Neowin News Feed for: Brings

Windows Mobile 6.5 brings improved Soft Keys

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:57:17 +0000

We earlier saw some leaked screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 build 21159 which showed some changes in the user interface. One such improvement was that of the Windows Media Player This seems... Read more...

ScrollMotion brings e-books to iPhone

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:52:42 +0000

ScrollMotion has signed contracts with major publishers such as Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Penguin Group. These publishers will bring hundreds of titles directly to the iPhone for reading. ... Read more...

Adobe brings 64-bit Flash to Linux

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:54 +0000

Adobe first experimented porting its products to Linux back in November of 2004. Since acquiring Macromedia in mid 2005, Adobe has also been committed to porting Macromedia's assets, such as Flash, to Linux. The most... Read more...

Rockstar Games Brings Full Line-up to Steam

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:14:51 +0000

All your favorites from Rockstar Games are now on Steam! To celebrate, you'll save 10% on every title, from the complete Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne series to Manhunt, Midnight Club II, and more.... Read more...

Silverlight & Blockbuster brings you Jackass 2.5, for Free

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:40:27 +0000

In one of the most bizarre agreements I have yet reported on, the makers of Jackass 1 and 2 have agreed to team up with Microsoft to release JACKASS 2.5, for free, using the software... Read more...

Apple brings Television Programming to iTunes Canada

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:44:46 +0000

Apple has begun offering hit television programming from Canada’s top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League for $1.99 (CAD) per episode from the iTunes Store in Canada. The television shows, which are only... Read more...

Yahoo brings advertising to PDFs

Steven Parker — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:54:47 +0000

Adobe and Yahoo are teaming up to trial putting advertisements inside PDF documents. Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo, as the new service is known, presents publishers with an alternative to conventional subscriptions, which,... Read more...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Brings Two Fixes

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:25:37 +0000

Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important. The critical patch addresses an issue with... Read more...

Microsoft brings back automatic ActiveX

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:48 +0000

Microsoft is to remove a feature from Internet Explorer that required users to activate certain interactive features on a website. Prior to April 2007, the features functioned without any user interaction. The changes were made... Read more...

CRIA brings Demonoid Down Again

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:05:56 +0000

Demonoid.com now reads: "The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding."... Read more...

Microsoft update brings PCs to a standstill

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:50:25 +0000

Something seems to have gone horribly wrong in an untold number of IT departments on Wednesday after Microsoft installed a resource-hogging search application on machines company-wide, even though administrators had configured systems not to use... Read more...

Yahoo brings oneSearch to the desktop

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:08:54 +0000

Yahoo has launched a new search engine that aims to deliver more relevant results. The oneSearch service offers results from a number of sources, combining web pages with videos and images. Users hesitating when they... Read more...

MSI Brings Turbo Button to GeForce 8600GT

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:38:55 +0000

MSI has announced its new NX8600GT Twin Turbo, which uniquely features dual video BIOSes, each containing different core and memory clock settings. Users can switch between the two clock speed profiles with the press of... Read more...

Moviestar debut brings high-def video to Flash

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:33:21 +0000

Adobe Systems plans to take its popular Flash Player technology to the next level Tuesday, unveiling an update codenamed "Moviestar" equipped with high-definition video technology. Moviestar will support the H.264 codec video compression standard now... Read more...

Nero Linux 3 Brings Blu-ray & HD DVD Data Burning to Linux

Fri, 25 May 2007 20:05:17 +0000

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been... Read more...

Dell brings back XP on home systems

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:30:55 +0000

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. Like most computer makers, Dell switched... Read more...

Sony brings it 'Home' for the PS3

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:09:29 +0000

At Wednesday's Game Developers Conference, Sony unveiled Home, an immersive 3D social space created exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment's president of worldwide studios, gave a keynote regarding Home, which is... Read more...

Electronic Arts brings the SimCity Series to Nintendo DS

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:44:04 +0000

The fastest selling gaming system in the world, the Nintendo DS, is getting the best selling game in the world, the Sims series. After confirming at the beginning of February that the company is developing... Read more...

Microsoft Technology Brings HD DVD to the Mainstream

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:24:00 +0000

Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. showcased the growing momentum behind HD DVD through its contribution of core technologies. Microsoft helped deliver the highest-quality video with the VC-1 codec, advanced... Read more...

Netgear brings Youtube to the living room

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:50:51 +0000

Netgear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has unveiled a new media adapter that allows users to access Youtube videos on a regular television. Using the Youtube application programming interface (API) that Youtube... Read more...

Microsoft Brings 129 Lawsuits Against Phishers

Tom Warren — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:38:56 +0000

Microsoft is helping law enforcers hunt down criminals who try to steal bank account details on the Internet and has initiated 129 lawsuits in Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. software company said. One... Read more...

AMD brings next-generation graphics to the Apple Power Mac

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:36:09 +0000

AMD has announced the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance, according to the company. The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition... Read more...

