HDCP per i flussi video HD |
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10/06/2006 - Il chip video integrato di Intel con shader unificati - Questa la caratterstica tecnica principale che sembra emergere per la prossima generazione di chip video Intel, integrato nelle soluzioni G965 |
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10/06/2006 - Tetris anche sulle console di nuova generazione - THQ annuncia di aver concluso un accordo con The Tetris Company per lo sviluppo di videogiochi basati sul celebre rompicapo destinati a XBox 360. |
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10/06/2006 - Da Galaxy schede video dual-gpu - Presentata al Computex due soluzione dual-GPU di Galaxy, realizzate con processori grafici NVIDIa GeForce 7900GT e 7600GT |
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10/06/2006 - OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast approda anche su PC - SEGA annuncia ufficialmente la fine dei lavori sulla versione PC di OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. L'uscita è prevista nel corso del mese di giugno. |
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09/06/2006 - VIA Technologies, il PC in un chip - VIA Technologies presenta una nuova piattaforma caratterizzata dagli ingombri davvero ridotti con tanto di processore, chipset e scheda grafica in un unico chip |
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09/06/2006 - Disponibile OpenSuSE 10.1 live dvd - La comunità OpenSuSE ha rilasciato un nuovo Live DVD per testare e provare le novità della release 10.1 |
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09/06/2006 - Acer Aspire 9800: HD DVD e NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 - Acer ha recentemente presentato la serie Aspire 9800 pensata per l'intrattenimento domestico ad alta definizione. Il vero cuore di questo notebook è il nuovo chip video NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 con tecnologia PureVideo HD |
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09/06/2006 - Microsoft Windows Vista non sincronizza i pc - Microsoft Windows Vista non implementerà tra PC-to-PC Syncronization |
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09/06/2006 - AMD: possibile taglio dei prezzi per Socket AM2 - AMD sembra intenzionata ad abbassare i prezzi dei processori su socket AM2, con l'obiettivo di arginare Intel e i nuovi processori Conroe che saranno prossimamente immessi sul mercato |
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09/06/2006 - I record di Halo 2 - Bungie annuncia che sono state giocate più di 500 milioni di partite online ad Halo 2. E' record. |
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09/06/2006 - Semplificazione in vista per S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - GSC GameWorld ha chiarito diversi punti riguardo la presunta esclusione di alcune caratteristiche precedentemente pensate per S.T.A.L.K.E.R. |
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09/06/2006 - 4 nuovi driver per schede video NVIDIA - Disponibili per il download i driver Forceware 91.31, oltre a nuove versioni ottimizzate su questi ultimi basate |
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09/06/2006 - Football Manager 2007 pronto per natale - La nuova versione del manageriale calcistico più diffuso sarà disponibile entro la fine del 2006. |
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09/06/2006 - Intel non esclude l'utilizzo di Conroe nei PC portatili - Stando ad alcune dichiarazioni, Intel non scarta a priori l'abbinata PC portatili - processore Conroe |
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09/06/2006 - Gabe Newell sul possibile film di Half-Life - Negli ultimi mesi, la realizzazione di film basati sui videogiochi più popolari sta acquisendo nuova linfa. Anche Valve è pronta a portare Half-Life sul grande schermo? |
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09/06/2006 - Philips, evoluzione nel progetto e-paper TFT - Philips prosegue nello sviluppo del progetto e-paper, apportando migliorie tecniche ed aumentando la risoluzione |
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09/06/2006 - Electronic Arts presente al lancio di PlayStation 3 - Electronic Arts ha annunciato che NBA Live 07 sarà solamente uno dei giochi della software house nord americana presenti al lancio di PlayStation 3. |
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09/06/2006 - Blogger.com falla scoperta e sistemata - Nelle scorse ore sono stati segnalati alcuni malfunzionamenti di Blogger.com. Alla base di tutto una vulnerabilità che avrebbe permesso l'accesso a malintenzionati al pannello di amministrazione di alcuni blog |
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09/06/2006 - Warhammer Online in Europa grazie a GOA - La società francese ha annunciato che si incaricherà della distribuzione dell'atteso MMORPG di Mythic Entertainment nel territorio europeo. |
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08/06/2006 - Microsoft annuncia Antigen Antivirus - Microsoft scopre le carte della propria nuova offerta antivirus rivolta al mercato business con la propria linea di prodotti denominata Antigen. |
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08/06/2006 - Disponibile la patch 1.1 per Oblivion - Come anticipato, Bethesda Softworks ha rilasciato la prima patch ufficiale per il suo acclamato gioco di ruolo. |
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08/06/2006 - Fine del supporto per Microsoft Windows XP SP1 - Microsoft comunica che dal prossimo autunno verrà sospeso il supporto tecnico per Windows XP Service Pack 1 |
