Neowin News Feed for: April

Windows 10 spring update reportedly reaches RTM, flight expected on April 10

Usama Jawad — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:54:01 +0000

According to a report, the upcoming Windows 10 spring update has reached released to manufacturers (RTM) status with build 17133. The feature update is expected to begin its rollout on April 10. Read more...

Bandai Namco's Impact Winter available to preorder on Steam, Xbox and PS4 version to follow

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:18:01 +0000

The survival game is set to release on April 12 for Steam and can be preordered now. Console gamers, on the other hand, need to be patient as the game is coming to Xbox One and PS4 later this year. Read more...

Microsoft releases second Xbox One April preview update, brings voice messages and more

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has released the second Xbox One April preview update which focuses mainly on enhancing the social features of the console with voice messages and dedicated party chat servers. Read more...

Microsoft: New Xbox One update preview "in next few days"

Andy Weir — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 05:57:03 +0000

Microsoft has said it will release a preview of the next Xbox One update "in the next few days", with improvements promised for Kinect, notifications, video playback, call audio, and more. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly delays Windows 8.1 Update 1 to April

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:36:53 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft may wait until April to release Windows 8.1 Update 1, instead of the previously rumored March timeframe, although OEMs might get the update in early March. Read more...

Analyst pegs white iPhone 4 for April

Brad Sams — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:42:36 +0000

It is not often that you get to compare Duke Nukem to Apple, but when it comes to anticipated products not being delivered, the white iPhone 4 falls into that category. First announced with the... Read more...

Bluetooth 3.0 to be launched on April 21

Sam Symons — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:25:05 +0000

The anticipated Bluetooth 3.0 is gearing up to be launched this month, on the 21st, according to Wi-Fi Net News. Currently, there is no official list of chip-makers who have partnered up to make this... Read more...

Microsoft details upcoming April 2009 security patches

Sam Symons — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:30:49 +0000

Microsoft has posted a security bulletin advance notification for their patches coming up this month. This month there's a hefty amount of updates listed as 'critical', so it's probably best to be aware of these... Read more...

Microsoft official hints at April for Windows 7 RC release

Tom Warren — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:40:41 +0000

According to a posting on Microsoft's Swedish partner blog we could be seeing the Windows 7 release candidate in early April. The blog also hints at a RTM and business launch of Q3 2009. According... Read more...

April updates from DivX Labs

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:57:50 +0000

DivX Labs, our technology playground, has been very active over the last month. Just in case you missed it, here is a brief summary of updates: DivX Web Player 1.4.1 Beta 1... Read more...

Madonna April 30 Performance Available for Free on MSN

Steven Parker — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:08 +0000

Madonna's exclusive performance at New York City's famed Roseland Ballroom will be available live to millions of fans via an online broadcast at https://music.msn.com/madonna, it was confirmed today by MSN and Control Room, which announced... Read more...

Windows Mobile 6.1 to be released on 1 April

Steven Parker — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:46:31 +0000

Pocket-lint has learnt from sources close to the matter that Microsoft will announce the much-rumoured refresh to its mobile phone operating system, Windows Mobile, on 1 April 2008. An improvement over Windows Mobile 6 released... Read more...

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Racing to Shelves April 17, 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:14:57 +0000

PS3 Racing fans can officially start their engines on April 17, 2008 according to a blog posted tot he Sony official Playstation Blog as that will be the date that the latest in the long... Read more...

Nvidia to launch MCP7A in April, MCP7C in August

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:31:53 +0000

With the MCP73 failing to pose a strong challenge to the Intel 3-series, Nvidia will launch IGP (integrated graphics processing) versions of its MCP7A and MCP7C chipset series for the Intel platform in April and... Read more...

GTA IV Release Date: April 25th in UK

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:46:24 +0000

Senior industry sources reveal massive title will miss Easter release period. MCV understands that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV will NOT be released in March as expected – and will in fact be held back... Read more...

Nintendo Tops Hardware, Software Sales for April

Fri, 18 May 2007 17:39:19 +0000

Research firm NPD Funworld has released video game sales figures for April 2007, which show the Wii (360,000 units) and the DS (471,000 units) continuing to be top sellers. Sony ruled the two spots after... Read more...

Symantec: The State of Spam in April

Tue, 08 May 2007 21:55:00 +0000

Symantec has released its May 2007 report entitled The State of Spam for the month of April. The 11-page monthly report includes news and data from the company's ongoing monitoring of vast amounts of e-mail.... Read more...

Xbox Live stats for the week of April 16th

Todd Tanner — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:26:13 +0000

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas3 Guitar Hero II4 Call Of Duty 35 GRAW 26 Boom Boom Rocket7 Crackdown8 Oblivion9 Pro Evolution Soccer 610 Madden... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition for April 20, 2007

Christopher Vendemio — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:35:13 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of April 20, 2007. This week our panel consists of Christopher Vendemio (bangbang023) and Rob Wright (Rob). The topics this week are as follows:... Read more...

