» A tale of two \"red alerts:\" Which Windows warnings should you heed?
19/03/10 00:26 from BetaNews.Com
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Literally every day at Betanews, we get at least one security vendor \"alert\" of some type, warning us to be on the lookout for the latest malware. The message is always the same: Advise users to stay vigi..
» Palm posts third quarter results: disappointing sales, more net loss
18/03/10 22:37 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Late in February, Palm issued a shareholder warning which said that profits for the full year were going to be \"well below\" expectations due to a surprisingly slow demand for Palm\'s smartphones. Today, the compa..
» Nvidia admits GeForce drivers responsible for fan problems, issues updates
18/03/10 20:14 from BetaNews.Com
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Download Nvidia ForceWare Drivers for Windows version 197.73 from Fileforum now. Version 196.75 of Nvidia\'s GeForce/Ion drivers were indeed responsible for fan overheating problems reported by users. That..
» Netflix axes \'friends\' feature due to unpopularity
18/03/10 19:42 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews For more than five years, Netflix has had a feature called \"Friends\" which lets users connect their Netflix account with others so they can view each other\'s queues, suggest movies to each other, or see how a mo..
» Kindle for Mac released: Is Amazon\'s e-reader moving away from hardware?
18/03/10 17:45 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews When Amazon debuted its first Kindle e-reader just over two years ago, we asked \"...but will anyone buy it?\" We still can\'t say for certain. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made it very clear that Kindle users consume..
» Microsoft cuts and pastes an egg
18/03/10 16:05 from BetaNews.Com
By Carmi Levy , Betanews Ever since she brought me into the world, my mother has taught me many things, namely to not only learn from my own mistakes, but also from the mistakes of others. Microsoft clearly never spoke to my mom, as eviden..
» Google improves Maps for Android, rolls in bonus features
18/03/10 05:13 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Google has rolled out a significant update to the Google Maps application for Android 1.6+ devices, which includes a new search results page, support for multiple accounts, a new Latitude homescreen widget, and ..
» Preliminary results: IE9 tech preview performs 7.8 times better than IE8
17/03/10 22:50 from BetaNews.Com
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews In the first series of comprehensive performance tests comparing Microsoft\'s Internet Explorer 9 technical preview, released yesterday, to stable Web browsers in current use today, Betanews confirmed supe..
» Unboxing: TiVo Premiere
17/03/10 21:47 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Though you might come to Betanews expecting an article with either performance testing and graphs or inflammatory diatribes, we\'re not above a good unboxing; especially when it\'s a brand new piece of hardware th..
» Sprint assures that it\'s getting the Nexus One, too
17/03/10 19:36 from BetaNews.Com
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Yesterday, an updated version of Google\'s Nexus One Android smartphone was released, compatible with AT&T and Rogers Canada\'s 3G networks. Today, Sprint is letting everyone know that it is getting the device too..