Neowin News Feed for: Computer

Dell's Project Ophelia could be in your pocket in July

Paul Ferson — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:10:51 +0100

According to a new report, Dell's Ophelia mini-computer could be on the market as soon as July. There's no word on price or specifications, but Dell is keen to market the product towards businesses. Read more...

'Computer' renamed to 'This PC' in latest Windows 8.1 build

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:06:41 +0100

A screenshot from an unspecified build of Windows 8.1 has revealed some minor changes, including a renaming of 'Computer' to 'This PC', and a removal of the Libraries feature in favor of folders Read more...

Netbook shipments to die completely by 2015

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:27:10 +0100

iSuppli is predicting that netbook shipments will completely die off by 2015, while shipments this year will fall 72% to just 3.97m. The rise in popularity of tablets is understandably to blame. Read more...

Purchase a PC from the Microsoft Store, get a $100 voucher

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:07:12 +0000

Microsoft is handing out $100 vouchers for all purchases of PCs over $699 until February 19th; unfortunately the deal excludes the Surface range, and the voucher can't be used for Surface products Read more...

Here are some early Apple computer designs

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:22:25 +0000

Occasionally it's interesting to look back on early computer designs, so here we have some photos (courtesy of Designboom) of early concepts for Apple computers, laptops and even tablets. Read more...

Classic Apple I computer sells for whopping $630,000

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:47:13 +0000

A classic Apple I computer, Apple's first production PC built by Steve Wozniak's hands in 1976, has sold for a record breaking $630,000 to an anonymous internet bidder at a recent auction Read more...

Microsoft sues 27-year partner over work quality

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has turned against a partner they've had since the mid-1980s in Callison Architecture, due to poor quality work on one of their main data centers. This left thousands of machines at risk. Read more...

Review: Matias Tactile Pro 3.0

Paul Ferson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:20:11 +0100

Paul Ferson takes a look at the Matias Corporation's Tactile Pro keyboard; a mechanical keyboard aiming to improve on the formula Apple showed the world in 1987, as well as adding new touches. Read more...

After six years, Wakoopa Social closes down

Paul Ferson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:30:45 +0100

Wakoopa, self-described as the "Last.fm of software", is to shut down at the end of the month,. Users will be able to download their data before it is gone forever. Read more...

Silver mine manages to maintain late 1980s PC

Paul Ferson — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:33:46 +0100

Neowin discovers a classic computer from the late 1980s, operating still as a daily piece of hardware at a silver mine somewhere in the world. Read more...

AMD reduces 7000-series card prices

Paul Ferson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:11:34 +0100

AMD has announced a price reduction today on a number of its 7000-series graphics cards, with its flagship 7970 now undercutting the NVIDIA GTX 680. Read more...

Survey finds 90% of users don't know about CTRL+F

Owen Williams — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:06:21 +0000

A survey conducted by Google has found that 9 in 10 users have no idea what the CTRL + F shortcut does, nor that such functionality existed. Read more...

Raspberry Pi: The $25 USB key-sized computer

Denis Wong — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:54:04 +0100

It's yet another initiative to build low power, portable, and affordable computers for educational purposes, especially in the developing world. Previous attempts have not seen widespread success, such as the One Laptop Per Child initiative.... Read more...

Microsoft launches website to help users choose a computer

Piers Hausjell — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:55:39 +0100

The Windows Club is reporting that Microsoft has launched a new service entitled The Collection. This website has been designed to help users choose which type of Windows powered computer to purchase, from netbooks to... Read more...

The power of the brain used to move computer cursors

Zoe Austin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:43:30 +0100

For a long time people have contemplated how powerful the human brain really is. This question might now have been answered in part, with a new technology linking brain power to computers. According to the... Read more...

Computer museum looking for permanent home

Christopher White — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:30:26 +0000

Everyone fondly remembers their first computer experiences. For me, it was the Timex Sinclair 2068. Programming in BASIC was helped by macros on the keyboard: Press the letter “G” on the keyboard and the “GOTO”... Read more...

Nokia launches N97, an advanced mobile computer

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:14:50 +0000

Nokia showed off its latest piece of hardware to the market today, the Nokia N97. Nokia calls this smartphone an advanced mobile computer, with 32GB of memory, supporting up to a maximum of 48GB... Read more...

Obama and McCain suffered computer attacks

Damien Reynolds — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:56:45 +0000

Obama is the new president we know that much but how much of his future plans in his administration could be affected by a computer attack that occurred in the Summer. It has been recently... Read more...

Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computer

toadeater — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:08:32 +0100

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The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the... Read more...

New computer game deal for F1

Marcel Klum — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:56:00 +0100

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Formula One is to have its first official computer game in more than two years next season following the capture of a new official licencing deal with British gaming company Codemasters, autosport.com can reveal. With... Read more...