Neowin News Feed for: December

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday (KB5008215) is here, includes quality improvements

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has released the latest Patch Tuesday update for users on Windows 11. It includes several improvements that should improve the quality of Windows 11. This update installs Build 22000.376. Read more...

PUBG to launch on Xbox One on December 12; pre-orders open

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:26:01 +0000

The highly-anticipated port will land on Microsoft's console on December 12 for $29.99, said Mike Ybarra on Twitter. The extremely popular game was announced for the platform at E3 this year. Read more...

PlayStation 4 sales top Xbox's by a hair but overall growth for the console has been good

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 01:02:01 +0000

According to retail sales figures for December, the margin between Xbox and PlayStation 4 in terms of consoles sold ended up being razor thin while Xbox One saw good year-on-year growth. Read more...

A new Don Bradman Cricket game is coming out in December

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:36:01 +0000

Big Ant Studios has announced that a new Don Bradman Cricket game is slated for release this December offering more realism and controls. The game will be available on PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4. Read more...

Enormous DLC on tap for Halo 5 in December

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:22:01 +0000

During last night's Video Game Awards, 343 Industries revealed a sizable DLC pack for Halo 5: Guardians that is coming during the month of December, and it's absolutely free. Read more...

The first modular Windows 10 Mobile handset could be coming in 2016

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:12:01 +0000

German smartphone maker Shift will ship a modular handset running Windows 10 Mobile or Android 5.1 depending upon the user's preference in Q3 2016. The device will be available for pre-order at €399. Read more...

Expect the next Windows 10 Mobile build in "a few more days"

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:02:25 +0000

Microsoft's Gabe Aul says that Insiders shouldn't expect a new Windows 10 Mobile build to drop for "a few more days", given the focus the company is currently placing on the November update for PCs. Read more...

The dual-screen YotaPhone 2 will make its official debut on December 3rd

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:16:01 +0000

YotaPhone is ready to unveil its second handset, the YotaPhone 2, at a press event in London. The handset is unique in that it has dual displays, one being an touchscreen e-ink panel. Read more...

Acer giving away 39 Aspire S7 Ultrabooks!

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:01:36 +0000

Fancy winning a brand new Ultrabook? Acer is giving Facebook users a chance to win one of their Aspire S7 Windows 8 Ultrabooks, one a day, until December 31st. That's 34 in total! Read more...

Patch Tuesday for December 2008

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:31:27 +0000

Microsoft will release another 8 patches this coming Tuesday December 9 to block Remote Code Execution in a number of its own software, including Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and Visual Basic. 6 are labeled... Read more...

News Round-up for week ending December 7th

Steven Parker — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:43:42 +0000

This week we'll be revisiting some of the more popular stories that were viewed and commented on, in-case you missed them the first time around. This week saw new Windows 7 information hit the... Read more...

Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 in stores December 11!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:38:19 +0000

Midway Games Inc. and Epic Games today announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 is scheduled to ship to retail outlets in North America on December 10th. It is expected to begin... Read more...

First Halo 3 Map Pack Arrives December 11

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:25:24 +0000

Beginning December 11, three new multiplayer maps will be available for players of Bungie's Halo 3 (X360). Titled the Heroic Map Pack, its three maps--Foundry, Rat's Nest, and Standoff--will be downloadable from the online Xbox... Read more...

Microsoft to launch test build of IE refresh In December

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:55:29 +0000

Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to "click to activate" before they could interact with the control. Microsoft... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition Podcast for December 29th, 2006

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:32:59 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of December 29th 2006. This week our panel consists of Chris (bangbang023) and Todd (LOC) as they discuss the 3 current generation consoles in... Read more...

AutoPatcher December 2006

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:56:26 +0000

AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the... Read more...

DirectX Redistributable December 2006

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:41 +0000

Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. It... Read more...

December 2006 Security Releases ISO Image

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:29:06 +0000

These ISO-9660 CD image files contain the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 12th, 2006. They do not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. These CD images are intended for... Read more...

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December, 2006

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:41:39 +0000

Microsoft have posted an accumulation of security bulletins for the month of December 2006, an end-user version of security focus can be viewed here and the Protect Your PC website initiative link is also recommended... Read more...

December 2006 Security Releases ISO Image

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:33:38 +0000

Microsoft security updates for December

Tom Warren — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:29:09 +0000

On 12 December 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates Five Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft... Read more...

