Neowin News Feed for: Creative

Creative launches flagship Sound Blaster AE-X internal sound card for audiophiles

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:16:01 +0000

Creative's new internal sound card promises studio-grade audio fidelity and native PC integration. Discover how it aims to replace complex external setups. Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx Pro PCIe review: 7.1 channels and S/PDIF on a budget

Steven Parker — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:40:01 +0000

I got to try out the in March released Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro which offers up to 7.1 channels over analog, but also a S/PDIF (Mini Toslink) option. Read more...

Creative launches Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro and we have one for a review

Steven Parker — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:10:01 +0000

Anyone who has building PCs for the past thirty years will know the name Creative, and Sound Blaster; yes they are still around and they have just launched a new Sound Blaster Card. Read more...

Creative Pebble X Plus Review: Compact 2.1 Bluetooth Speaker Set with RGB and plenty of bass

Steven Parker — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Creative are perhaps best known for their SoundBlaster audio cards, but they also produce speakers, and we had a set to try out. Read more...

Creative launches its first TWS earphones, the Outlier Air, in India

Abhishek Baxi — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:16:01 +0000

Creative Outlier Air are the company's first true wireless in-ear earphones and support Qualcomm aptX audio as well as Bluetooth 5.0 for enhanced audio experience and connectivity. Read more...

The best apps for customising your Android smartphone

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:14:02 +0000

Among mobile OSes, Android has always boasted an impressive ability to customise your smartphone. We've put together the best looking and most ingenious ways to shake up your home screen. Read more...

Mozilla gives $275k to support creative tech projects

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:16:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced the release of $275,000 in funding to 18 entities working on creative projects taking advantage of a fast internet connection. This is part of its 'healthy internet' initiative. Read more...

Intel and Creative agree a $50 million deal

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:27:29 +0000

It seems that Intel is planning to improve its GPU offerings, entering into a deal with Creative to licensing ZiiLabs 3D graphics technology and integrate the ZiiLabs team into the Intel fold. Read more...

Sound BlasterAxx speakers officially announced

John Callaham — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:53:05 +0000

Creative has officially revealed the Sound BlasterAxx, a set of high-tech speakers for PCs, Macs and mobile devices that includes voice command features and more. The first models go on sale in July. Read more...

Creative teases us with new Sound Blaster reveal

John Callaham — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:51:00 +0000

Creative has posted up a teaser page for the upcoming reveal of its "next generation" Sound Blaster product. The full reveal is scheduled to happen on May 30th. Read more...

Creative announces Sound Core3D

John Callaham — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:45:27 +0000

Creative Technologies, the parent company of the Sound Blaster PC sound card business, has just announced the next evolution of its sound processor. Today's press release officially reveals Sound Core3D, a processor that Creative says... Read more...

Creative Zen Touch 2 passes FCC, thinks highly of itself

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:28:38 +0000

Creative used to make PMPs that were the iPod’s primary competition its heyday. The Creative Zen Touch was the last device they made that really made any kind of waves in that market-saturated sea, and... Read more...

Neowin: Reviews by members for members [Updated]

Steven Parker — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:09:41 +0000

Tomorrow is the weekend, have you got your article ready? Neowin will begin showcasing (new) member reviews from this weekend on the front page, so if you have just got a new piece of hardware; now... Read more...

Adobe releases Creative Suite 4

Tom Warren — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:34:44 +0000

Adobe released details Monday about Creative Suite 4, its first update to more than a dozen design and editing tools since Adobe CS3 some 17 months ago. The costs of the applications, set to reach... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro review

Julio Franco — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:25:05 +0000

Creative has been a leader in the PC audio market for as long as I can remember. In fact, the first Sound Blaster card hit the market almost 20 years ago, which can be considered... Read more...

Creative caves; supports Dolby Digital, DTS in Vista driver

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:37:29 +0000

After nearly two years of outright lying about Vista compatibility, Creative has finally released official X-Fi drivers that add support for Dolby Digital and DTS decoding in Microsoft's newest operating system. Originally, Creative claimed that... Read more...

Creative ALchemy 1.10.01

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:21:26 +0000

Creative ALchemy is an application for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ and Sound Blaster Audigy® series of audio devices. It restores 3D audio and EAX® effects for certain DirectSound®3D games in Microsoft® Windows Vista®. ... Read more...

Creative Goes After Driver Modder

Denis Wong — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:11:05 +0000

Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being 'Vista Ready'. Unfortunately, as many unlucky customers did discover, this is not true. What the users actually found were buggy, feature... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Driver (14th March 2008)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:04 +0000

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note. This download... Read more...

Creative X-Fi XP Drivers 2.14.0001 Beta

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:58:54 +0000

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note. Supported Devices: ... Read more...

