Neowin News Feed for: August

Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 may launch in August with a new multitasking feature

Rahul Naskar — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:52:01 +0000

Rumor has it that Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 will come with a new multitasking feature. We have also learned about their official launch and pre-order dates from a couple of sources. Read more...

Android Nougat said to begin rolling out in August

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 06:42:01 +0000

The final version of Android Nougat could begin rolling out to supported devices - which might not include the Nexus 5 - as soon as August, according to tweets posted by reliable leakster, Evan Blass. Read more...

MSI unveils new VR-ready gaming laptops and a backpack PC with Windows 10

Usama Jawad — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:50:01 +0000

At the Computex event in Taipei, MSI has announced powerful new gaming laptops with Windows 10 out-of-the-box. The devices are VR-ready and will be available for retail in August. Read more...

Google's 'Map Maker' tool will reopen in August

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 01:42:01 +0000

Google is reopening its Map Maker service in the next few weeks. Google closed the service after some mischievous edits, but have now created a system to prevent those events from occurring. Read more...

PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One in US during August

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:49:08 +0000

Sony outsells Microsoft in the next-gen console sales war for the month of August, but the Xbox One is on the rise. Read more...

Windows 8.1 to be 'made available to OEMs' in late August

Andy Weir — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:43:27 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that a final version of its Windows 8.1 update will be delivered to manufacturers in late August, with the first devices featuring 8.1 on board launching this holiday season. Read more...

August NPD: Xbox 360 leading the way, Madden pushes for the win

Joshua Seed — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:00:37 +0000

The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm has released figures of the total amount spent on video game products in the United States during August. The company has revealed that U.S. consumers shelled out... Read more...

Elemental: IGN August Preview

Spencer Scott — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:33:58 +0000

IGN'ss Jason Ocampo has put up his preview of Elemental. Stardock'ss new turn-based fantasy strategy game isn't due until 2010 but even at this early stage it's pretty far along. During Stardock's recent preview... Read more...

Update: Windows 7 RTM available on MSDNAA on 6th August NZT

Owen Williams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:27:51 +0000

Microsoft has announced, through their official "Imagine Cup New Zealand" Facebook page that the Windows 7 Professional RTM will be available on individual MSDNAA students websites on the 6th August, 2009, New Zealand Time. This... Read more...

LG set to launch 'Watch Phone' in the UK this August

Tom Warren — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:36:52 +0000

Orange has announced its plans to offer LG's touchscreen watch phone in UK stores this August. Available from Orange for a limited time period, the Watch Phone will be available at an exclusive price point... Read more...

Windows 7 moves toward August 2009 RTM

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:42:53 +0000

Cnet has come up with a report saying that Microsoft is set to release Windows 7 by the end of this year's holiday shopping season based on PC industry sources in Asia and the U.S.... Read more...

TechSpot's Laptop Buying Guide - August 2008

Julio Franco — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:04:48 +0000

It's not a secret, nor a surprise that laptop sales are soaring. People are constantly on the move and there is an ever increasing demand for their PCs to be equally mobile. Just as purchasing... 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...

Cheaper Xbox 360 Jasper Expected after Falcon, August 2008

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:36:21 +0000

On his blog, Dean Takahashi is found talking about Jasper, the code name for the next motherboard for the Xbox 360 that is slated for August 2008. He criticizes Microsoft's speed in shrinking the size... Read more...

BioShock is the #1 PC game for August, Madden for consoles

Todd Tanner — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:26:03 +0000

On the PC front for August sales, BioShock bio-owned pretty much every other game, even the unstoppable World of Warcraft. BioShock sold 77,374 copies to World of Warcrafts 49,126 copies. Sadly (or happily, depending on... Read more...

AutoPatcher August 2007

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:58:40 +0000

AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the... Read more...

Windows Home Server won't launch on August 27

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:23:03 +0000

Recently, news sites have been reporting that Windows Home Server (WHS) would ship in less than two weeks, on August 27. However, it appears that the product is still on schedule for late September-early October... Read more...

Medal of Honor: Airborne gets release date - August 28th

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:21:31 +0000

Medal of Honor: Airborne, the next entry in the long-running WWII shooter series, takes players to the skies, straps a parachute to their backs, and drops them into enemy territory. Today EA announced when we'll... Read more...

MSDN Library August 2006 Edition - Available Free

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:20:28 +0000

Microsoft have followed up on there promise to release versions of MSDN library for free by making the August 2006 edition of the MSDN Library available for download from Microsoft Downloads. MSDN Library provides access... Read more...

