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From the Forums: Official Neowin photography contest for May (includes giveaway!)

Christopher White — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:29:15 +0100

The second monthly photography contest is complete, and ArcticRift was the winner! The contest's next theme is "The View From My Window," and the prize is a Neowin subscription! Read more...

From the Forums: Why I'm abandoning Windows Phone

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:17:30 +0100

In our latest From the Forums feature, some Neowin users who switched to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform are now finding themselves returning to their previous operating systems. Read more...

From the Forums: Neowin photography contest voting

Christopher White — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:54:09 +0100

The April photography contest is now closed, and the voting is open to select the winner. Take a look at the photos, place your entry for the best, and help one lucky member win a Mimobot! Read more...

From the Forums: Official Neowin photography contest reminder (with Giveaway)

Christopher White — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:58:44 +0100

The official Neowin photography contest is underway and we have many excellent entries. Remember, the winner will take home an 8GB Captain Kirk Mimobot thumb drive! Read more...

From The Forums: Our readers look back on Windows XP

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:45:22 +0100

In our latest From The Forums feature, some of our readers look back on what they think are some of the more memorable things about Windows XP, less than a year from its official end. Read more...

From the Forums: Official Neowin photography contest for April (includes a giveaway!)

Christopher White — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:48:30 +0100

The photography competition from March is now closed, a winner has been chosen, and a new theme for April has been selected. Participate in the next contest and you could win a Mimobot! Read more...

From The Forums: Reactions to the Windows Blue build leak

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:39:04 +0000

Neowin forum members are giving their reactions to the features that have been revealed for Microsoft's Windows Blue via today's leak of the 9364 build on the Internet. Read more...

From The Forums: Neowin member runs Android on Surface Pro

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:19:43 +0000

Our latest From The Forums story puts the spotlight on a Neowin member who uploaded a video showing how he got his Microsoft Surface Pro tablet to run Google's Android OS. Read more...

From the Forums: Official Neowin photography competition!

Christopher White — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:13:28 +0000

Enjoy photography? Enjoy contests? Enjoy winning? Then take a look at Neowin's official monthly photography contest to try and win or just see great photography by our members. Read more...

From the Forums: More thoughts on the Windows 8 Start menu debate

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:24:17 +0000

In our latest From the Forums feature, our community members offer up their opinions on the continuing Windows 8 Start menu debate, including their own poll on the subject. Read more...

From the forums: What was your initial reaction to Windows 8?

Brad Sams — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:27:26 +0000

On this edition on “From the Forums”, Gnieus has asked the Neowin community what their initial reaction was to Windows 8. The question was posed by member Gnieus in our Windows 8 forum. Read more...

From The Forums: An early concept for Xbox Surface tablet

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:49:00 +0000

In our latest From The Forums feature, we put the spotlight on a Neowin member who has created some early concepts for what he would like an Xbox Surface tablet to be like. Read more...

From The Forums: Our readers debating Windows 8

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:33:39 +0000

In our latest From The Forums feature, we take a look at what our community members think about Windows 8 now that the OS has been available to the general public for over two months. Read more...

From The Forums: Check out a new Windows 8 desktop mockup

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:07:05 +0000

In our latest look inside Neowin's message board, we find that one forum member has his own ideas for creating a Windows 8 desktop that also puts in elements of the "Modern" Start Screen. Read more...

From The Forums: We chat with the creator of the Steam Metro Skin

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:00:00 +0000

We chat with "BoneyardBrew" a long time Neowin forum member who has launched a new version of his popular Steam skin that makes the download client look like the Windows 8 "Metro" interface. Read more...

From The Forums: Neowin members create Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

In our newest From The Forums feature, we put the spotlight on some nifty looking new Windows 8 apps that have been made by some of our own readers, including a body fat indicator and more. Read more...

From the Forums: Disappointment with the Xbox Music app in Windows 8

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:19:19 +0000

Neowin users are voicing their complaints about a wide range of issues with the new Music app in Windows 8 and Windows RT on the forums, with some saying the app lacks necessary features. Read more...

From The Forums: Our readers give their Surface impressions

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:54:17 +0000

Our readers who have already bought and received their Surface tablet have mostly positive things to say about Microsoft's first venture into the PC hardware world in our forum discussions. Read more...

From the Forums: What's your worst computing mistake?

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:33:35 +0100

A Neowin forum member has started an interesting thread that we can all relate to. Entitled ‘What are your worst computing mistakes?' have a read and let us know if you've shared similar experiences. Read more...

From the Forums: Where will smartphones be in five years time?

Steven Parker — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:02:39 +0100

Smartphone manufacturers manage to cram in more and more technology into ever thinner devices; and while the trend now appears to be screensize, we ask you where smartphones will be in five years time Read more...