If you live in one lucky town in the Netherlands you have a chance to get a free copy of Windows 7. Microsoft will be giving out 777 copies of Windows 7 to the town of Zevenhuizen, which translates to "Seven Houses". The lucky residents w...

When Google launched Chrome it was for the Windows platform initially. Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has publicly stated the Google Chrome will be released in the near future for OS X but if you're willing to use pre-beta software from Google then y...

Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on Octobe...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off an amazing offer for UK students today. From October 1, students in the UK with a valid email address (an email address given by the college or university, e.g. name@leeds.ac.uk) will be able to purchase Windows 7 H...

Hot on the heels of Wikipedia's decision to begin using editors for certain pages, they've announced another method of attempting to keep things accurate on their website. According to Wired, the organization will begin color coding the text ...

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An...

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available. For archive creation, PeaZip...

Since July of 2008, the Terms of Service for YouTube have restricted implementations of the technology on TVs utilizing the APIs. The means of gaining YouTube access, such as video scraping technology, weren't approved, and now the company will begin...

eBay, the online auction giant and owner of the popular Skype software has finally sold Skype and the deal is complete. A message on the official Skype blog from company President Josh Silverman reads: "Great news – we've closed the deal with the new...

Everything up to this point has been a warm-up for something big happening at Google. The Android operating system from Google has seen its growth increase with the launch of such devices as the Verizon Droid and the Motorola Cliq. But reports are now...