Creative Labs plans a high-end PCIe card

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:59:37 +0000

Creative Labs is in the process of designing a new high-end sound card based on an X-FI design, but this time it plans to launch a high-end card. It will launch something similar to the... Read more...

Creative Entertainment Center 3.40.21 for Windows Vista

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:00:51 +0000

There is a growing trend of people starting to use their PC as a Home Entertainment Center. This introduces the challenge of controlling the PC when you sitting on a couch 10 feet away, with... Read more...

Creative Xmod review

Julio Franco — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:24:52 +0000

Although the PC soundcard market has considerably slowed down since the heyday when computers became 'multimedia' devices back in the mid 90s, Creative Labs has remained strong and kept evolving as the leading manufacturer for... Read more...

US gets creative in online battle against Al-Qaeda

Sat, 05 May 2007 01:45:07 +0000

US officials championing freedom and democracy are well aware that they cannot try to silence Islamist militants by censoring or blocking the growing number of Al-Qaeda related web sites. Frank Cilluffo, director of the Homeland... Read more...

Creative Takes on iPod Shuffle With ZEN Stone

Thu, 03 May 2007 16:17:42 +0000

Creative is taking on the second generation Apple iPod Shuffle, a tiny flash-based MP3 player that starts at $79.99 USD, with its new $39.99 USD ZEN Stone. The tiny 1GB player can hold up to... Read more...

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Hits Store Shelves

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:52:07 +0000

Adobe Systems' long-awaited Creative Suite 3 has hit the shelves, adding the CS3 moniker to popular creative applications from both Adobe and the former Macromedia. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Contribute are all... Read more...

Adobe Creative Suite 3 US Prices Released

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:58:41 +0000

Adobe is planning a media event on Tuesday March 27th to announce Creative Suite 3 pricing and availability. Amazon jumped the gun a little and posted a few pages revealing product specs and pricing for... Read more...

Creative ALchemy 1.3 for X-Fi

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:15:32 +0000

Creative ALchemy Project allows you to run your favorite DirectSound3D games on Windows Vista as the developers intended - with full hardware accelerated 3D Audio and EAX support! This is done by translating DirectSound calls... Read more...

Creative Technology Makes Profit on Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:52:00 +0000

Creative Technology, a maker of digital media players and a supplier of various audio equipment for personal computers (PCs), has reported a profitable quarter amid helpful sales of music players and a payment by Apple.... Read more...

Creative offers workaround for Vista gaming sound

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:21:05 +0000

SOUND FIRM Creative said it is offering a software application which will help gamers get round Microsoft's decision to remove the hardware abstraction layer for Vista. The app, called Alchemy, is or will be available... Read more...

Creative Technology Shows Off Audio Card for PCI Express

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:40:39 +0000

Creative Technology, a maker of digital media players and various multimedia devices, showcased its first audio card for modern PCI Express bus at the Consumer Electronics Show 2007. Specs of the product are unclear, but... Read more...

Creative Labs Introduces Wireless iPod Accessories

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:28:56 +0000

Has Creative made a traitorous or intelligent move here? After settling its differences with Apple, Creative Labs has unearthed its latest Xdock Wireless product: a certified "Made for iPod" accessory. Audio enhancing features include X-Fi... Read more...

Creative X-Fi Vista BETA Driver v2.13.0001

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:46:34 +0000

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.... Read more...

Creative Labs Applications Software Available

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:26:44 +0000

Today Creative Labs have released the long awaited applications software for Windows Vista 32-Bit and 64-Bit, Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 5.10.38 and Creative CD Burner Plugin 5.01.31 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer. although this is only... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Driver 2K/XP

Steven Parker — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:53:23 +0000

This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster Audigy®, Audigy 2 series, and Audigy 4 series installation CDs. It also supports Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. This download... Read more...

Creative Debuts Widescreen Zen Player

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:26:30 +0000

The same day Microsoft details its Zune Product Line, Creative decides to launch its widescreen version of the Zen player in North America. The widescreen is at a 16:9 ratio and gives the player the... Read more...

Apple Settles With Creative For $100 Million

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:04:29 +0000

Apple and Creative have resolved their legal disputes which started on May 15th of this year when Creative and Apple sued each other claiming patent infringement. According to a joint-press release, Apple will pay Creative... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Beta drivers for Vista

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:31:00 +0000

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta Build 5231 support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™. It is not fully tested and provides limited functionality. Take note of the... Read more...

Creative and Apple Battle Could End in Peace

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:23:37 +0000

Apple and Creative Technology may find an out-of-court settlement to their current dispute regarding the way iPods allow users to navigate stored content. The two companies are currently pursuing a litigation paper trail, with Creative... Read more...

Creative Releases the Zen V

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:14:32 +0000

Today in response to Apple's iPod Nano, Creative released the Zen V and Zen V Plus. The new players are identical besides the Plus's ability to play back radio and video. The new... Read more...