Xbox 360 Update Brings 125 New Features/Fixes

giga — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:12:48 +0000

Major Nelson, Director of Programming in the Xbox Live Group, has posted an update on his blog confirming the date and time of a new Xbox 360 dashboard update. The major system update will be... Read more...

EA Brings Madden to Revolution

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:48:52 +0000

EA Canada QB details popular pigskin franchise's debut for Nintendo's new console; with new controller, popular football series won't be just about pushing buttons. Exec says EA Rev games won't be straight ports. Electronic... Read more...

MS Exchange '12' Beta Brings Unified Messaging

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:28:50 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will on Wednesday release the first beta of Exchange "12"—the next version of its e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging server—to a closed group of some 1,400 testers selected from its global customer, OEM,... Read more...

Sony "Virus" Brings Up Blue Screen of Death

Joe Cashman — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:22:49 +0000

Last week we reported on the hidden files that some Sony CDs install on Windows machines, quoting Sys Internals concerns that the software and files could not be easily removed. Facing unrest from the masses... Read more...

Microsoft brings out the big guns for Longhorn

Brad Wardell — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:41:44 +0000

Microsoft has brought back veteran product closer, Chris Jones to run the Longhorn beta. Chris Jones was one of the primary forces behind getting Whistler (Windows XP) out the door. He replaces Joe Peterson... Read more...

Mandriva's Limited Edition 2005 brings the ultimate to Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:37:42 +0000

Mandriva (pronounced "Man-dree-vah"!), the company formerly known as Mandrakesoft, today released Limited Edition 2005, a special new version of its operating system that blends the most up to date popular open source applications, including Firefox... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Search Brings 'Navigation Through Concepts'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:16:53 +0000

Ask Jeeves is preparing to release a related-search feature that it hopes will relieve Web searchers from the burden of repeatedly refining their queries. Executives from the Oakland, Calif., company demonstrated a prototype of the... Read more...

Google Brings E-Mail Client Access to Gmail

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:26:17 +0000

In what it is billing as "e-mail portability," Google Inc. is opening access to its Gmail e-mail service from desktop clients and mobile devices. On Wednesday, the company began providing free POP3 (Post Office Protocol... Read more...

Apple's Mac OS X Update Brings Word of Firewire Problems

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:36:21 +0000

Please note that this is likely only to be an issue with MacAlly & Acomdata external hard drives, and that a simple firmware update will fix the problem. Apple has released an... Read more...

Yahoo! Brings on Former ABC TV Programmer

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:23:24 +0000

In a move to bolster it's media and entertainment division, Yahoo! Inc. has hired Lloyd Braun, a former ABC television programmer. Mr. Braun's primary objective is to convince movie, TV and music companies to distribute... Read more...

SGI brings visualization to Linux line

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:55:03 +0000

Silicon Graphics has brought high-end graphics abilities to its Linux- and Itanium-based computers, an important step in the company's expansion from its more proprietary equipment. The Mountain View, Calif., company sells two... Read more...

Xbox Brings the Football Season with a new EA Sports Game

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:46:51 +0000

Xbox®, the video game system from Microsoft, today announced that on sale from the 21st October, will be the limited edition EA SPORTSTM FIFA Football 2005 Xbox Live Starter Kit which will include a full... Read more...

IBM brings Unix, faster chip to Power blades

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:03:18 +0000

IBM has improved the processor of its JS20 blade servers and now sells them with its AIX version of the Unix operating system, the company plans to announce Tuesday. The changes mean the blades now... Read more...

IT Brings Labor Back Home; Scraps Offshoring

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:22:00 +0000

Not long ago in the IT sector, it seemed outsourcing jobs overseas was the logical, better and cheaper thing to do. Now, as many have said all along, they are realizing that it wasn't the... Read more...

Innovation Brings Quantum Computation Closer

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:59:56 +0000

Instead of puddle jumping during a rainy Midwestern spring, physics researchers at Indiana's Purdue University have been doing some puddle linking -- tying together pools of a few dozen electrons sandwiched inside a semiconductor. The... Read more...

BitDemon brings online play to PC, PS2, Xbox

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:10:27 +0000

Network middleware has announced the launch of the first BitDemon 1.0. This software is designed to make the stage of adding networked multiplayer to PC, PS2 and Xbox games easier. BitDemon's network multiplayer software also... Read more...

Net strike brings down major websites

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:27:27 +0000

Don't worry folks, your friendly tech news source Neowin was not affected. *wink* An early morning Internet attack on Tuesday took down the Web sites of Microsoft, Google, Apple Computer and Yahoo,... Read more...

Climax brings Black Hawk Down to Xbox

Tue, 18 May 2004 18:49:55 +0000

UK-based developer Climax is handling the Xbox port of NovaLogic's Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, adding Live support and co-operative missions along with various new maps, modes and tweaks to the arcade-oriented shoot-'em-up ahead... Read more...