Neowin News Feed for: Announces

Lenovo unveils ThinkPad designs using AMD chips

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:45:48 +0000

The world's fourth largest PC maker, Lenovo, has announced a new look for it's ThinkPad line of laptop computers, as well as offering new budget laptops using AMD Neo chips. The announcement came ahead of... Read more...

Western Digital announces 1TB 2.5" Hard-drive

Owen Williams — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:05:29 +0000

Earlier today, Western Digital announced two additions to their hard-drive range, including a 1 terabyte (1024 Gigabytes) 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive and a 750 GB 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive. Western digital was able to... Read more...

Microsoft announces Windows 7 RTM, MGX details

Tom Warren — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:38:45 +0000

Microsoft officially confirmed today that it has finished Windows 7 and released the final build to manufacturing (RTM). Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer at Microsoft, confirmed that Microsoft has finalised Windows 7 during his speech... Read more...

O2 announces free Twitter alerts via SMS

Tom Warren — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:36:09 +0000

O2 will begin offering free SMS Twitter alert services beginning August 1 for UK customers. An O2 spokesperson confirmed that O2 has "teamed up with Twitter to turn Twitter updates into free text messages, meaning... Read more...

Microsoft announces new SkyDrive features

Sean Bradford — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:58:08 +0000

Today the Windows Live SkyDrive team has two announced new features. While today's update isn't anything compared to what we will be seeing in Wave 4 in the coming months, the update is focused... Read more...

Netflix announces 20% rate increase for Blu-ray customers

Sean Bradford — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:28:03 +0000

Netflix, one of the largest online DVD rental companies in the United States with over 10 million subscribers, today announced a disappointing 20% rate increase for Blu-ray subscribers. In the announcement Jessie Becker, VP... Read more...

Apple announces the dates for the 2009 WWDC

Sam Symons — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:23:07 +0000

As you may be aware, every year Apple holds a Worldwide Developers Conference, commonly known as the WWDC. This is a time when Apple usually makes big announcements regarding software, or, more recently, the iPhone... Read more...

Verizon announces LTE plans for hi-speed data

Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:02:07 +0000

At the Mobile World Conference this week it was expected that Verizon would announce its LTE (Long Term Evolution) agenda. What was not expected was how specific Verizon would be with its plans. ... Read more...

Canon announces 2009 PowerShot lineup

Sean Bradford — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:05:46 +0000

Canon has just announced its 2009 PowerShot lineup which includes ten new models. In today's announcement the company has outlined three new technological breakthroughs that most of the lineup will feature. The first feature... Read more...

Apple announces faster syncing with Outlook for MobileMe

Brad Sams — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:09:12 +0000

Apple has posted on its website that they have improved MobileMe syncing with Microsoft Outlook. This is a step in the right direction for the platform after it faced a very rocky start. From... Read more...

Bose announces "Energy Efficient Series" for the Chevy Volt

Brad Sams — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:21:39 +0000

Bose has announced that it will "debut its Energy Efficient Series sound system in the 2011 Chevy Volt". Using what will be a proprietary design, the system is currently 30% smaller, 40% lighter and... Read more...

Microsoft announces new My Phone Web syncing service

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:24:45 +0000

Earlier we reported about the sight of the new SkyBox website going live for some time and later it turned out to be that it was indeed one of new Microsoft's offering - Microsoft My... Read more...

Updated: Microsoft announces new phone-Web syncing service

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:49:33 +0000

Update 1: SeattlePi reports that Microsoft has said that it would release a new service that would sync information on a user's cell phone, like contacts, text messages, and photos with a password-protected Web site.... Read more...

Nintendo announces 2009 launch schedule

Sam Symons — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:28:34 +0000

Nintendo has released its planned 2009 launch schedule for Japan, Europe and the United States. The United States Nintendo DS Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (16/02/2009)Pokemon Platinum version (22/03/2009)Personal Trainer: Walking... Read more...

Microsoft Announces Kodu Game Creator for Xbox Live Community Games

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:45:04 +0000

Microsoft Announces Availability Dates for Halo Wars and Halo 3 ODST

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:40:05 +0000

Microsoft Announces Ford Sync with TellMe

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:30:05 +0000

IGN announces their PC games of the year

Spencer Scott — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:50:53 +0000

It's that time of year where leading game sites start publishing their "best of the year" game lists, and IGN has posted their 'Best of 2008' PC Games. It was quite a list, and it... Read more...

Apple announces its last MacWorld, no Steve Jobs keynote

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:20 +0000

Apple today announced that the upcoming 2009 MacWorld Expo is the last year the company will exhibit at the event. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening... Read more...

