Neowin News Feed for: Life

KaiOS' Life app update makes life-improving content easier to find

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:16:01 +0000

The KaiOS has have released an update for the Life app which makes it easier for users to save and search for content. The new daily feed also helps to provide users with fresh content. Read more...

NASA unveils Perseverance landing footage and Mars audio

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:10:01 +0000

NASA has released footage of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars last week. High definition cameras equipped to the machinery at different vantage points give great shots of Mars and the rover. Read more...

NASA successfully lands Perseverance rover on Mars

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:32:01 +0000

NASA has confirmed the successful landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. In its two year mission, it will take samples from a historical lakebed which will be examing for signs of ancient life. Read more...

KaiOS Technologies outlines how it helps users fight COVID-19

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:50:02 +0000

KaiOS Technologies has announced measures it has taken to get information about COVID-19 out to its growing user base in developing countries around the world. It also launched a new phone in Mexico. Read more...

NASA announces new 8-year voyage to Titan to look for evidence of life

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 07:14:02 +0000

NASA has announced that the fourth New Horizons mission will blast off for Saturn's moon, Titan, in 2026. Once it arrives in 2034 it'll be deployed to search for past or existing life. Read more...

HTC teases something new for August 30

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 01:24:01 +0000

HTC hasn't had the best year but it is still managing to release new handsets. While there is speculation of what might arrive, the firm has announced a reveal that will take place on August 30. Read more...

Geekbench: Apple might have been slowing older models of iPhones after all

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:06:01 +0000

Some sleuthing by Geekbench and a number of Redditors seems to confirm the Cupertino giant is slowing older models of iPhones with new software releases due to deteriorating battery life. Read more...

Microsoft's co-founders hacked computer to meet girls while at school

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 03:32:01 +0000

In a BBC Radio interview, Gates gives a 42 minute overview of his accomplishments in life. Interestingly while at school, he and Paul Allen 'hacked' the computer so Gates could be in all-girl classes. Read more...

Study: The more you use Facebook, the :( you're likely to be

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:13:26 +0000

Facebook is a useful tool for sure, but at the moment it seems like it's just filled with people crushing candy. But a recent study shows that we may be most unhappy after using the social network. Read more...

Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:16 +0000

All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens. We found an interesting new multi-touch screen that allows you to paint using a... Read more...

Bring the old Taskbar to life in Windows 7

Julio Franco — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:54:46 +0000

Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, brings a slew of tweaks and improvements. While most adjustments are under the hood, the graphical user interface has received a facelift as well. One of the first changes... Read more...

Google make Time-Life archive public

Damien Reynolds — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:39:43 +0000

Today Google and Time Warner announced that they will be releasing millions of images from the Time-Life archive to the public. For many years most of the images have never been seen by Time-Life themselves... Read more...

Supreme Commander gets a second life on Impulse

Spencer Scott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:47:37 +0000

Supreme Commander gets a new life with the announcement that Supreme Commander Gold is now available on Impulse. Supreme Commander Gold combines the awesome action of both Supreme Commander and Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.... Read more...

HP clocks up 24-hour laptop battery life

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:50:34 +0000

HP has beaten Dell - in the laptop battery longevity hype stakes, that is. It's produced a notebook with a full-day runtime, it claims - five hours longer than Dell's most recent battery life boast.... Read more...

Second Life on its last life

Marcel Klum — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:51:41 +0000

Lynden Lab's Second Life virtual world was so popular that people were investing in virtual real estate and making significant sums of money off their investments. This was in the glory days last year and... Read more...

Bluetooth gives Spies a Window into your Life

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:39:31 +0000

Worried about your civil liberties and privacy? Then it may come as a shock to discover that you have unwittingly been allowing your phone to signal your every move. Bluetooth, a wireless link built into... Read more...

Fistful of Frags 1.2 Beta - Half Life 2 Mod

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:00:30 +0000

Fistful of Frags is a multiplayer modification for Source engine settled in the Old West. Its key features include: Fistful of Dollars game mode: original team oriented gameplay packed with fast paced... Read more...

America's Army Player Saves Real Life

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:55:36 +0000

It's the stuff press releases are made of, but the story is great to boot. Paxton Galvanek never had medical training, but he'd gone through medic certification in the America's Army video game. Then one... Read more...

Insurgency Beta 2.0e - Half Life 2 Mod

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:20:03 +0000

Insurgency (INS) is a total conversion modification using Valve Software's Source Engine. Insurgency immerses you, as the player, into an intense and realistic online combat experience. Set on the modern battlefields, Insurgency simulates modern infantry... Read more...

Empires 2.11 - Half Life 2 Mod

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:12:53 +0000

Empires is a revolutionary mod currently in development for Half-Life 2. It'll be combining the genres of first-person shooter and real-time strategy. Two key players will be present in each game, one player per team... Read more...

