Microsoft has announced the winners and finalists of its annual Partner of the Year Awards. These recognize outstanding performance from among Microsoft's hardware and software partners. More...

Students aged 8-18 were asked to use Raspberry Pi to "Make the World Better." Creativity ruled, and some of the students used the tiny computer to help the elderly answer the door and take medicine. More...

Microsoft is gearing up for the Imagine Cup finals and has opened the doors to the polling station for you to cast your vote for the 'People's Choice' award for the 2012 competition. More...

Popular question and answer site Quora has taken out the best new product of 2010 in the annual Crunchie awards, with Twitter awarded the best overall startup last year. The Crunchies, which took place earlier this... More...

Those of us who saw The Social Network in the past few months all pretty much had the same reaction. It was a great movie, but how in the world did they get away with... More...

The Golden Joystick Awards (also known as the People’s Gaming Awards) call themselves the world’s “Most Popular Videogame Awards” and the Guinness Book of Records agrees. Unlike the Oscars, where winners are selected by industry... More...

Last night's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards ceremony saw Uncharted 2 dominate yet again, but Naughty Dog's third person action game surprisingly lost out on the award for Best Game, which went... More...

Every six months Neowin staff and existing MVCs will nominate members for our MVC program. The MVC (Most Valuable Contributor) program was created in 2007, and was designed to provide special recognition for members who... More...

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4 took three awards at the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts video game ceremony last night, while best-seller Grand Theft Auto IV received no awards, despite several... More...

GameSpy has announced their list of 'Best of 2008' PC games, and also gave a "State of the PC" address. There have been quite a few discussions over how well PC gaming did this... More...

X-Play on G4TV recently gave out their "Best of 2008" awards in several different categories. The hit PC game, Sins of a Solar Empire, took the award for "Best Strategy Game of 2008". ... More...

The WTO's recent ruling on Antigua's complaint against the US over the banning of online gambling resulted in a payment to the island nation much less than they asked for. It appears, though, that this... More...

The Neowin Community Game Awards are unlike other "Best of Year" awards. Every step of the process is voted on by Neowin.net community members. From the initial nominations to the final voting, you, the people... More...

The Neowin Community Game Awards are unlike other "Best of Year" awards. Every step of the process is voted on by Neowin.net community members. From the initial nominations to the final voting, you, the people... More...

Third person shooter Gears of War has scooped the "Ultimate Game of the Year Award" at the Golden Joysticks. The title sold more than 3 million copies in 10 weeks and won three more awards... More...

In 2005, we started the Neowin Community Game Awards. Unlike other "Best of Year" awards, every step of the process is voted on by the members. From the initial nominations to the final voting, you,... More...

Last night, the winners of the Tenth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (AIAS) were revealed at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Gears of War turned out to be the big winner of... More...

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards until January 12, 2007. The awards ceremony, to take place Wednesday, March 7, 2007 during Game Developers Conference (GDC), will be hosted in... More...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (you know, BAFTA) held their 4th annual video game awards show yesterday in the UK (no way?! ) and some of the results may surprise you. The... More...

Lily Allen, Muse, Lemar and Radiohead's Thom Yorke were among the winners at the fifth BT Digital Music Awards 2006 in London last night. But iTunes was outgunned by a much smaller rival. Muse and... More...

On Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation awarded nine Microsoft employees certificates for "Exceptional Service in the Public Interest," the agency announced. The recognition relates to Microsoft's help in tracking down those responsible for the... More...

bangbang023 writes in letting us know that the NCGA's are ready for your votes! "That time of year has once again come. While others are debating the name of the... More...

Nominations for the second annual Neowin Community Game Awards have started and you can help by nominating your favorite Console or PC game by clicking here. The only way to participate in this annual event... More...

The last few years has seen tremendous growth in the gaming idustry; it's become a high budget and increasingly realistic escape from the dramas of modern day life. 2004 saw some truely ground breaking titles... More...

After gathering all your suggestions and being fortunate enough to have blackice912 get a survey system up and running, it is now time for everyone to start voting for the best of the best for... More...

eWeek is reporting on what is thought to be the largest federal judgment against spammers in history. CIS Internet Services has been awarded damages to the sum of $1bn. Judge Wolle ruled that CIS were... More...

The Economist claims to have been founded to take part in "a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing progress". As such, each year, The Economist recognises individuals who... More...

Six-month veterans of the MMORPG will get a free space yacht as LucasArts celebrates the game's one-year anniversary. It looks like longtime players of Star Wars: Galaxies will be feeling the love... More...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences today presented Achievement Awards in 36 categories. Publisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward's Call of Duty was honored as the overall Game of the Year. Electronic Arts topped... More...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) today announced the finalists for the 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which will be held at Rain in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, March 4,... More...

Thanks Tac-D for pointing this out to me! You sexy stud! Worst Launch of 2003 Shadowbane – Although they technically got their release issues ironed... More...

Awards Acknowledge Innovative Solutions Based on Microsoft Technology In the Retail and Hospitality Industries Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners of the eighth annual Retail Application Developer (RAD) Awards. The annual awards... More...

The Webby Awards, the Internet community's biggest annual event, has become a non-event this year. Fears about traveling due to SARS were blamed for the cancellation of the seventh annual ceremony, which was... More...

The contest rules for the 8th Annual Apple Design Awards are now available. The awards, which focus exclusively on Mac OS X (news - web sites), are designed to recognize outstanding product innovation and user... More...

The International Game Developers Association has unveiled the games which are nominated for the Third Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The winners will be announced on March 6th. Various categories such as writing, visual arts... More...

In a move which is sure to promote early adoption of Web services, Microsoft today announced the .NET Best Student Awards 2001, a contest for North American college and university students. The contest challenges students... More...