Exchange 2007 to RTM in December

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:40:32 +0000

Exchange Server 2007 will be released to manufacturing in December and be available to customers within a number of days after that, Microsoft officials have confirmed. The formal announcement of Exchange 2007's RTM date was... Read more...

AMD schedules December for 65nm Athlon debut?

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:23:54 +0000

What has AMD got coming up during the last three months of the year? A host of 65nm and 90nm Athlons, apparently, according to roadmap slides posted on the internet last week which would seem... Read more...

Windows Vista December 2005 CTP (Build 5270) Review

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:59:16 +0000

A few days after the release of the Windows Vista December CTP (build 5270) Paul Thurrott has put up a comprehensive review of it and claims as expected to already know most -if not all,... Read more...

Microsoft Windows Vista December CTP Released

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:09:19 +0000

The December Microsoft Windows Vista Community TechnologyPreview (CTP) is the third in a series of early Windows Vista buildsbeing released to an extensive technical community. The CTP program isdesigned to involve customers and partners in... Read more...

Windows Vista December CTP Today?

Steven Parker — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:43:22 +0000

Paul apparently knows that beta testers will get this today, since he posted this last wednesday and hasn't updated it since it will be interesting to see if he's correct. Taken from WinInfo: Sources... Read more...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of December 19

Steven Parker — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:39:25 +0000

Heres todays weekly look at Paul Thurrotts view of the world as he knows it. I left out the Microsoft finally patches IE snippet due to some problems that have since arisen from those patches... Read more...

AutoPatcher XP December 05

Howard Thomson — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:12:07 +0000

DirectX Redistributable 9.0c December 2005

Howard Thomson — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:42:25 +0000

Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based PCs an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full- color graphics, 3D animation, video and rich audio.... Read more...

Microsoft Security Updates: December 2005

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:24:34 +0000

Microsoft has just posted their security patch builletin for the month of December. As usual all required patches for your PC can be found on Windows Update. Here's a brief summary of the two patches... Read more...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of December 12

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:03:02 +0000

The man who just 'knows' has spoken out on the December CTP build & possible dates of delivery. Testers were sadly disappointed last month when Microsoft failed to deliver the November CTP build (that would... Read more...

EA to Ship NFL Street 2 December 26

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:59:02 +0000

Electronic Arts may not have rushed out NFL Street 2, but much to everyone's surprise, the sequel to the original game will not only ship early (i.e. December 26), it's actually hitting retail shelves in... Read more...

Intel to cut 915 chipset prices in December

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:58:15 +0000

Intel plans to cut prices for its complete lineup of 915 core-logic chipsets on December 26, with the goal of boosting sales of the PCIe-enabled chipsets in the channel, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard... Read more...

PSP hitting Japan on December 12 for $185

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:47:47 +0000

Sony's PSP is hitting Japan within the year, with a price in the same ballpark as the Nintendo DS. Official word on battery life, to boot. After months of analyst speculation that... Read more...

Infinium eyes December release for Phantom

Marcel Klum — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:42:02 +0000

Infinium Labs' new president is gunning for Christmas. That's when Kevin Bachus hopes to get both the Phantom gaming network and the accompanying console into the hands of eager cyber aficionados. ... Read more...

AutoPatcher XP 4.2 December Update. Released!

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:45:43 +0000

AutoPatcher XP 4.2 is out! This release contains a whole swag of new fixes (a total of 180!) so be sure to grab this update now! See below for a complete list of what is... Read more...

Microsoft -- No security bulletins for December

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 18:24:42 +0000

From Technet webcast event email update Thank you for your interest in tomorrow's December 10, 2003, Technet Security Webcast: "Information about Microsoft's December Security Bulletins" – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED due... Read more...

Microsoft December Security Update & Webcast Week Preview

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:00:04 +0000

On December 9, Microsoft will release its new monthly security bulletins scheme. Each month, after a security patch release, Microsoft's Product Support Services core team will conduct a technical webcast to explain the patch and... Read more...

New Linux version expected in December

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:32:52 +0000

The 2.6 version of the Linux core is expected in December and will be much more stable on arrival than its predecessor, according to the programmer in charge of the software. The current test version,... Read more...

Intel to cut P4 chipset prices on December 28

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:46:27 +0000

Intel, preparing for its upcoming Grantsdale line, will cut 865 series chipset pricing by as much as 6.3% on December 28. According to Intel's roadmap, it will launch Grantsdale P and Grantsdale G chipsets supporting... Read more...