Neowin News Feed for: Feature

From rags to riches: the story of Imgur

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Neowin sat down with Alan Schaaf, CEO and Founder of Imgur, to talk about a wide range of subjects such as where he got the idea for Imgur from, how Imgur is doing and where it's going in the future. Read more...

Diablo 3 starter guide and FAQs

Nathan Tsui — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:27:53 +0100

Get a head start in Diablo III with our starter guide, covering all the important information you need to know before jumping into the game. Includes a FAQ covering basic questions. Read more...

SkyDrive gets a new, smaller feature; shortlinks

Brad Sams — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:09:02 +0100

If you have ever tried to share something with SkyDrive, you know that the links it generates can be rather lengthy; that all ends today with a new link shortening service. Read more...

Windows 8 gets a nice Explorer feature

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:22:09 +0100

Sometimes, small features can make a huge difference in the overall workflow of an OS. According to tech-exclusive, the newest feature to be uncovered in leaked builds of Windows 8 is a very nifty drag and... Read more...

Let Google photograph your business with Google Places

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:54:01 +0100

After yesterday's introduction of Google Places, a revamp and streamlining of the already successful Local Business Center, Google is taking the business search engine one step further. In a few select trial cities, Google will... Read more...

Dell launches Latitude XT2 tablet PC with multitouch feature

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:13:09 +0000

Dell announced this week its Latitude XT2, industry's first Tablet PC with multitouch screen capabilities which will allow users to use natural gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating and zooming. There's... Read more...

Iwata keynote to feature at GDC 2009

Jonathan Steele — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:07:45 +0000

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will address the gaming illuminati at this years Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the event organisers announced on Tuesday. The convention, which is arranged by Think Services, will run from... Read more...

Google shuts off anti-phishing feature in Firefox 2.0

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:34:25 +0000

Mozilla had announced earlier that it is not planning to do any further security & stability updates for Firefox 2 and the phishing protection service will no longer be available for Firefox 2 users from... Read more...

Youtube to offer feature length movies

Damien Reynolds — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:35:53 +0000

In this current age of streaming video there is just about anything you can watch on the internet ranging from TV Shows on BBC iplayer to Films on Hulu but one service that seems to... Read more...

Microsoft hints at "private browsing" feature in IE

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:01 +0100

One of the most interesting feature that didn't quite make it into the final release of Firefox 3 is "Private Browsing", a.k.a. porn mode. The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari... Read more...

The 3rd feature pack for Vista is arriving...

franzon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:28:18 +0100

Microsoft will release a new Windows Feature Pack for Storage which contains 3 technologies: Active Storage Platform: enables the Windows platform to restrict access to portable devices (such as a USB Flash Device)... Read more...

Youtube's latest feature - Annotations

Imran Hussain — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:43:58 +0100

As soon as Youtube updated the look of their embedded player for all ( it was optional before ), it has added an amazing feature which screams "Youtube is the king of online video!". This... Read more...

Windows Feature Comparison - Vista SP1 vs XP SP3

HappyAndyK — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:34:28 +0100

Microsoft has just released a whitepaper, which compares the following features and capabilities of Windows Vista with SP1 & Windows XP with SP3 : Security, Management, Deployment, Mobility, and Productivity. This Windows Feature Comparison white... Read more...

Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:33:13 +0100

Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected, but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is... Read more...

Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds feature patch released

American Ninja — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:13:35 +0100

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Chris Hinojosa-Miranda Associate Producer at SCEA has posted on the Official U.S. Playstation Blog that a free feature patch for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds has been released. The patch includes the following features:... Read more...

Microsoft releases first Windows Vista Feature Pack

Steven Parker — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:04:33 +0100

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From istartedsomething.com: So I guess this is what you call teaching an old dog new tricks. A couple of days ago Microsoft released a new update for Windows Vista that adds additional wireless support and... Read more...

YouTube to feature on wider range of mobile phones

Tom Warren — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:34:16 +0000

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Popular video Web site YouTube.com is opening up its service to run on millions more phones which are capable of using high-speed wireless links, the company said on Thursday. YouTube, a unit of Google Inc,... Read more...

Alltel Feature Turns Voicemail to Text

Slimy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:22:01 +0000

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Alltel Corp. is unveiling a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow wireless phone customers to read their voicemail messages as text messages. Monthly fees for the Voice2TXT service start at $4.99, and users... Read more...

New cool feature enabled in Vista SP1: Hotpatching

franzon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:39:28 +0000

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Windows Vista SP1 enables support for hotpatching, a reboot-reduction servicing technology designed to maximize uptime. It works by allowing Windows components to be updated (or "patched") while they are still in use by a running... Read more...

Live Messenger 9.0 will feature SPIM

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:55:35 +0000

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Microsoft's next version of its instant messenger application will have a new security feature to report users who send unsolicited messages, known as SPIM (spam over IM).That's one of several new features in Windows Live... Read more...