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Guide: What is Super Duper Secure Mode in Microsoft Edge and how to enable it

Usama Jawad — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:16:02 +0000

Microsoft has quietly introduced Super Duper Secure Mode in version 96 of its Edge browser. But what does it actually do and how do you enable it? Find out in our handy and concise guide today! Read more...

Microsoft announces Project Acoustics 2.0 with faster bake times, dynamic openings, and more

Usama Jawad — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced Project Acoustics 2.0, its wave-based simulation engine to introduce immersive acoustics in 3D environments such as those offered by a game or a mixed reality experience. Read more...

In an attempt to improve web security, Google may begin favoring encrypted sites in searches

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:36:20 +0000

One of Google's top engineers has hinted that the search engine may begin to favor encrypted sites over others in its search algorithm, in an attempt to improve web security. Read more...

Google integrates full restaurant menus into its search

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 07:23:47 +0000

Google has introduced a new feature into their search engine that displays full restaurant menus, which some say could compete with sites like Yelp and Urbanspoon. Read more...

Google adds saved search settings feature for your account

Stefano Elia — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:06:05 +0000

Google have added a nifty feature that allows users to save their search settings and tie it to their Google accounts, regardless of which device or browser you're using. Read more...

Mann vs Machine coming to Team Fortress 2 on August 15th

Paul Ferson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:22:44 +0000

Mann vs Machine, the long-rumored update for Team Fortress 2, has been confirmed to release in just over a day by an official Valve trailer. Read more...

Bing and Wolfram Alpha team up

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:48 +0000

Microsoft's Bing search engine is to team up with Wolfram Alpha, the search engine that attempts to answer questions directly rather than providing links. The move will see Wolfram Alpha provide answers on Bing, which... Read more...

Bing continuing to grow, gaining market share slowly

Sam Symons — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:58:47 +0000

When Microsoft launched their new Bing decision engine not long ago, it brought in a lot of hype. It began with a surge of users, like most new launches do, but some expected it to... Read more...

Is Google worried about Bing?

Sam Symons — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:03:57 +0000

Everybody knows about Microsoft's recent re-branding and re-engineering of Live Search, Bing, and how it has recently become available for the public to use. There was certainly a big fuss kicked up over this; there... Read more...

Bing actually has three new advertisements

Sam Symons — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:48:49 +0000

Yesterday, Neowin reported that Microsoft had posted the first advertisement for Bing, despite the website only having been available for a very short time. Well, it appears that there isn't just one video to show... Read more...

Microsoft releases the very first Bing commercial

Sam Symons — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:18:49 +0000

Microsoft's new Bing search (or rather, decision) engine is still in beta, but that doesn't mean that the Redmond company can't begin to advertise it. To show that they mean business, they have already released... Read more...

Bing.com has begun, now live and publicly available

Sam Symons — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:46:26 +0000

Everybody has been talking about Microsoft's Live Search overhaul, named Bing, recently, and whether or not it would stand out in the search engine market. We here at Neowin have published an article, checking out... Read more...

Computational knowledge engines: the search engine, evolved

Mitchell LeBlanc — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:17:42 +0000

A new search engine, known as Wolfram|Alpha has launched. It may be improper to refer to it as a search engine, as it refers to itself as a "computational knowledge engine". The engine differs from... Read more...

Video games make good fire drill simulators

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:58:17 +0000

Academic research at Durham University in the UK has suggested that video games such as Far Cry, Doom and Counter Strike, make better fire drill simulators than traditional virtual reality toolkits. Using the Source engine,... Read more...

Havok Physics Engine is here

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:02:36 +0000

Yesterday Havok announced that the famous physics engine is finally free(with some limitations obviously). The No-Charge Havok PC download is a binary-only bundle that includes all of the standard features and functionality of both the... Read more...

Far Cry 2 Engine Demo

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:10:06 +0000

Far Cry 2 is an upcoming first person shooter published by Ubisoft and is the sequel to Far Cry. The game will be released for PC on March 25, 2008, with PlayStation 3 and Xbox... Read more...

Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5.1

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:49:37 +0000

The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want... Read more...

Microsoft unveils Tafiti, the animated search engine

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:57:45 +0000

Microsoft Corporation has launched Tafiti (which means "do research" in Swahili), a test search engine powered by the software giant's Live Search and Silverlight technologies. The whole "search experience" is animated and although more intuitive,... Read more...