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12/06/2006 - ADSL e VoIP verso il bollino di qualita` - Il lavoro di VoIPex inizia a farsi sentire: dal Ministero e dall'Autorita' TLC segnali di interesse per un sistema di classificazione per i servizi broad band di punta. L'obiettivo? Offerte trasparenti e garanzie di servizio per gli utenti |
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12/06/2006 - VoIP, presi i ladri di telefonate - Negli USA la telefonia su IP e' nel mirino dei truffatori: due compagnie telefoniche fasulle rivendevano minuti di chiamate di operatori legittimi. Guadagnando cifre importanti sul lavoro altrui |
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12/06/2006 - Google all'arrembaggio della Tv - BigG progetta un dispositivo che ascolta l'output audio di un apparecchio televisivo e fornisce contenuti online contestuali direttamente su schermo. L'alba della vera Tv su web? Novita' Google anche per Firefox |
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12/06/2006 - Microsoft: non preoccupatevi per WGA - BigM fornira' altre info su Windows Genuine Advantage al momento dell'installazione e rassicura gli utenti: il tool antipirateria non e' uno spyware. I portavoce garantiscono: presto un aggiornamento meno invasivo |
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12/06/2006 - Xeon tra vecchia e nuova generazione - Presto sul mercato due nuove famiglie di processori Xeon, Woodcrest e Tulsa, basati sull'architettura Intel di nuova e vecchia generazione. Ecco come sfideranno l'Opteron di AMD |
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12/06/2006 - Database, IBM libera la sua Vipera - BigBlue completa lo sviluppo di DB2 9, ritenuta una delle piu' importanti release del proprio celebre database relazionale. Tra le novita', il supporto nativo ai dati XML e una nuova tecnologia di compressione dei dati |
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12/06/2006 - Windows doma i cluster di server - Con il rilascio della versione finale di Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, MS entra formalmente nell'high-performance computing. Ecco come si prepara a sfidare le soluzioni Unix e Linux |
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12/06/2006 - Windows 98 orfano di patch - Microsoft ha notificato ai propri utenti che in Windows 98 e Me esiste una patch che non puo' essere corretta, almeno non senza modificare un'ampia e critica porzione del sistema operativo |
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12/06/2006 - BT: un canone per l'assistenza da remoto - Il piu' grande operatore telefonico britannico ha lanciato un programma di assistenza tecnica per via telematica. Con un abbonamento mensile gli utenti contano su un team d'esperti sempre disponibile |
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12/06/2006 - USA, legali le intercettazioni governative - Lo spionaggio domestico voluto dall'amministrazione Bush a danno dei cittadini ed attuato arbitrariamente, senza alcuna autorizzazione giuridica, ora e' legale. L'ha deciso una Corte d'Appello |
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12/06/2006 - Bocciata la Neutralita` della Rete - Il Parlamento federale statunitense ha affossato gli emendamenti chiave della riforma sulle telecomunicazioni, quelli che avrebbero garantito il principio di Neutralita' e non-discriminazione del traffico web |
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12/06/2006 - Videogame erotici inadatti in Occidente - Lo spiega Sony America, a pochi mesi dall'uscita di una controversa avventura horror venata d'erotismo. Uscira' in Giappone da Sony e negli States sara' associata ad un brand non-Sony per evitare grane |
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12/06/2006 - USA, rubati dati sull'arsenale atomico - Era gia' successo ma ora e' piu' grave: le informazioni sottratte da un cracker riguarderebbero fornitori e operatori degli impianti nei quali vengono conservati gli armamenti nucleari americani |
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12/06/2006 - No, nessuno scorporo Telecom in vista - Un'intervista del presidente dell'Autorita' TLC e' sembrata indicare una futura possibile separazione tra rete e operatore. Ma poi una smentita spiega: Agcom non ci sta proprio pensando. Diluviano i commenti di provider e consumatori |
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12/06/2006 - Pirateria, 15 arresti a Napoli - Annuncio |
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11/06/2006 - European Apple Sales on the Rise as Industry Slows Down - Apple continues to excel in the UK and Europe, growing sales at a significantly faster rate than the industry average. New data from the analysts at IDC shows the company continues to make gains. "In the UK and Western Europe, Apple shipment growths outperformed the overall PC market in both notebook and desktop form factors in Q1 2006," observed IDC senior research analyst Michael Larner.
Apple notebooks drive UK sales boom
Apple held a first quarter market share of 2.9 per cent in the UK overall, when desktop and notebook sales are combined. Individually, it took 3.4 per cent of the UK market for notebooks and grabbed 2.65 per cent of the desktop market. This 3.4 per cent market share of UK notebook sales is a 50.15 per cent year-on-year improvement for the company, the analysts said. That's far ahead of the industry average, which saw 20.44 per cent improvement in the period.
