Neowin News Feed for: Awards

Huawei bags eight awards, including five Grand Awards at Interop Tokyo 2020

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 07:50:01 +0000

The company showcased 14 projects at the Interop Tokyo 2020 conference. With these, the Chinese tech giant bagged a total of eight awards, out of which five were the coveted Grand Awards. Read more...

U.S. EPA awards Samsung two sustainability awards

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:52:02 +0000

Samsung has won two awards from the EPA in the U.S. The first was for the upcoming Galaxy Upcycle programme and the other was for collecting and responsibly recycling 118 million pounds of e-waste. Read more...

Cannes 2017: Samsung's Ostrich VR ad wins three gold awards

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:22:01 +0000

Samsung's Ostrich advert, which shows an Ostrich learning to fly with the Gear VR, has won several awards at the Cannes 2017 film festival, including three gold, two silver and two bronze awards. Read more...

Microsoft announces results of its Windows Developer Awards

Usama Jawad — Sun, 14 May 2017 18:56:01 +0000

Microsoft announced the results of its first-ever Windows Developer Awards that recognizes and highlights the "outstanding work" that several developers have accomplished over the past year. Read more...

Samsung wins 49 iF Design Awards, including 35 for 'superior product design'

Usama Jawad — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:10:01 +0000

Samsung has received 49 iF Design Awards, which includes 35 for "superior product design" for a number of products such as the Galaxy S7 series, Gear S3 smartwatch, and the ArtPC Pulse desktop. Read more...

Overwatch takes top honors at The Game Awards

Boyd Chan — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:22:02 +0000

Blizzard managed to win a total of four awards at this year's The Game Awards for its popular team-shooter, Overwatch, which ended up winning 'Game of the Year' against stiff competition. Read more...

Microsoft HoloLens featured in Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards

Ben Moore — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:08:01 +0000

Popular Mechanics magazine highlighted Microsoft's HoloLens in its 2016 Breakthrough Awards, which features technology that “has made the world a little better this year.” Read more...

Microsoft announces winners and finalists for the 2013 Partner of Year Awards

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:27 +0000

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. Read more...

Students use Raspberry Pi to 'Make the World Better'

Christopher White — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:44:34 +0000

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. Read more...

Microsoft's Imagine Cup 'People's Choice' voting now open

Brad Sams — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:49:13 +0000

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. Read more...

Quora takes out best new startup of 2010 in the Crunchies

Brenton Currie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:48:28 +0000

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... Read more...

The Social Network filmmakers praise Zuckerberg for his work

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:45:10 +0000

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... Read more...

Golden Joystick awards announced; Mass Effect 2 takes home top prize

Christopher White — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:29:07 +0000

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... Read more...

BAFTAs dominated by Uncharted 2, but misses Best Game

Matthew Hopson — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:48:01 +0000

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... Read more...

[Updated] Neowin MVC awards announced!

Brian Blasius — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:32 +0000

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... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 takes three Baftas

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:34:46 +0000

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... Read more...

GameSpy: 2008 Game of the Year Awards

Spencer Scott — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:49:09 +0000

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... Read more...

Sins of a Solar Empire Wins "Best Strategy Game of '08" on X-Play Awards

Spencer Scott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:10:53 +0000

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". ... Read more...

WTO Awards Caribbean Country Right to Ignore US Copyright

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:41:08 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 - Results

Neowin Staff — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:12:08 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 Voting

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:49:40 +0000

Gears of War wins Joystick awards

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:50:18 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 - Nominations Begin

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:20:41 +0000

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,... Read more...

AIAS 2007 Awards Announced - Gears of War wins GOTY

Todd Tanner — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:37:25 +0000

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... Read more...

Game Developers Choice Awards Now Open for Nominations

Marcel Klum — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:15:10 +0000

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... Read more...

BAFTA Awards - GRAW wins GOTY

Todd Tanner — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:08:41 +0000

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... Read more...

iTunes Bleeped out in Digital Music Awards

Steven Parker — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:11:10 +0000

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... Read more...

FBI Awards Microsoft for 'Exceptional Service'

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:27:28 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2005

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:18:16 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards - Nominations Begin

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:58:48 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Gamer Awards 2004

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:51:42 +0000

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... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:25:12 +0000

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... Read more...

Judge Awards ISP $1bn in Spam Case

Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:23:55 +0000

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... Read more...

Economist 2004 Innovation Awards

Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:15:45 +0000

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... Read more...

Star Wars: Galaxies awards program planned

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:50:01 +0000

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... Read more...

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 15:55:36 +0000

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... Read more...

Interactive Achievement Awards

Marcel Klum — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:19:49 +0000

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,... Read more...

WTFNO Awards 2003: Haemish Style

Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:55:15 +0000

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... Read more...

MS Announces Winners of Retail Application Developer Awards

Tom Warren — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:48:01 +0000

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... Read more...

Webby Awards ceremony canceled

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:51:12 +0000

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... Read more...