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A newly leaked top secret court order reveals that the National Security Agency has ordered Verizon to turn over records of millions of phone calls to the US government agency. Read more...
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Microsoft is reportedly in talks with British broadcasting giant, Sky, aimed at securing a deal to sell discounted Xbox One consoles to their customers with TV and broadband subscriptions. Read more...
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A new post on Microsoft's official Surface Twitter account claims that the upcoming Outlook 2013 RT client for Windows RT will in fact be "a Windows Store app" and not a standard desktop app. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Canalys has released its forecasts for global smartphone OS market share, predicting that by 2017, Windows Phone will have 12.7% of the market, with Apple declining from 19.5% to 14.1%. Read more...
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AMD has confirmed it is planning to develop processors that will be used inside Android and Chrome OS devices, while at the same time claims it is still "very committed to Windows 8." Read more...
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Acer will hold an online auction on eBay starting June 14 for people to bid on a limited edition Star Trek Aspire R7 Windows 8 PC for charity. Only 25 of these versions of the PC were made. Read more...
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More images have leaked revealing the design of EOS - Nokia's new flagship Windows Phone - from all angles, including a close-up on the rear camera 'bump', which is believed to conceal a 41MP sensor. Read more...
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Microsoft has revealed details of a joint operation with the FBI to disrupt over 1,400 Citadel botnets, which it claims have caused over $500 million in losses for individuals and businesses. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Many users are experiencing yet another Netflix outage. Is the core cause AWS or is it something else? Read more...
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At Computex 2013, Nick Parker of Microsoft's OEM division has confirmed that the licensing costs for Windows 8 and Windows RT have been cut for hardware partners building smaller (7-to-9-inch) tablets Read more...
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Domino's has now released their official US Windows Phone 8 app, allowing phone owners to order pizzas and other menu items, along with other features such as coupons and more. Read more...
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Lenovo held its grand opening ceremony today for its first US-based manufacturing plant in Whitsett, North Carolina, where it is assembling many of its Windows 8 laptops. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Google has reversed an earlier decision and will now allow all developers to access its CalDAV calendar API, and has also opened support for the CardDAV contact API to the general public as well. Read more...
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Microsoft has announced that a new study from Nielsen shows that consumers seem to like in-app Windows 8 ads, and used Nielsen's NeuroFocus approach to measure brain impulses as part of the study. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Microsoft has announced it is now sending notifications to Xbox Live users if any actions have been taken based on complaints those users may have send to Microsoft. Read more...
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Microsoft has offered up more information on exactly how owners of Windows 8 PCs will be able to upgrade to the free Windows 8.1 OS, including if they will have to reinstall their Windows 8 apps. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
A new study out from Microsoft is reporting that IE10 is the most energy efficient browser on WIndows 8 when compared against Google's Chrome 26 and Mozilla's Firefox 21 web browsers. Read more...
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A Windows Phone app developer has posted the first evidence that Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.1 update is now being tested and used on the Internet, in a limited capacity. Read more...
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Yahoo has announced it has revamped its search results layout for web users, making them look more like the current Yahoo.com front page, along with some performance improvements. Read more...
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In a new interview, Microsoft's OEM VP Nick Parker confirmed that the company is allowing PC makers to put buttons on the side of Windows 8 tablets that are smaller than 10 inches. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Nokia's upcoming flagship, the EOS, which is expected to arrive n AT&T this summer has reportedly been outed and features a large hump for the camera sensor to pack in all the Pureview goodness. Read more...
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An Intel executive stated today that some tablets that will have the company's upcoming Bay Trail-based Atom processor inside could cost "well below the $199 price point." Read more...
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Fujitsu has announced a new Windows 8 Ultrabook, the Lifebook UH90/L, that goes on sale later this June in Japan that is just 15.5mm thick and has a display with resolution support of up to 3200x1800. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Microsoft has offered up some more information on the upcoming and highly anticipated Outlook 2013 RT client, which will be released for Windows RT devices later in 2013. Read more...
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posted 13 days ago on neowin
Microsoft is getting aggressive with their tablet plans as they announce Office will be included with all smaller Windows 8.1 devices. Will this attract the wrong type of attention from regulators? Read more...
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