Life on the EEEdge: Daily life with Asus' tiny laptop

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:29:25 +0000

Like many gearheads, I've owned a lot of portable computers over the years -- and I've wanted to replace every last one with a smaller, sleeker upgrade, from the "luggable" Apple IIc onward. But most... Read more...

QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:10:26 +0000

Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi (the hacker behind... Read more...

Microsoft talks Battery Life for new flash Zunes

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:34:35 +0000

Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on the Zune, has posted battery life tests for the new Zune 4 ($199) and Zune 8 ($249) models, slated to be released this mid-November in the United States,... Read more...

IBM and Second Life to build 3D internet

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:12:47 +0000

IBM and Second Life creator Linden Lab have teamed up to further advance digital 3D worlds. The partnership seeks to accelerate the development of open standards to promote the creation of more digital 3D environments.... Read more...

Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Gateway One

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:46:16 +0000

Looking at the Gateway One, it's pretty easy to see where Gateway found their inspiration. At first glance, the thing almost looks like an iMac that fell into some glossy black paint. This is one... Read more...

Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Microsoft's Booth

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:39:56 +0000

Microsoft took a three pronged approach to their booth this year. They decided to focus on Vista (again), Games for Windows, and Windows Mobile. Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 and Halo 3 were not highlighted in... Read more...

Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Toshiba Gigabeat T400 and U202

Christopher Vendemio — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:56:54 +0000

One of Toshiba's main attractions, at Digital Life, was their latest models in the Gigabeat line of portable media players, the 2GB U202 and the 4GB T400. Both units were prominently displayed throughout the Toshiba... Read more...

Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Palm Centro

Christopher Vendemio — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:34:56 +0000

One of the most talked about products, heading into the start of Digital Life, was Palm's new compact smartphone, the Centro. While it is much thicker than devices such as the Motorola Q9 and Samsung... Read more...

Iomega breathes new life into Mac hard drive business

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:09:51 +0000

At the Apple Expo 2007 conference in Paris this week, Iomega Corporation unveiled two new external dual-drive products. The duo 500GB UltraMax Pro Desktop hard disk drives are fully removable, which enables hot-swap functionality, and... Read more...

Fortress Forever mod for Half Life 2 ready for release

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:58:56 +0000

The highly awaited modification for Half-Life 2 called Fortress Forever is finally with us. It's based on the HL1 mod Team Fortress Classic and although not a direct port, has many of the features of... Read more...

Untangle Your Life With New, Super-fast Wireless

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:12:58 +0000

After a few false starts, a wireless technology that could clear up the clutter around our PCs, TVs and phones could actually be on the way. Ultra-wideband technology (UWB) should carry data fast enough to... Read more...

Mobile users yearning for the simple life

Steven Parker — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:40:40 +0000

It seems mobile phone users aren't that interested in using many of the advanced features - such as web browsing and TV - that operators have been pushing. The proportion of mobile users using eight... Read more...

Avatar-on-Avatar Legal Action in Second Life

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:55:05 +0000

We have a rather odd story this Saturday coming all the way from the idyllic digital shores of Second Life. Last Month entrepreneur Kevin Alderman, founder of Eros LLC, a company specializing in the manufacture... Read more...

Google to offer life advice

Thu, 24 May 2007 22:59:58 +0000

Google claims that it can help its users run their lives using the personal information it builds up about their search habits. The web search giant is planning to create the world's most comprehensive database... Read more...

Nick White on Aero and battery life

Mon, 14 May 2007 22:57:42 +0000

Nick White, Vista's Product Manager, has responded to an article entitled "Vista, Aero, battery life . . . and Doom" by Dwight Silverman, the tech reviewer at the Houston Chronicle, regarding the impact that the... Read more...

Sounds bring Google Earth to life

Tom Warren — Thu, 10 May 2007 08:51:25 +0000

As well as homing in on visual feasts around the globe, users of Google Earth may soon be able to listen to the sounds that accompany them. A Californian company has created software that... Read more...

Over Half of Second Life users come from Europe

Tue, 08 May 2007 23:09:05 +0000

Research firm comScore has found that throughout March, 61% of active Second Life residents were from Europe, compared to 19% from North America and 13% from Asia Pacific. Germany had the most Second Life residents,... Read more...

'Rabbit Ears' Find New Life in HDTV Age

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:58:49 +0000

Consumers who are spending thousands of dollars on LCD or plasma TVs are saving their money elsewhere: their TV programs. Antennas for a high-definition television may seem like a ludicrous idea but local TV channels,... Read more...

Second Life avatars to speak

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:37:15 +0000

The animated avatars for members of the popular virtual world Second Life are about to get more realistic. Massachusetts-based Vivox said that its technology will enable the three-dimensional avatars representing people in Second Life to... Read more...

Sweden opens diplomatic relations with Second Life

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:34 +0000

Sweden is hoping to increase the country's profile by establishing an officially sanctioned embassy in the Second Life virtual online world. A digitally created building will be based on Sweden's actual embassy in Washington and... Read more...