Neowin News Feed for: Speed

We are moving faster than ever imagined possible raising serious Universal questions

Sayan Sen — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:42:01 +0000

Science has realized that some of our closest cosmic neighbors are moving at a pace way faster than any theory had predicted. Read more...

Google's new method makes LLMs faster and more powerful, and cheaper too

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:12:01 +0000

Google Research has developed a new method that could make running large language models cheaper and faster. Here's what it has done. Read more...

Review: Ducky Zero 6108, a tri-mode keyboard that misses the mark in some areas

Robbie Khan — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:00:01 +0000

Ducky's recent full-sized wireless keyboard is good, but not without some issues that may or may not bother you. It does, however, have excellent performance, switch options, and multi-device support. Read more...

Gigabyte launches the AORUS Gen5 10000, its first high-end PCIe Gen 5 SSD

Robbie Khan — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:24:01 +0000

Hot off the press, Gigabyte has launched its AORUS Gen5 10000 model of SSD aimed at the enthusiast. But be warned, the price is eye watering, and the gaming benefits? Still somewhat up in the air! Read more...

Mercedes-Benz cars are getting a $1200/year online subscription... to make them go faster

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 05:00:01 +0000

Mercedes-Benz has announced a seemingly ludicrous subscription model that allows customers to pay a $1200/year fee to make their cars accelerate faster. The "feature" is not coming to the UK. Read more...

Google: Here are all the things we learned while building 100 major versions of Chrome

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:48:01 +0000

Following the release of 100 major versions of Chrome, Google executives have penned their thoughts on their key learnings regarding performance, security, privacy, and more since 2008. Read more...

Google: Chrome is faster than Safari on Mac, and we have Apple's own software to prove it

Usama Jawad — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:32:01 +0000

Google has proudly claimed that its latest Chrome version outperforms Apple's Safari on Mac in terms of speed. Interestingly, it has results from the company's own benchmarking software to prove this. Read more...

Page-compressing Puffin browser arrives on Windows

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:02:01 +0000

The mobile web browser, Puffin, has now arrived on the Windows desktop. The browser is currently in beta so issues may crop up. It's available for download right now on Windows 7/10. Read more...

Laser research paves way for computers 100,000 times faster than today, and quantum processors

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:14:01 +0000

Researchers have managed to reliably move electrons around a semiconductor by using femtosecond laser pulses, opening the way to ultrafast computers, and in the future, quantum devices. Read more...

5G technology to feature 20Gbps download speeds, 1ms latency, and much more

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 08:32:01 +0000

The International Telecommunication Union has announced the specs for 5G which will feature a downlink of 20Gbps, latency of a mere 1ms, and one million devices connected per square kilometer. Read more...

Make Microsoft's Edge browser even faster by turning on this experimental feature

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:14:01 +0000

Microsoft introduced an experimental feature in its Edge browser for Insiders running preview builds, which can make the browser even faster. But so far it's been disabled by default. Read more...

Virgin Media announces broadband speed upgrades, new 'Vivid' 200Mbps package

Andy Weir — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:52:01 +0000

Virgin Media is boosting its broadband speeds for the third time in five years: 200Mbps is the new top-tier, and even the entry-level plan gets up to 70Mbps - but the speed upgrades are opt-in only. Read more...

Ericsson researchers achieve mind-blowing 5G speeds

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:40:01 +0000

Ericsson, one of the companies involved in developing 5G networks, has been field-testing some of its technologies and has achieved some very impressive speeds, as well as other improvements. Read more...

Internet Cyclone 2.23

Razvan Serea — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:03:51 +0000

Powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Speed Booster / Internet Accelerator for Windows designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings which will boost your Internet connection speed up to 200%. Read more...

Danish scientists achieve mind-blowing internet speeds using the tech of today

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:43:42 +0000

A team of researchers in Denmark have achieved insane internet speeds using commercially available equipment. This could lead to much faster and more reliable connections in the near future. Read more...

Verizon gives its FiOS customers a big (and free!) speed boost

Andy Weir — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:17:51 +0000

If you're on Verizon's FiOS service, the company has some good news for you: from today, it's introducing a huge boost to its upstream speeds, with uploads up to five times faster, free of charge. Read more...

Microsoft: We have just 14% of the total worldwide device market

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:33:54 +0000

While Microsoft still has 90% of the global PC market, its share of the total devices market is just 14%, as the company's chief operating officer, Kevin Turner, explained at WPC 2014 today. Read more...

SSD breakthrough means 300% speed boost, 60% less power usage... even on old drives

James Walker — Fri, 23 May 2014 19:33:37 +0000

A Japanese research team studying the NAND chips used in solid state drives has discovered a way to boost the speed of the devices by up to 300% with nothing more than a simple firmware update. Read more...

Virgin Media upgrading broadband speeds again, but prices are going up too

Andy Weir — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:47:55 +0000

Virgin Media has announced free broadband speed upgrades of "at least 20Mbps" more for everyone, while its top tariff will now max out at 152Mbps - but prices for all of its services are going up too. Read more...