Windows Server Longhorn August 2006 CTP Available

Steven Parker — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:32:12 +0000

Hot on the heels of Windows Vista RC1, we have now released the August 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP)of Windows Server "Longhorn". It's available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers to download. Marked as Build 5560,... Read more...

Windows Vista August 2006 CTP (Build 5536) on MSDN

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:41:27 +0000

Microsoft has made Windows Vista August 2006 CTP (x86) (Build 5536) - DVD ( English, German & Japanese) availiable on MSDN following on from its release to Connect testers on 25th August. Download:... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition Podcast for the Week of August 30th

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:47:27 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 30th 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, lardiop, and Shane Pitman. Topics discussed this week include: Apple joins the Sony... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition Podcast for the Week of August 23rd

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:37:57 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 23rd 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, lardiop, LOC, and Fred Derf. Topics discussed this week include: Websites Leaked Microsoft... Read more...

August 2006 Security Releases ISO Image

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:47:32 +0000

These ISO-9660 CD image files contain the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on August 8th, 2006. They do not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. These CD images are intended for... Read more...

AutoPatcher August 2006

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:36:19 +0000

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic demo August 8th

Todd Tanner — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:10:54 +0000

Fileplanet and 3dgamers both have announced that on August 8th (next Tuesday) the long awaited moment for RPG fans will finally arrive. A single player demo of Arkane Studios highly anticipated entry in the Might... Read more...

NeowinCAST News Edition Podcast for the Week of August 2nd

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:56:11 +0000

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of August 2nd 2006. This week our panel consists of bangbang023, shanepitman, and barneyt. Topics discussed this week include: Microsoft's Zune Strategy Microsoft to... Read more...

PowerPoint Flaw To Be Fixed August 8th

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:49:15 +0000

Microsoft issued an advisory Monday, warning customers of a security vulnerability in PowerPoint that was disclosed last week. The Redmond company plans to make a fix available as part of its monthly security updates on... Read more...

IE 7 Beta 3 Release Set for August

Steven Parker — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:49:05 +0000

Thanks Electronic Punk of OSNN for this news.Microsoft is preparing a third beta, to be released some time in August. The extended beta period seems to have been prompted by compatibility issues that users have... Read more...

Madden Dominates US Sales Charts for August

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:53:10 +0000

As expected, EA's Madden 2006 dominated video game sales charts in the United States for August 2005, but the overall margins may be the shocking part of the story. Madden 2006 moved over 2.2... Read more...

AutoPatcher 2K August 2005

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:01:14 +0000

AutoPatcher XP August 2005

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:21:29 +0000

Microsoft Acrylic August 2005 CTP Beta

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:19:15 +0000

Microsoft Acrylic professional design tool that brings together the richness of pixel-based painting and the flexibility of editable vector graphics for a more fluid and flexible creative workflow. With Acrylic you can create sophisticated designs... Read more...

San Andreas Coming Clean August 22?

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:14:11 +0000

A Hot Coffee-free and M-rated version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be in stores before the end of the month. After the public outcry regarding the "Hot Coffee" issue in... Read more...

Microsoft Security Updates: August 2005

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:18:23 +0000

Microsoft has just posted their security patch builletin for August. As usual all required patches for your PC can be found on Windows Update. Here's a brief summary of the "critical" and "important" level... Read more...

FreeBSD 6.0 to be Released in August

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:31:47 +0000

The timetable, made known last year, for the release of the Version 6.0 of the free Unix variant FreeBSD has been corroborated of late. As of today the scope of functions is no longer to... Read more...

CS: Source beta 2 begins, Half-Life 2 preload August 19

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:26 +0000

Buyers of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and the ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle join the beta as Gabe Newell informs public assets are en route. One week after it began at cyber cafes, Valve has... Read more...

Palm.Net to cease 31 August

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:44:00 +0000

On August 31, 2004 PalmOne will shut down operations of its wireless services called "Palm.Net". Palm.Net was launched nearly five years ago. At time when owning a Palm was the trend much like... Read more...

Netscape 7.2 To Be Released August 3rd

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:47:24 +0000

Straight from the jaws of Slashdot, Netscape 7.2 will be released August 3, 2004. This finally puts down the rumors on whether or not a new version of Netscape was in the works. ... Read more...

Windows XP SP2 RTM Shifts Into August

Tom Warren — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:35:01 +0000

Late last week I reported that the much anticipated update to Windows XP (SP2) would be ready within 2 weeks. Unfortunately only hours after I wrote the story Microsoft had shifted the release into August... Read more...