Neowin News Feed for: Invasion

After breaking up with Russia, NASA comes to save Europe's never-ending mission to Mars

Martin Hodás — Sat, 18 May 2024 19:58:01 +0000

European space mission ExoMars began in 2001. However, it came close to being canceled due to repeated delays and war in Ukraine. A new partnership with NASA aims to finally send the rover into space. Read more...

Russia will launch its Play Store alternative on May 9, its WWII Victory Day

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Russian developers will launch their Play Store alternative "NashStore" on May 9, Russia's Victory Day, after Google suspended all payment services in the country leaving developers with no income. Read more...

You can now call Ukrainian mobile and landline phone numbers for free using Skype

Taras Buria — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:00:01 +0000

In its latest effort to help Ukrainian users, Microsoft announced free Skype calls to landline and mobile numbers in Ukraine. Also, Skype now supports more languages for translating to/from Ukrainian. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Defender shun, sanctions on Russia, and new web features galore

Usama Jawad — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:16:01 +0000

This was an extremely busy week in the Microsoft-verse with news items spread across multiple domains including sanctions on Russia, a surprising loss for Defender, and a bunch of web enhancements. Read more...

Microsoft halts all new sales of its products in Russia

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Microsoft is suspending all "new" sales of its products in Russia. This includes Xbox, Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. The implication is that existing customers will remain supported. Read more...

CD Projekt Red suspends the sale of its games in Russia and Belarus

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:32:01 +0000

CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077, has announced that it will suspend all forms of sales of its games in Russia and Belarus. It joins a slew of companies suspending services in Russia. Read more...

Google joins Microsoft in restricting access to RT and Sputnik

Usama Jawad — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 05:28:01 +0000

Google has announced a series of steps to stop the spread of disinformation by state-sponsored Russian media outlets on its platforms. Its services continue to remain available in Russia. Read more...

Microsoft is banning state-sponsored Russian content from its platforms

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:10:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced a series of steps that it is taking to aid Ukrainian authorities and civilians. It has also detailed how it is dismantling Russian state-sponsored propaganda on its platforms. Read more...

Ukraine is calling for volunteers to cyberattack Russia

Karthik Mudaliar — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 21:10:01 +0000

Ukraine's digital transformation minister Mykhailo Fedorov is calling for international volunteers to help wage cyber-war on Russia. The telegram channel has more than 180,000 members. Read more...

Russia bans Facebook for 'violation of fundamental human rights'

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:46:02 +0000

The Russian government has partially banned Facebook in the country and claimed that the social network has violated the fundamental human rights and freedom of citizens in the country. Read more...

Microsoft: Stop using Google, they breached your privacy

Brad Sams — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:40:07 +0000

Microsoft has put together a page that states Google has recently breached your privacy and if you are offended by this, switch to Bing. The page is a direct attack against Google and its practices. Read more...

Quake 4 Invasion Coming for Macintosh

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:03:29 +0000

Aspyr Media announced today that it will deliver a Mac version of Quake 4, the ever-popular first-person shooter developed by Raven Software and produced by id Software. The game, licensed from Activision, is scheduled for... Read more...

Square Enix plans European invasion

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:18:40 +0000

Following the recent reshuffle of giant Japanese publisher Square Enix' global operations, former Atlus USA boss John Yamamoto has been installed as head of the company's European division - and tasked with overseeing its development... Read more...

UFO Alien Invasion Tech Demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:48:04 +0000

As expected, a playable demo of UFO: Alien Invasion is now available for download, allowing you to try out this turn-based tactical combat strategy game inspired by the X-Com series and powered by a heavily... Read more...

ID Software Demos Invasion

Marcel Klum — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:30:08 +0000

This week was Doom's 10th birthday. To celebrate this, Gamer's Hell brings you the ID Software Ultimate Demos Collection, which includes all the popular titles developed (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake...) and produced (Heretic) by ID.... Read more...

Space Invaders Video Game Set for New U.S. Invasion

Marcel Klum — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 14:25:25 +0000

Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp. said on Friday it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades. The... Read more...

Microsoft's Long-Awaited Computer Home Invasion

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:08:52 +0000

Windows XP Media Center Edition may be the sexiest piece of software Microsoft has ever released -- but it is not yet clear if the program will achieve commercial success. Microsoft... Read more...

Invasion of the Browser Snatchers

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:43:17 +0000

Thanks Darren Bolton for a link to this news article. Ron Zorko was only trying to get to PC World's web site. But when he accidentally mistyped the URL, a porn site popped... Read more...

Stealth Ad invasion

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:32:10 +0000

Feel like online ads are getting more annoying? You're not alone. Consumer advocates are up in arms over adware--a new class of advertising products that typically install on your PC as part of a software... Read more...