Mac desktop sales rise as industry stagnates
Apple also grew its desktop sales by 27.38 per cent, year on year. While this delivered only a 2.65 per cent market share, other vendors fared far worse in desktop sales - the overall value of the desktop computer market fell 6.16 per cent year on year, IDC said.
In Western Europe, Apple holds 2.6 per cent of the desktop market and 2.5 per cent of the notebook market. In unit sales that's up 11.7 per cent and 18.3 per cent, year on year. Meanwhile the overall EMEA market climbed only 1.8 per cent and 2 per cent, leaving Apple rising at a much faster rate than the rest of the PC pack.
Specific markets explained
Inevitably, pan-industry shipment figures offer a slanted picture of the true extent of Apple's success. Critics of such figures point out that they include server shipments and also large installations of corporate PCs, which are used only for specific purposes. Given Apple's limited presence in the corporate markets, market share figures will always be set against the company.
Macworld UK asked IDC research director Karine Paoli to offer her observations about the markets Apple targets. She's optimistic for the company.
"Apple is certainly doing well at the moment across our region," she explained. "The company has been able to not only leverage from the momentum created around the iPod, but also from a good go-to-market strategy: refreshed products, price-positioning, and improvements in its supply chain with more use of its two-tier distribution channel to reach a wider market," she said.
Macs define education, graphics, media markets
Apple also remains strong in education, graphics and media markets, she remarked. Notebooks remain the secret sauce: "The refresh of Apple's product lines, in particular in the notebook space, along with the move to Intel processors should help drive continued expansion throughout 2006, in both the consumer and business space," she remarked.
Clearly as growth rates across the industry decline, maintaining its lead won't be an easy ride for Apple, she warned: "It faces fierce competition from all other players, as the market is intensively competitive at the moment and we do not see this softening in the second half of the year," she warned.
 News source: Macworld UK
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11/06/2006 - Time Magazine Warns Apple Competitors Concerning MacBook - Time Magazine has declared Apple's new MacBook to be a "powerful and affordable" computer. The magazine has published its first review of Apple's consumer notebook, and it's full of praise. It even observes that buying one could make sense to anyone looking for a new PC.
"The next version (of Windows) Vista might be a success, but with a MacBook you can hedge your bet. You get a computer that runs both Mac OS X and Windows XP today, and even appears to meet the minimum requirements for Vista once it gets here," the report declares.
The review also notes that while some features that exist within the MacBook Pros aren't there, but that doesn't detract from its value: "The MacBook has most of what its pricier sibling the MacBook Pro offers," it reports. A built-in iSight camera, Apple Remote, MagSafe, Bluetooth and external monitor support are noteworthy, according to Time.
The reviewer also tested Apple's Boot Camp software. "On startup, I can choose the Mac OS or Windows, and everything I tried in the latter environment worked as well as it could have," he notes. "I even tested out MTV's Urge service with - Jobs forgive me - an iRiver Clix music player. It all worked together even more smoothly than it had done on my high-powered Dell desktop," he reports.
"Dell and HP should be very worried indeed," the report concludes.
News source: Macworld UK
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11/06/2006 - Court Upholds VoIP Wire Tapping Requirement - On Friday June 9th, a U.S. court upheld a previous FCC ruling that requires all VoIP providers to make wiretapping capabilities available to the U.S. government by May 2007. While various civil rights organizations and technology based companies, including Sun Micro Systems, had fought the original August 2004 decision, their voices could not convince the courts otherwise.
Obviously, the FCC is pleased with the ruling. Jim Dempsey, policy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, however, is a bit dismayed. In an email, Mr. Dempsey states, "This decision threatens the privacy rights of innocent Americans as well as the ability of technology companies to innovate freely." Others involved in opposing the decision fear that the cost of implementing the wiretapping capabilities may wind up being passed on to the consumer.
News source: PCWorld
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10/06/2006 - Mind over matter no longer science fiction - Using a specially designed skull cap fitted with electrodes, scientists are now able to control a computer, and write characters onto the screen.
As Dr. Brunner concentrates on the "B" of "bonjour" in a keyboard-like grid of letters and symbols taking up half the screen, a computer randomly highlights lines of characters in rapid succession.
Each time the row -- vertical or horizontal -- containing the letter "B" is illuminated, Brunner's brain emits a slightly stronger signal. It takes the computer about 15 seconds to figure out what letter he is looking at. The system is doubly adaptive, with both the software and the person using it becoming more efficient over time.
News source: PhysOrg
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10/06/2006 - Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software download in history - In an instant message chat, Microsoft has told the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is, in fact, the largest downloaded software in history. Currently, they are serving product keys out ten times faster then the downloads can be served. In fact, they are pumping out bits as fast as they can - any faster and there would be a measurable impact on the internet. In fact, I quote a Microsoft representive:
"So, we are literally saying that if we increased our bandwidth any further there's a possibilty of taking down the Internet - people might have problems with World Cup viewing, etc"
People who have recieved Vista Beta 2 product keys, but are unable to download, may need to wait a few days, up to one week. Microsoft encoruages users who want to try out Windows Vista Beta 2 to order the DVD. When they recieve the DVD in 1-4 weeks, install it, and activate it, they will be automattically guaranteed an RC1 upgrade.
