Neowin News Feed for: Portal

Generous member is generous: Win a free copy of Portal

Steven Parker — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:51:30 +0100

Our members are awesome, if they aren't writing in-depth reviews on our forums or posting something worthy of being posted to the main page of Neowin, they are giving stuff away! Read more...

Valve's new employee manual is also entertaining reading

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:37:48 +0100

The new employee manual for Valve's workers has been uploaded to the Internet and it makes for some entertaining reading along with some insights as to how Valve works. Read more...

Portal now free to play for all

Owen Williams — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:44:25 +0100

It appears Valve is making the same move it made a few months back and has made the original Portal game free to play for all. Read more...

Portal creator's next game, Quantum Conundrum, announced

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:09:04 +0100

The creator of the original Portal, Kim Swift, is behind the newly announced first person action-puzzle game Quantum Conundrum which will be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in early 2012. Read more...

Portal 2 E3 event cancelled, replaced by 'surprise'

Martin O'Hagan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:48:30 +0100

Today, several major internet sources including the guys over at 1UP, received an email from Valve informing them that the Portal 2 presentation at the upcoming E3 event has been cancelled. The slot will be... Read more...

Microsoft re-launches MSN with new look in the UK

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:50:22 +0100

Microsoft has launched a new version of its popular news and entertainment portal - MSN UK. Following in the footsteps of the U.S. and Brazil, the new site features a simple design that integrates content from... Read more...

Free copy of Portal for everyone until May 24

Denis Wong — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:02:02 +0100

In celebrating the launch of Steam for Mac today, Valve Software has put out an enticing promotional campaign differing from their usual free weekends for content pack updates to their other games, such as Team... Read more...

Steam for Mac launches today

Matt Blowes — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:46:24 +0100

The long awaited roll out of Steam on OS X begins today after its announcement in early March. In Valve's announcement released today Steam Play will be launched which allows users to purchase Steam software... Read more...

Steam for Mac coming on May 12th

Jonathan Downin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:40:01 +0100

Valve announced back in March that Steam would be coming to Mac in April. In somewhat typical fashion, Valve is going to miss this release window, but the good news is they have set the... Read more...

Valve confirms Portal 2 release for Mac OS X

Sam Symons — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:19:44 +0000

Valve has been playing various games with the Internet community over the last couple of weeks. The ending to their popular puzzle game Portal was changed, hinting at a sequel, and the company began sending... Read more...

Yahoo relaunches new web portal

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:35:21 +0100

Internet search engine Yahoo has launched its new web portal, alongside a $100m advertising campaign, with the company hoping the changes will boost traffic and turn a profit, according to the BBC. The first... Read more...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal - Update Released

EL1TE — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:41:07 +0000

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Updates to Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Half-Life 2: Episode Two/Portal Fixed crash... Read more...

Red Hat Opens Portal For Linux Partners

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:54:57 +0100

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As part of its broader effort to refashion itself into a channel-driven company, Red Hat plans to go live this week with a new partner portal Web site, the Red Hat Partner Center. The site... Read more...

AOL expands to India with portal site

Slimy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:28:29 +0100

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AOL is expanding to India with a new portal (in the English language) since "India is one of the world's fastest-growing online markets, and our India portal will help us compete for users and advertisers... Read more...

HL2: Episode Two, Portal, TF2 all slip

ckempo — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:12:23 +0000

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Looks like we've all got to wait a little bit longer.... From the article: Valve's Doug Lombardi told CVG today that Half-Life 2: Episode Two's release has slipped from Q1 2007 back to summer... Read more...

MSN Portal for mobile Beta

Neowin Staff — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:32:32 +0100

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Dear Beta Tester, You are invited to the MSN portal for mobile. The first 100 people to finish the beta will win a CREATIVE MP3 PLAYER! The new MSN for mobile portal brings together... Read more...

First trailer released for Valve's Portal

Todd Tanner — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:09:20 +0100

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Thanks to jerry for the head's up. Not much to say here folks, other than "go watch this now!" This is a small trailer for the recently announced... Read more...

Portal Player Crashes After Apple Announcement

Mr magoo — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:28:43 +0100

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Chip maker Portal Player saw it's shares almost halve in value last night. The brutal price drop was caused by Apple's announcement that they would not be using their chips for future versions of the... Read more...

McAfee Unveils Threat Center Portal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:20:12 +0100

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McAfee today launched a jazzed-up Web site with a new online portal designed to help users research a wide range of security problems. Called the McAfee Threat Center, the portal was launched as part of... Read more...

Solaris free software portal faces closure

macstorm — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:37:47 +0100

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Lack of funding may force free software portal Blastwave, one of the only sources for pre-packaged Solaris software, to close its doors. Since 2002, the portal has been bundling publicly available software... Read more...