Neowin News Feed for: Consumers

Worldwide IT spending to grow 8% next year, says analyst firm

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:48:02 +0000

Worldwide IT spending is set to grow by 8% next year according to the analyst firm Gartner. Cloud spending is set to be a big driver and spending on devices is predicted to increase too. Read more...

If your Windows Store app has not been updated with new age ratings, it will be removed soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has warned developers who haven't updated their apps with the new age rating system, cautioning them that if they don't comply, their apps will soon be removed from the Windows Store. Read more...

Microsoft officially launches the Lumia 650 in India for ₹15,299

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:28:01 +0000

After announcing its latest Windows 10 Mobile device, the Lumia 650 in mid-February to little fan-fare, Microsoft has officially launched the metal-framed handset in India for ₹15,299. Read more...

Microsoft makes it easier for small organizations to upgrade or opt-out of Windows 10

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:48:01 +0000

We're six months into Microsoft's Windows 10 free upgrade program, and now it is making it easier for small businesses to upgrade to the latest OS, or opt out of the program entirely Read more...

Study finds Google 'harms' consumers with its skewed search results

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:48:02 +0000

A study found that consumers preferred "unskewed" search results based on relevance instead of the ones Google displays, which promote its own services. The same study found Google was harming users. Read more...

UK politicians call on shoppers to boycott 'tax-avoiding' Amazon

Andy Weir — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 06:16:34 +0000

Eight British Members of Parliament have called on UK shoppers to boycott Amazon, calling the company's tax avoidance policies "morally wrong" and a threat to other businesses and jobs. Read more...

Sorry, Microsoft, but consumers just don't like you

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:55:26 +0000

With PC sales falling, and Windows Phone still struggling, Microsoft's consumer strategy is stalling even as overall revenues grow. Consumers, it seems, just don't like Microsoft. But why? Read more...

Microsoft sued for charging consumers to downgrade to XP

Sean Bradford — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:34:04 +0000

When Windows Vista was released to market on January 30th, 2007, Microsoft gave consumers the option to downgrade to Windows XP if they were not satisfied with the new operating system. However charging consumers $59.25... Read more...

Consumers tune into HD streaming video

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:52:21 +0000

Move Networks, a provider of digital media publishing and delivery services, claims that it is currently capturing more than 100,000 new unique streaming video viewers every day, supporting an average viewing time of more than... Read more...

Consumers can soon stream cable TV over home networks, DRM

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:57:14 +0000

CableLabs has announced its approval of a new streaming protocol called DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Copy Protection), allowing consumers to stream cable TV programming across their home networks for viewing on devices that aren't attached to... Read more...

US consumers give WiMax the thumbs up

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:21:59 +0000

US consumers have a "significant preference" for WiMax mobile wide area broadband over mobile cellular data and Wi-Fi services, research has revealed. An In-Stat survey conducted earlier this year with over 1,200 respondents suggests that... Read more...

Dell Believes in Blu-Ray Win, Consumers Say Otherwise

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:26:24 +0000

Dell Inc., one of the largest suppliers of personal computers on the globe, said on Monday that the Blu-ray disc format will eventually win the war between next-generation digital video disc formats because of broad... Read more...

More consumers want a PS3 than the Wii or Xbox 360?

Todd Tanner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:35:19 +0000

According to the study by Los Angeles based Interpret, 8.9 million U.S consumers 'are prepared' to pay full price ($500 or $600) for the PlayStation 3 this fall, compared to 5.7 million consumers who are... Read more...

Apple resellers, consumers sue Mac maker

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:28:07 +0000

A group of Apple Computer resellers and consumers has banded together to file a class action suit against the company. In the suit, filed in the California Superior Court in San Francisco,... Read more...

AOL to Adapt WebEx Services for AIM Consumers

Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:28:33 +0000

America Online and WebEx Communications are evaluating ways to adapt some of the online meeting services they currently offer to business users of AOL's AIM instant messaging network to make these services appealing to other... Read more...

Consumers shun PCs for gizmos

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:43:24 +0000

Global PC shipments will hit an estimated total of 51.9 million in Q4 2004, a 10.1 per cent increase from the same period last year. Strong sales to business are offsetting weak consumer demand to... Read more...

Microsoft VP: Smaller Xbox 2 will turn on Japanese consumers

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:57:23 +0000

Microsoft's Peter Moore says his company's slimmed-down next-gen console will feature a software lineup more in line with the country's tastes. In an interview with Nikkei Business Express, Peter Moore, Microsoft's corporate... Read more...

Microsoft dismisses Xbox 2 rumors, consumers unperturbed

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:58:47 +0000

Microsoft has dismissed speculation over the Xbox 2 game console's backward compatibility with its predecessor. A story on a UK-based Web site had quoted unnamed sources close to Microsoft's development team as... Read more...

Rise in LCD-Panel Prices Squeeze PC Makers and Consumers

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 06:58:10 +0000

Shifts in thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display production here may bring changes to the product mix offered by PC makers to customers in the U.S. and Europe. Analysts said recently that manufacturing transitions and market demands... Read more...

Consumers aren't ready for online gaming

Mon, 07 Jul 2003 18:21:48 +0000

George Harrison, Nintendo of America VP of marketing, has hinted strongly that Nintendo will not be rolling out any online strategy in this generation of hardware, although the company is looking into it for N5.... Read more...

Consumers want PCs to deliver all home entertainment

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:52:07 +0000

British consumers want to put the PC at the heart of their home entertainment systems, a survey conducted by UK polling organisation Mori has concluded. That result will no doubt come as music to the... Read more...

Consumers can sign up to block telemarketers

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:34:22 +0000

Washington (AP) -- Promising the gift of silence for people bedeviled by telemarketers, the government launched a national do-not-call list Friday intended to block phone sales pitches from nearly all sources. The... Read more...

Report: Consumers want service providers to manage security

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 28 May 2003 20:04:16 +0000

Residential broadband users want their internet service providers (ISPs) to take the hassle out of installing, configuring and maintaining antivirus, firewall and parental control products. According to research firms Parks Associates and TeleChoice, a substantial... Read more...

Iowa Consumers Can Sue Microsoft, Court Rules

Sun, 16 Jun 2002 11:17:58 +0000

An Iowa lawyer on Friday vowed to push forward with a class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. after the state Supreme Court ruled consumers could sue the world's largest software maker for having been allegedly... Read more...

Economist claims Microsoft sanction would punish consumers

Thu, 09 May 2002 10:19:55 +0000

At the moment many see the price of Microsoft products and services as high, but if the nine states have their way in the anti-trust case against the Redmond giants consumers will feel the sting... Read more...

TechTV switches from geeks to consumers

Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:14:58 +0000

Signaling a major shift in focus, cable channel TechTV said Tuesday that it has cancelled roundtable discussion show "Silicon Spin" and halted production of digital music program "AudioFile." With the programming shake-up,... Read more...

Consumers aren't rushing to buy XP

Fri, 02 Nov 2001 11:37:38 +0000

Survey indicates sales trailing pace of Windows 98 Despite heavy marketing, luxurious freebies and varied rebates, Windows XP appears to be trailing Windows 98 in terms of early sales. Fewer than 300,000... Read more...