Neowin News Feed for: Anniversary

Here's how Apple is celebrating its 50th birthday

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:12:01 +0000

Here are the different ways Apple is celebrating its 50th birthday: from distributing special gifts to hosting live shows. Read more...

iCelebrate: It's 2026 and Apple just turned 50 years old

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:52:01 +0000

Apple Inc. is celebrating its 50th birthday today after completing decades of existence, starting from a car garage in California. Read more...

From trailblazing spreadsheet to AI-powered productivity tool, Microsoft Excel turns 40

Fiza Ali — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:16:01 +0000

Microsoft Excel turns 40 today, and the company has outlined plans for future updates set to transform how we work with data. Read more...

Windows 10 is 10 years old today

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:56:01 +0000

It's July 29, 2025, which means that Windows 10 has officially turned 10 today. The OS has cemented its place as an icon among other Windows versions, but what are your fondest memories of it? Read more...

Apple iPad turns 15 years old today: here's some history

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:34:02 +0000

It has been 15 years since Apple introduced the iPad. Let's turn some pages back into iPad's history. Read more...

Microsoft Word turns 41: A look back at key updates and the future of writing

Fiza Ali — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:32:01 +0000

Explore the key updates in Microsoft Word as it marks its 41st anniversary, including new AI features and collaboration tools aimed at improving user productivity and experience. Read more...

Microsoft planning major celebration for Xbox and Halo's 25th anniversary

Omer Dursun — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 08:16:02 +0000

Xbox is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2026. Microsoft is planning a special celebration to mark this milestone and the 25th anniversary of Halo and Xbox. Read more...

Valve celebrates Steam turning 20, brings back the green and offers a trip down memory lane

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:14:02 +0000

Valve introduced Steam onto the web exactly 20 years ago, and it has evolved from being an app offering easy game updates to the PC gaming behemoth that we have today. Here's a trip down memory lane. Read more...

Windows 11 was announced one year ago today, what do you think of it so far?

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:16:01 +0000

It's the one-year anniversary of Microsoft formally announcing Windows 11. If you've spent some time with the OS in the past 12 months, what do you think of it so far? Let us know here! Read more...

GOG celebrates 11 years with a sale, brings XIII back to its catalogue

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:12:01 +0000

DRM-free storefront GOG is celebrating its 11 year anniversary by bringing back Staff Picks, as well as 2003's XIII FPS which features voice work from David Duchovny and Adam West. Read more...

Ubisoft celebrates 20 years of Anno, gives 1602 away and announces beta of 1800

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:26:01 +0000

In honor of the two decade milestone since the release of Anno 1602, Ubisoft is giving it away until December 23. Furthermore, details about Anno 1800's closed beta have been shared as well. Read more...

Fedora Project marks 15th anniversary of Fedora Core 1

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:56:01 +0000

The Fedora Project is celebrating 15 years since it launched Fedora Core 1. As a gift to the community, a virtual image has been compiled for use in GNOME Boxes that comes with Fedora 29. Read more...

Neowin turns 18 with a big investment in site infrastructure. We're on the move again! [Update]

Dave Legg — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:46:01 +0000

In celebration of our 18th anniversary today, we're announcing a project to update our infrastructure to power us into the future. New hardware and a move from AWS to a UK based datacenter. Read more...

Google celebrates 10th anniversary of Chrome, teases surprise for tomorrow

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:32:01 +0000

Over the weekend, Google celebrated the tenth anniversary of its extremely popular Chrome browser through a Twitter post, which also teased a surprise planned for tomorrow, September 4. Read more...

Happy Birthday: Windows 3.1 is 25 years old

Michael Firth — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:50:01 +0000

It was 25 years ago that Microsoft released Windows 3.1 and laid the foundation for the future of its operating systems. Today, Neowin pays homage to Microsoft's last 16-bit operating system. Read more...

PSA: You now have exactly one month to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:10:01 +0000

Check your calendars folks because as of today you only have one month left to take advantage of Microsoft's offer and upgrade your devices to Windows 10. After that, a license will cost $119. Read more...

Wikipedia turns 15 years old today

Justin Luna — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 13:02:01 +0000

The popular free online encyclopedia Wikipedia has turned 15 years old today, since its launch in 2001. The service has grown to incorporate more articles, many of which are in different languages. Read more...

Here's Bill Gates' letter to Microsoft employees to celebrate its 40 year anniversary

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 10:54:01 +0000

Microsoft was incorporated on April 4th, 1975 which is exactly 40 years ago today. To mark this occasion, Bill Gates has sent a company wide email hailing the future of the "fantastic company". Read more...

Sony celebrates PlayStation's 20th anniversary with discounts on popular titles

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:32:01 +0000

Sony is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original PlayStation console by offering popular game titles for cheap and some additional discounts for PS Plus members, starting today. Read more...

Watch the trailer for 343 Industries' Halo 2 documentary, 'Remaking The Legend'

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:06:01 +0000

The highly anticipated Halo: The Master Chief Collection is set to release next month, and as a teaser, 343 Industries has filmed a documentary chronicling their remastering of the legendary Halo 2. Read more...