April '07 Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Update

Todd Tanner — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:43:44 +0000

April showers have yielded us a Back Compat update The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This free update brings the complete list of original Xbox... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition for April 12th, 2007

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:35:48 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of April 12, 2007. This week our panel consists of Christopher Vendemio (bangbang023) and Rob Wright (Rob). The duo discusses some recent DRM news... Read more...

April Microsoft Updates - Links Galore

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:55:10 +0000

If for some reason (no need to say why) you aren't a fan of Windows Update or you are looking for one or many updates in a specific form, Bink has compiled a list of... Read more...

MSDN Library April 2007 available as a free download

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:39:57 +0000

Microsoft have released the April 2007 version of the MSDN library as a free download. MSDN Library provides access to essential programming information, including technical reference documentations, white papers, software development kits and code samples... Read more...

DirectX Redistributable April 2007

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:51:56 +0000

This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details please review the... Read more...

Monday April 2nd Wii Virtual Console releases - 3 more!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:53:57 +0000

Today Nintendo adds three classic games to the popular Wii™ video game system's Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every... Read more...

Lost Planet 2nd map pack coming this Friday, April 6th

Todd Tanner — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:36:12 +0000

Today Capcom announced the second multiplayer map pack for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition will be available from the Xbox Live Marketplace on Friday, April 6. The pack will put players back 400 Microsoft points ($5.00)... Read more...

April Fools Roundup

Neowin Staff — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:43:44 +0000

If you can't beat them, join them – or in this case, umm, compile a list of URLs? It's April 1, 2007 and a Sunday at that, meaning the particularly slow news day has turned... Read more...

Malware Removal Tool - April 2007 Edition

Razvan Serea — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:35:05 +0000

This Malware Removal Tool was designed to take care of malicious software and spyware which are too new, take multiple steps to remove, or are not eliminated by the major anti-spyware companies. For best results,... Read more...

GeForce 8800 Ultra to Come Out on April 17

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:03:53 +0000

According to some of Nvidia's partners, on April 17, 2007, the GeForce 8800 Ultra will be launched together with the GeForce 8600, GeForce 8500, GeForce 8400 and GeForce 8300. GeForce 8800 Ultra will really be... Read more...

Intel to cut 1-way server CPU prices in April

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:59:02 +0000

Intel plans to lower the price for its Quad-Core Xeon 3200 sequence (Kentsfield) and Dual-Core Xeon 3000 sequence (Conroe) processors, in April 2007, in a bid to help boost demand in the 1-way server market,... Read more...

April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:30:28 +0000

Install KB914548 to get the latest updates for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. This update supersedes all updates since Update Rollup 2 (KB900325) for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. For more information... Read more...

NeoShort: April 24th 2006

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:30:04 +0000

Here's a roundup of some interesting stories that are floating around the web: · Western Digital has quietly released an upgraded version of their 74GB Raptor hard drive. Featuring 16MB of cache and NCQ,... Read more...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of April 24th

Steven Parker — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:22:27 +0000

Paul Thurrott has compiled a round-up of the last weeks interesting news, and I have selected a couple from his article for your enjoyment. He doesn't have a review of build 5365 up yet, but... Read more...

Short Takes: Week of April 17

Steven Parker — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:20:38 +0000

It's that time of the week where we again look back on the interesting events in technology with the help of Paul Thurrott. As if you have anything better to do on a sunday morning,... Read more...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of April 10

Steven Parker — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:34:25 +0000

Its that time of the week where we look back, with the help of Paul Thurrott at the last weeks interesting developments. First off we'd like to congratulate Mark, Pauls son -with his 8th birthday.... Read more...

April Fools day cancelled

Steven Parker — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:09:45 +0000

At Neowin anyway, view the future of Neowin - Today! No not some corny moonshot announcement that won't actually take place for another 8 years (at least) today we are proud to announce... Read more...

Auto Assault goes gold, drives into stores April 13th

Todd Tanner — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:25:02 +0000

The NCSoft homepage for Auto Assault brings news that the long awaited and highly plugged by yours truly car combat MMORPG that will own everything ever, Auto Assault has gone gold. Celebrations begin immediately. ... Read more...

Guild Wars: Factions available April 28th

Todd Tanner — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:02:03 +0000

Yahoo has the word that NCSoft will ship the hotly anticipated second chapter in the Guild Wars universe - Factions, worldwide on April 28th. Guild Wars Factions takes place on the... Read more...

Longhorn Server CTP program starts in April

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:21:56 +0000

Windows Server Devision Blog: One of the things we get asked a lot is when Longhorn Server will be released and when people will be able to get their hands on a new pre-release build.... Read more...

Half-Life 2: Aftermath available April 24th

Todd Tanner — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:59:03 +0000

Mod-hq is reporting that the Half-Life 2 expansion "Aftermath" will be released on April 24th. Doug Lombardi of Valve confirmed this report himself. Also released on April 24th will be a "Platinum" package for Half-Life... Read more...