Neowin News Feed for: Tests

Surface RT screen does well in lab tests against other tablets including iPad.

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:56:00 +0000

The folks at Display Mate took the Surface RT into their labs to compare the screen to other tablets on the market. They reveal that Microsoft has indeed made a pretty great screen despite the low res Read more...

Windows 7 design concepts & usability tests

Tom Warren — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0000

We're just in a session on design practices in Windows 7. Microsoft just demonstrated a usability test where a user hovered over the new taskbar and was impressed so much they just continued playing around... Read more...

Tests find Vista's UAC nails rootkits

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:27:29 +0100

Vista's UAC has a security feature that marks it out from any other type of Windows security program -- it can spot rootkits before they install. This is one finding buried in a report published... Read more...

Air France Tests Cell Services

Sagittarius — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:48:02 +0000

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Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service that's based on standard cell phone technology. The catch: It's only available on a single Airbus A318 aircraft in the... Read more...

Blockbuster Tests Pricing, New Formats

chuggyhandbags — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:01:52 +0000

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No. 1 movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc said on Thursday it was testing pricing for its rental formats and will experiment with its store layouts to add downloading stations, books or beverages in a bid... Read more...

ICANN To Start Tests Of Non-English Domains

BLU777 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:05:44 +0100

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Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish... Read more...

GM Tests Technology To Raise Fuel Economy 15%

Sagittarius — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:21:37 +0100

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Detroit automaker General Motors Corp. says it is testing a new combustion process that could increase fuel economy in conventional engines by up to 15 percent. The announcement comes as fuel economy has become an... Read more...

Nintendo Tests Interactive Fan Network

Slimy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:56:47 +0100

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Nintendo is testing a pilot program this season at the Mariners' Safeco Field. For a fee, the Nintendo Fan Network will upload a program onto the user's DS Lite and allow fans to order food... Read more...

Microsoft tests WLMessenger updates via Windows Update

Slimy — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:13:42 +0100

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Using Windows Update, Microsoft has quietly rolled out an update for beta testers using the next version of Windows Live Messenger. The obvious advantage is having the option of being able to update yet another... Read more...

Symantec Tests Software-As-A-Service For Backups

Slimy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:27:59 +0100

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Symantec is launching a software-as-a-service platform aimed at bringing security offerings to small- and medium-sized businesses. The Cupertino, California-based security company has announced that the Symantec Protection Network – Online Backup Service has gone into... Read more...

Google Tests Directory Assistance for Phones

Slimy — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:33:01 +0100

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Google has staged on-and-off again tests stretching back to 2002 of ways to allow phone users to use their voices to ask for information, rather than telephone keypads or other more cumbersome approaches. Now, the... Read more...

Yahoo Tests Customizable Alpha Search Engine

Slimy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:34:28 +0100

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Yahoo Incorporated is quietly testing a search engine which users can customize by adding, removing and rearranging components. Yahoo Alpha, which is hosted on an Australian domain, offers a default results page with a list... Read more...

Microsoft tests "pay-as-you-go" Software

Slimy — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:14:16 +0000

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Microsoft has been quietly testing a new "pay-as-you-go" software rental service in South Africa, Mexico and Romania. The service allows users to pay a monthly fee of around $15 for the use of Office 2003... Read more...

Ask Tests New Search Interface

Slimy — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:34:17 +0000

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Deciding that 5.9% search share isn't enough, InterActiveCorp (owner of Ask.com) has launched a publically available search site with a new three-paned interface. The left pane of the search results provides a control panel that... Read more...

Vista tests leave us all in the dark

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:24:41 +0100

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IT LOOKS like there is still a lot of confusion about what software and hardware combinations Microsoft's super soaraway operating system Vista will run on. We have already mentioned how Vole has tried to be... Read more...

Google tests expanded search option

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:17:50 +0100

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Google is testing an enhanced search feature that presents users with additional result information. Screenshots of the service appeared on the web earlier this week showing search results with an expansion button that presents longer... Read more...

Microsoft tests fix for IE bug as exploits appear

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:34:08 +0100

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A recently identified Internet Explorer security hole is now being exploited and Microsoft hopes to include a fix for it in its April 11 patch or maybe even earlier, according to a posting on a... Read more...

Best Buy Quietly Tests Selling Used Games

stncttr908 — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:41:09 +0100

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Best Buy today confirmed that four stores in Illinois and California have begun selling used video games, a market that major retail chains have kept away from and left to stores such as Gamestop and... Read more...

Google tests tool to aid Web indexing

malebolgia — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:07:21 +0100

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Google has launched an experiment to speed Web site information and changes to its index. Web site administrators--whether they manage a single-page site or corporate Web site--can use the free program called... Read more...

Yahoo tests blend of blogging, networking

dl0711 — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:16:28 +0000

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Yahoo Inc. is preparing to introduce a new service that blends several of its website's popular features with two of the Internet's fastest growing activities — blogging and social networking. The hybrid service, called "Yahoo... Read more...