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Neowin Forums offline for upgrade to IPB 3.4.5

Steven Parker — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:30:50 +0100

Yes, it's finally here. We are upgrading Invision Power Board from 3.2 to 3.4.5. So for now the forums are offline. We appreciate your patience as the server hamsters enjoy a well earned break. Read more...

Forums turned offline for now [Update: We're back]

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:19:53 +0100

As we prepare to upgrade to Invision Board 3.4.5 we need to make changes to our huge (8+GB) database, and that requires among other things a database conversion. Read more...

Neowin congratulates Rappy at 100,000 posts

Steven Parker — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:11:42 +0100

When Neowin first started out in 2000, I couldn't have imagined we'd be here thirteen years later, let alone have active members from over a decade ago, or one that has posted 100,000 times. Read more...

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: 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...

Outlook.com launches an insider program for the Neowin community

Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:25:47 +0100

Neowin and Outlook.com have had a lot of fun over the years and today the Outlook.com team is launching an insider program with the Neowin community to keep you update on the email service. 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: 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...

Come play Minecraft with us at 8PM EST, be a part of our video

Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:09:18 +0000

Did you join our Minecraft server and build something awesome? If you did, tonight is the night to show off your goods with pride as we will be taking some screenshots and possibly video of our world. Read more...

Join the Neowin.net Folding@home team!

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:17:31 +0000

Now's a better than ever time to join our Folding@home group, which is currently ranked at #332 in the world! Check out how you can contribute to our team and help medical research as well Read more...

Do you Minecraft? We Minecraft. Come play with us on our server!

Tim Kimberl — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:33:10 +0000

Are you seeking an adventure, or just simply miss the days building creations out of blocks? If so, you're in luck as Neowin now has its own Minecraft server and we want you to come build with us. Read more...

Win 10 games from Neogamr!

Paul Ferson — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:12:05 +0000

In association with our friends at BundleStars, Neogamr is giving ten games each to two lucky readers. All games are Steam-redeemable, so you've nothing to lose by entering. Good luck! 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...

Neowin's five most popular articles of 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:33:53 +0000

We list our top five most read stories of 2012, which include a personal story on how piracy affected a Neowin writer, a blow up over a Samsung ad using an actor from an Apple ad and more. Read more...

The Top 10 Tech News Stories of 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:46:55 +0000

As 2012 comes to an end, we give our picks for the top 10 biggest stories in the tech industry in the past 12 months, featuring the launch of Windows 8, the reveal of Microsoft's Surface and more. Read more...

Happy New Year 2013 Edition - from all of us

Steven Parker — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:23:42 +0000

For some, 2012 has already come to a close, for others not quite yet. In any case, on behalf of the Neowin team we wish all of our readers a safe and Happy New Year and give thanks for your support. Read more...

Neowin wishes you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a chance to win a free subscription! [UPDATE with winner]

Christopher White — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:34:07 +0000

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and of course, Happy Festivus for the rest of us. We hope you've enjoyed or content, and we'd like to give a free subscription to one lucky reader! Read more...

Discuss: What'd you get and give?

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:01:06 +0000

Now that most of the world is likely through with the gift giving and gift getting process of the holidays, we'd like to know what you got for Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate. Read more...

We had a Google+ Hangout... it was awesome!

Brad Sams — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Do you like technology? Do you love talking about it? do you want to talk about technology with us? If you said yes, put a reminder on your calendar for 8:30 PM EST | 5:30 PM PST to join us tonight. Read more...