Happy 30th birthday, Tetris!

Andy Weir — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:00:00 +0000

June 6, 2014, is World Tetris Day, and also marks the 30th birthday of one of the greatest games of all time. We look back on its history, and invite you to share your memories of the legendary game. Read more...

Intel Pentium has turned 20

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:56:13 +0000

Intel's Pentium range of processors has celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday, with the original P5 chip coming out on March 22, 1993 in super-fast 60 MHz and 66 MHz variants Read more...

Happy Birthday! The SMS turns 20

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:43:47 +0000

Lots can change in 20 years in the technology space. 20 years ago Windows 95 was in its design and planning stages and in December of the same year the first SMS, or text, was born in the UK. Read more...

Happy 10th birthday, Firefox!

Rob Schorman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:53:21 +0000

Ten years (and a day) ago, Mozilla launched Phoenix 0.1. After two years of testing, Mozilla changed the name from Phoenix to Firefox, creating one of the most successful browsers to date Read more...

Lord of the Rings Online 5th Anniversary celebrations

Byron Hinson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:44:56 +0000

Free-to-play MMO, Lord of the Rings Online is about to hold its five-year anniversary celebrations. To celebrate, players can get hold of new gifts, quests, cloaks and a load more from April 16th. Read more...

Giveaway! Halo Combat Evolved: Anniversary (winner announced!)

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:42:39 +0000

Someone screwed up in the PR department at Microsoft Studios and sent me a second copy of Halo Combat Evolved: Anniversary. I don't need two copies, so I'm giving one away to a lucky reader! Read more...

Today marks 10th anniversary of Windows XP RTM

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:39:40 +0000

Ten years ago today, Windows XP released to manufacturing complete with helicopter deployment to the main OEMs. We recall the date and remember a certain other announcement by devils0wn. Read more...

The world wide web turns twenty

Paul Ferson — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:50:37 +0000

The web has celebrated its twentieth anniversary since its inception. Neowin celebrates this monumental event in the history of the Internet as a whole. Read more...

Twitter celebrates its fifth anniversary today

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:38:16 +0000

Five years ago today, a new web site opened up for the first time today to the general public. It was called at Twttr and at the time it didn't get a lot of attention.... Read more...

Ten years of OS X, from heavily criticized to heavily praised

Alan Cone — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:52:06 +0000

Apple's Mac OS X has come a long way since it's debut on March 24, 2001 where it was plagued with bugs and claims of being incomplete to now a digital designer's dream, known for... Read more...

Neowin Giveaway: Free Subscriptions from June 1st to Oct 1st

Steven Parker — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:23:22 +0000

To celebrate our tenth year we will be giving away a free subscription every week from June 1st until the 1st of October. The draw will be random and registered members can win a Tier... Read more...

Tomb Raider: Anniversary on Live

Andrew — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:27:47 +0000

Eidos has whipped the downloadable version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary onto Xbox Live. It lets those of you with a copy of Legend download the game in two packs containing two episodes. Each are around... Read more...

Philips Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Compact Disc

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:03:36 +0000

Tomorrow will the be the day exactly 25 years ago, on August 17, 1982, when Royal Philips Electronics manufactured the world's first compact disc (CD) at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, just outside of Hanover,... Read more...

Tomb Raider: Anniversary Edition Demo

Sat, 26 May 2007 21:30:58 +0000

Lara's latest adventure is almost here - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary is inspired by the original Tomb Raider video game, one of the greatest action adventures of all time and will be available on... Read more...

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary gets release date

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:30:54 +0000

Eidos Interactive Ltd., one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today confirms that Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary will be on store shelves throughout North America from June 5th, 2007 for... Read more...

World of Warcraft 2nd Anniversary Contest - What?

Todd Tanner — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:34:54 +0000

I don't normally bad mouth Blizzard when it comes to World of Warcraft, lord only knows I spent near 800 hours so far (according to Xfire anyway) playing the damn game. But Blizzard just announced... Read more...

Eidos Announces Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Game

Todd Tanner — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:16:10 +0000

So, did you like Tomb Raider: Legend? Liked the graphics engine they used, thought it looked pretty good, and the gameplay mechanics and overall design of the game were actually pretty decent? Ever wondered what... Read more...

Crucial DDR2 PC2-5300 10th Anniversary review

Julio Franco — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:06:02 +0000

Memory manufacturer Crucial is celebrating its 10th anniversary afterbeing founded in 1996 as a direct memory reseller for its parentcompany, Micron Technology. That same year id Software unleashed thefirst version of Quake, which began the... Read more...

Crystal Dynamics to make Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary title

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:44:11 +0000

Eidos has today confirmed that a 10th Anniversary Edition of Tomb Raider is being produced by Tomb Raider: Legend developer Crystal Dynamics, with releases on PlayStation2, PSP, and PC. Launched back in 1996, the franchise... Read more...

Namco prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary next year

Sun, 23 May 2004 15:38:24 +0000

Japanese publisher Namco has announced plans to commemorate its fiftieth year of operation next year, with a special 50-year logo to be used on a variety of promotional campaigns and advertisements. Founded in... Read more...