Western Digital brings their highest-performing drives up to 4TB

Paul Ferson — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:15:00 +0000

If you need a ridiculous amount of storage space, Western Digital can say that they more than have you covered. The company has brought its top-tier hard drives to a monstrous 4TB capacity. Read more...

UK politician wants fastest broadband in Europe by 2015

Paul Ferson — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:09:19 +0000

UK Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt has decided that he wants the country to be blazing the trail for internet speeds in Europe by 2015, offering super-fast connections to at least 90% of its populace. Read more...

SpeedFan 4.46

Razvan Serea — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:43:46 +0000

SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. Read more...

Virgin Media begins free broadband speed upgrades

Andy Weir — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:18:32 +0000

Six weeks after promising to double the speeds of its broadband customers free of charge, Virgin Media's upgrades have begun, with a new website for customers to find out when their upgrade is due. Read more...

SpeedFan 4.46 Beta 4

Razvan Serea — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:47:59 +0000

Virgin Media doubles broadband speeds free of charge

Andy Weir — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:14:15 +0000

Virgin Media customers have been given a New Year treat, with the news that their broadband speeds will be doubled (or even tripled) free of charge, with the fastest connections soon reaching 120Mbps. Read more...

SpeedFan 4.44

Steven Parker — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:54:57 +0000

How Microsoft's Hotmail was made 10 times faster

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:58:02 +0000

Microsoft's Hotmail web based email service is still extremely popular and recently the service got a small makeover with a number of improvements. One of the improvements is increasing the speed and performance of Hotmail.... Read more...

Android browser 52% faster than iOS Safari in browsing speed test

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:23:20 +0000

Browser speed has always been a talking point in the never-ending mobile OS war(a war we hope doesn’t end anytime soon). According to Blaze, a website optimization company, Android’s native browser blows iOS’s Safari out... Read more...

Wi-Fi 802.11ac draft due in 2011, promises 1Gbps

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:59:17 +0000

Just when you thought you were finally getting used to 802.11n Wi-Fi, those rascals at the IEEE are at it again, this time adding another letter to the now almost ubiquitous Wi-Fi certification symbols. This... Read more...

20-line patch to Firefox 4 that makes startup on Windows up to 2x as fast

Brad Sams — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:54:30 +0000

In the world of browser wars, speed is everything. All the top vendors love to show off how fast their browser is and why it is better than the competition. So, when a user comes... Read more...

Virgin Media increases upload speeds for all customers [UK]

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:50:03 +0000

Virgin Media today announced a free upgrade for its broadband customers. Calling it an 'adrenaline shot', Virgin is aiming to boost upload speeds for customers across its range of broadband speeds. The upgrade has begun to... Read more...

FCC: US broadband customers getting half of advertised speeds

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:13:55 +0000

According to a report released by the FCC this week, US broadband consumers in 2009 were getting half of the download speeds advertised by their service providers. In 2009, the median advertised download speed for... Read more...

Gmail gets one click Microsoft Word previews, gives glimpse into future

Owen Williams — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:14:43 +0000

According to ReadWriteWeb, Google just announced a small, but much needed feature update to Gmail - One-click previews for Microsoft Word documents. Previously the one-click preview service only covered PDF, TIFF and Powerpoint files which... Read more...

Comcast to offer 105Mbps to residential customers

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:54 +0000

One wonders how such a thing would be useful to the average home user, but Engadget reports that Comcast may be preparing to offer cable speeds up to 105Mbps downstream 10Mbps upstream. According to information... Read more...

Firefox 3.7 will be fast, really fast

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:35:56 +0000

Chrome and IE8 both support multiple processors. In addition, both browsers run each tab as a separate process, thereby isolating crashes and improving overall speed. Firefox, unfortunately is lacking in these departments, but fear not:... Read more...

London to have satellites that monitor your speed

Brad Sams — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:46:09 +0000

In a trial that can only be described as Big Brotherly, London is going to start trials of attempting to stop speeders from space. The basic idea works around that the vehicles are equipped... Read more...

Need For Speed leaves virtual reality

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +0000

EA, the publishers behind the Need For Speed series of games, have announced that fans of the popular series will be able to act out their car fantasies in real life in June 2009. Over... Read more...

Micron, Intel speed up flash memory

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:27:14 +0000

Breaking the speed barrier of traditional flash memory, Intel and Micron Thursday announced a new flash memory architecture that increases the data transfer rates in consumer electronics by cutting the bottlenecks affecting conventional NAND flash... Read more...

Virgin Media announces broadband speed boost

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:28:10 +0000

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has announced its plans for upgrading customers' broadband systems. Beginning late February customers with a 4Mbit/s service on Virgin Media's 'L' tier package will be upgraded free to a 10Mbit/s service.... Read more...

Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.15

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:59:50 +0000

Nero CD-DVD Speed is a program for testing optical drives and media and is part of Nero Toolkit. A free CD-ROM/DVD benchmark which can test the most important features of a CD-ROM drive. Tests... Read more...