Microsoft announces Windows Azure

Tom Warren — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:59:38 +0000

Today at PDC, Microsoft announced its Windows Azure cloud services and platform. Ray Ozzie introduced the new service in a packed keynote in Los Angeles this morning. Announcing Azure Ozzie said "think of it as... Read more...

Google announces Q3 earnings

Tom Warren — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:08:06 +0000

Google has released its third quarter earnings results. Google reported revenues of $5.54 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, an increase of 31% compared to the third quarter of 2007 and an increase... Read more...

eBay announces job cuts

Tom Warren — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:47:06 +0000

eBay has said it is laying off 10% of its workforce, as part of a move to streamline the business. The amount is approximately 1,000 staff and hundreds of temporary workers. It is also expected... Read more...

Amazon announces Windows in the cloud

Tom Warren — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:47:40 +0000

Amazon has published a note for its customers to notify them of EC2's (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) new Windows Server offerings. Amazon plan to offer customers the ability to run Microsoft Windows Server or Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft announces availability of Hyper-V Server 2008

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:03 +0000

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 during the TechNet Server and Tools keynote address in London. Hyper-V Server 2008 is now available from the Microsoft website as a... Read more...

Microsoft announces Gears of War 2 styled Zune 120

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:03:42 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it will feature a custom Gears of War 2 branded Zune, retailing for $279.99, and that pre-orders would be accepted today at both Walmart.com and Amazon.com. "This special edition Zune... Read more...

Microsoft announces pre-beta build of Windows 7 for PDC

Tom Warren — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:07:08 +0000

Microsoft will unveil Windows 7 at PDC and provide developers and attendees with a pre-beta build of the operating system. Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, will keynote on... Read more...

HTC officially announces Touch HD, 3G and Viva devices

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:53:08 +0000

HTC has announced 3 new handsets that are aimed at customers who want even more choice when it comes to choosing a Windows Mobile handset. The Touch HD has quad-hand GSM and 7.2Mbps HSDPA support... Read more...

Stardock Announces "The Gamers Bill of Rights"

Spencer Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:34:08 +0000

Stardock announced today the Gamer's Bill of Rights: a statement of principles that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers. The document contains 10... Read more...

Sony Japan announces free WiFi internet for PSPs

Marcel Klum — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:06:52 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a partnership with the world's largest global WiFi community FON - to create a new service, PSPÃ—FON. Under the partnership the two companies plan to roll out FON access... Read more...

Meteor Games Announces New MMOG

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:39:19 +0000

Meteor Games, the creator of Neopets, has announced their new multiplayer game called Twin Skies. Targeted towards players of all ages, users will have multiple access points for the game allowing them to play... Read more...

Microsoft makes 360 price drop official, announces 60GB SKU

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:58:19 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.)... Read more...

Valve Announces Steam Cloud

Fri, 30 May 2008 10:28:06 +0000

In a conference today at Valve headquarters in Seattle regarding Steam, Valve's online distribution platform, the company announced a new remote storage solution for data from games. This free service, known as Steam Cloud, will... Read more...

2K Games Announces Bioshock for PS3

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:15:28 +0000

Today 2K Games announced that Bioshock is in development for the Playstation 3 and is scheduled to be released October 2008 with new content and features. "Since BioShock for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows... Read more...

BBC announces Nintendo Wii deal

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:28:27 +0000

The BBC's iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii. The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely... Read more...

AT&T announces flexible ETF program

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:00:20 +0000

AT&T today announced a new approach to early termination fees (ETFs) that provides greater flexibility for wireless customers. Beginning on May 25, the company's new and renewing wireless customers who enter into one- or two-year... Read more...

DivX Announces Plans to Shut Down Stage6.com

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:04:10 +0000

DivX, Inc., a digital media company, today announced that the Company will cease operation of its Stage6.com video service on February 28, 2008. Following an exploration of strategic options that began in July 2007, the... Read more...

Asustek announces Eee family product lines

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:33:59 +0000

With Eee PC becoming a focus of the PC market, Asustek Computer has announced it is planning to launch a family of Eee products including: E-DT (desktop PC), E-TV and E-Monitor. All the products while... Read more...

eBay announces Price Changes

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:35:30 +0000

eBay Incorporated plans to lower fees for listing items, raise minimum selling standards, and offer its best sellers incentives and discounts. To improve the buying experience, the company announced it is making changes in three... 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...

AT&T Announces Free Wi-Fi, Faster Speeds for Some Customers

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:43:56 +0000

AT&T announced today that it is boosting speeds for some of its AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet customers and offering AT&T broadband customers access to free Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. AT&T says that more... Read more...