Neowin News Feed for: Compatibility

Intel: "ARM can't run legacy apps on Windows 8"

Denis Wong — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:31:14 +0100

Should Intel be concerned over the end of the "Wintel" era? For the past decade, the strong duo of Intel processors and Windows operating systems dominated 90% of computers worldwide, although now the domination is... Read more...

aggiorno express: IE8 Compatibility Edition

samiq — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:18:48 +0100

aggiorno express was born to assist you with the meta tagging process for IE8 of all the pages in your Web sites, in an automated way, just as aggiorno does with the variety of aggiornings... Read more...

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0

EL1TE — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:53:59 +0000

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The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which applications are compatible with the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers... Read more...

Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability of Vista Update

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:50:46 +0100

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About 2 months ago Microsoft released a couple of hotfixes that improved the stability and reliability of Windows Vista, these were not made available on Automatic Updates. That aside, Microsoft has released an update to... Read more...

New Wi-Fi Draft Ensures Compatibility

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:05:31 +0100

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More than a year after the first products based on an initial draft of the superfast 802.11n Wi-Fi standard arrived, a second draft--reinforced by Wi-Fi Alliance certification--appears to have solved the interoperability and stability problems... Read more...

Wi-Fi group launches 802.11n compatibility brand

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:24:15 +0100

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Wi-Fi overseer the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) will in June begin testing pre-standard next-generation 802.11n wireless networking kit to make sure the products all work with each other, the organisation said today.The WFA announced earlier this... Read more...

DirectX 10 Compatibility Libraries Preview

[deXter] — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:28:51 +0100

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The Alky Project is a set of DirectX 10 compatibility libraries, pioneered by Cody Brocious, a 19 year old software reverse-engineer from San Diego. These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on... Read more...

April '07 Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Update

Todd Tanner — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:43:44 +0100

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April showers have yielded us a Back Compat update The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This free update brings the complete list of original Xbox... Read more...

EU PS3 Backwards Compatibility List Now Online

Joe Cashman — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:22:45 +0000

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A few days earlier than originally announced, the list of backwards compatible titles on the EU PS3 has now been released. The Sony site details games on a three tier basis, giving results for titles... Read more...

Sony Warns About European PS3 Backwards Compatibility

Slimy — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:49:49 +0000

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said that backwards compatibility with PlayStations 2 games of the PlayStation 3 console, slated to be released in PAL regions in about a month, will not be as good as that... Read more...

Update for SBS2003: Windows Vista and Outlook compatibility

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:15:07 +0000

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You can use the Client Deployment tools in Windows SBS to easily connect a client computer to your Windows SBS network. You can also use the tools to configure the correct settings to support solutions... Read more...

Apple: Vista Compatibility Patch For iTunes, Problems Remain

Slimy — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:42:23 +0000

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This weekend, Apple Computer released iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0 which is designed to "repair permissions for important files required by iTunes to play your iTunes Store purchases" when using the Windows Vista operating... Read more...

An update on Zune compatibility

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:46:26 +0000

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From the Windows Vista Blog: Our friend Cesar Menendez from the Zune Insider has posted that the Zune Team will be releasing updated PC software and device firmware today at 10am PDT. You can... Read more...

Sony's PS3 Has Some Backwards Compatibility Problems

DRG2003 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:09:01 +0000

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Sony said on Tuesday its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into in its... Read more...

Apple gets French support in music compatibility case

Hurmoth — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:42:00 +0100

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The French constitutional council, the country's highest judicial body, has declared major aspects of the so-called iPod law unconstitutional, undermining some controversial aspects of the legislation. Released late Thursday, the council's 12-page legal finding made... Read more...

21 new titles for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility

oddcrap — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:35:23 +0100

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Microsoft has released a new update for the Xbox 360 console, providing support for an additional 21 Xbox titles and reinforcing Peter Moore's comments that backwards compatibility is important to the firm.The new update, which... Read more...

Backwards Compatibility Not A Priority For Microsoft

giga — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:25:20 +0100

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Microsoft's head of the Interactive Entertainment business, Peter Moore, typically chooses his words carefully, and rarely makes the kind of outlandish statements that Sony's Ken Kutaragi seems to provide on a regular basis. However, in... Read more...

Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility In Japan

oddcrap — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:43:10 +0000

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After some xbox owners were disgruntled by the lack of backwards support on the 360 for classics such as Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and well over 300 others can take some solace from the fact... Read more...

Intel Celeron to Gain Improved AMD64 Compatibility

malebolgia — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:20:00 +0100

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Intel's desktop Celeron D chips are to be the latest processors to get the chip giant's NetBurst core update, The Register has learned. According to Intel documentation, Celeron model numbers 326, 331, 336, 341, 346... Read more...

Xbox 360 Buys Backwards Compatibility Rights From Nvidia

Joe Cashman — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:19:22 +0100

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After E3 Microsoft left gamers wondering if they would be able to play their Xbox games on their Xbox360 after refusing to answer questions on it. They did announce though that "the best selling" Xbox... Read more...