News source: Bink.nu
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09/06/2006 - Dell: Linux is Now "Over 1/4 of What We Sell" to Enterprise - Dell has been a standard in the Intel based server market for many many years, and in the past, that generally meant that the OS provider for those systems was Microsoft. While Windows is still the OS for the majority of Dell servers sold, Dell now says that Linux makes up 25 percent of its enterprise market and that they see those numbers growing, not shrinking, over time. The increase in Linux sales is attributed primarily to Dell customers who have migrated from Unix based systems. For those customers, Linux is viewed as a comfortable change and isn't nearly as drastic as switching to a Windows based system.
Marching in tune with their increased Linux sales, Dell also states that they have improved their Linux services market and are capable of solving over 90 percent of Red Hat Linux service calls without involving Red Hat. Up to this point Dell has focused Linux sales primarily on the Red Hat distribution, but they are now in the process of approving Novell/SUSE Linux as a Tier 1 offering.
News source: ZDNet UK
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09/06/2006 - Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Not Spyware! - Thanks MrCobra for the heads up on this update in Back Page News on our forums.
Microsoft defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool this week against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.
A Microsoft representative said that when the WGA Notifications checks in with Microsoft when a PC is booted, it is not providing any information to the vendor if a PC's copy of Windows has already been validated. Instead, it is checking with a "server-side configuration setting to determine if WGA should run or not." The check-in also gives Microsoft the ability to disable the WGA program, if necessary.
 View: Full Article @ InfoWorld
 In Neowin Archives: Microsoft: Oops, We Forgot to Mention, WGA Calls Home Daily
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09/06/2006 - AOL to offer free security tool to all Internet users - The software, named "Total Care," is expected to be available to software testers in the coming weeks, a source familiar with AOL's plans said. The product will include security and PC care features, matching Microsoft's recently launched Windows Live OneCare product and upcoming products from Symantec and McAfee, this person said. The company has partnered with an unnamed third-party security providers for the bundle, the source said. Currently, AOL has deals with McAfee and CA for the AOL Safety and Security Center, which offers a firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware and phishing protection to AOL subscribers at no cost.
Total Care marks one of AOL's first steps in the security space, outside of tools it offers exclusively to the millions of subscribers to its Internet service. The Dulles, Va.-based company is also quietly running a test of a security tool--the Active Security Monitor--that screens the security status of a computer and offers guidance on improving protection. In the wake of the Microsoft's recently announced OneCare announcement, all major security companies have since said they would release similar products. McAfee will provide technology for at least part of AOL's Total Care.
News source: CNET.com
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09/06/2006 - NVIDIA introduce PureVideo - "HD movies for your PC" - Nvidia has unveiled its PureVideo HD technology which delivers HD-DVD and Blu-ray movie playback on PCs. PureVideo HD combines hardware acceleration from an Nvidia graphics processing unit, high-definition movie player integration and HDCP support to make it easy for manufacturers and consumers to build PCs that can play HD-DVD or Blu-ray movies. HD-DVD and Blu-ray movies are anticipated to start shipping this summer.
These movies feature lifelike imagery with up to six times more visual detail than standard DVDs. PureVideo HD technology combines high-definition movie decode acceleration using certain Nvidia GeForce 7-series GPUs, HDCP circuitry and HD movie player integration to deliver cinematic-quality Blu-ray and HD-DVD movie playback. A graphics card featuring PureVideo HD technology combined with an AACS HD disk drive, an HDCP-compliant display and a PureVideo-powered HD movie player from companies like CyberLink, InterVideo and Nero make it possible for consumers to enjoy superb HD movie playback on their PC. Nvidia is also working closely with major optical disk drive manufacturers including Sony/NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Toshiba/Samsung and Philips to test disk drive performance and maximise compatibility.
News source: VNU.net
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09/06/2006 - Windows Live Messenger: Friday June 16th 2006 - Windows Live Messenger will be made available to the public in 8 days, Friday 16th June 2006. The successor to MSN Messenger 7.5, Windows Live Messenger 8 is the first edition of the Messenger brand to be released under the new 'Windows Live' moniker.
Windows Live represents Microsoft's biggest push into the Software-as-a-Service market. Windows Live Messenger is the first software package to be released out of beta in the Windows Live range, with Windows Live Search (Desktop), Windows Live Mail Desktop and Windows Live Toolbar expected to follow later this year.
News source: Bink
Link: Neowin Forum Discussion | Thanks Someguy_007
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