Unreal Engine 3 Licenses GameSpy: PC-PS3 Cross-Platform Play

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:48:21 +0000

Epic Games has agreed to incorporate GameSpy's suite of online technology into Unreal Engine 3, under the terms that the technology will be immediately available to any publishers or developers that license the engine. PlayStation... Read more...

id Software Shows Off New Game Engine

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:43:14 +0000

At Apple's worldwide developer conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, California, John Carmack, the chief technology officer of id Software, a well-known game developer, has demonstrated the company's new game engine, which, it claims already works... Read more...

People Power Fuels New Search Engine

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:17:55 +0000

Backed by a group of investors with impressive track records, Jason Calacanis has launched Mahalo into alpha stage – a search engine that does not rely on computers to scan the Web and does not... Read more...

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:59:19 +0000

Does the world need open-source search tools? The people at Wikipedia think so. The folks behind the public encyclopedia have launched Wikia, a project to develop a search engine, crawlers and other... Read more...

Yahoo Tests Customizable Alpha Search Engine

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:34:28 +0000

Yahoo Incorporated is quietly testing a search engine which users can customize by adding, removing and rearranging components. Yahoo Alpha, which is hosted on an Australian domain, offers a default results page with a list... Read more...

Sony: No Emotion Engine or Graphics Synthesizer for PAL PS3

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:25:43 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated has revealed the details of the reduced backwards compatibility of the PAL region PlayStation 3 game console. Apparently, the "European version" of the console will have lower production costs due to... Read more...

Search Engine Targets Aging, Impatient Boomers

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:54:14 +0000

A new search engine, Cranky.com, was launched earlier this week and plans to profit from age-specific ads by targeting the 50-year-old-plus baby boomer. The man behind the site is Jeff Taylor, known for founding the... Read more...

MySQL on track with storage engine

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:01:26 +0000

Open-source database maker MySQL AB will soon release the alpha version of its Falcon storage engine, designed for high-volume Web server environments, a company executive said Wednesday. News of the release slipped out early, but... Read more...

Source Engine does a 360

Todd Tanner — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:00:19 +0000

Valve Software announced today that a version of the Half-Life 2 engine dubbed "Source" was to be made available as a middleware solution for developers on the Xbox 360. Currently the gaming world is in... Read more...

Roboblitz - 50MB Unreal Engine 3 Game Heading to Steam

Todd Tanner — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:44:30 +0000

Voodoo Extreme has word that Roboblitz which is an Xbox Live Arcade and Unreal Engine 3 powered title, will now debut on Valve's Steam platform within the next few weeks. Developed by Naked Sky Entertainment... Read more...

Serious Engine 3 news

Todd Tanner — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:10:16 +0000

I'll just post this straight from the Seriouszone forums. Apparently the CroTeam has been showing their Serious Engine 3 to people behind closed doors lately, and this beta tester was one of those lucky few... Read more...

Microsoft's New Search Engine Exits Beta Status

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:26:09 +0000

Windows Live Search, currently in distant third place, is going final this week. Microsoft is anxious to take on Google and Yahoo mainly because search engine-based advertising is a very lucrative business. So far, to... Read more...

EA signs Unreal Engine 3 for next-gen games

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:12:22 +0000

Electronic Arts and Epic Games have confirmed that the Redwood company has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for use in a selection of next-generation titles. EA becomes the latest licensee of Unreal Engine 3, which has... Read more...

Sony Online Entertainment licenses Unreal 3 engine tech

Todd Tanner — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:15:44 +0000

In what has to be one of the biggest new stories to hit the online gaming scene in quite awhile, Sony Online Entertainment announced yesterday that they had licensed Epic's Unreal Engine 3 technology for... Read more...

Source Engine Update released on Steam

Todd Tanner — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:22:01 +0000

If you log into Steam, you will download the newest patch for the Source Engine, which fixes quite a few nagging buggies, and adds a couple new things to the underlying engine itself. Not much... Read more...

MS05-053: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:29:47 +0000

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your... Read more...

Gearbox licenses Unreal Engine 3

Todd Tanner — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:17:39 +0000

Gearbox Software announced yesterday that they had entered into a long-term agreement with Epic Games to use the Unreal Engine 3 technology in thier future next-generation Console and PC games. Previously, Gearbox has used the... Read more...

Epic developing Unreal Engine 4

Todd Tanner — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:30:37 +0000

Not content with ruling the next gen with its all conquering Unreal 3 engine - which has been licensed by Microsoft for the 360, Sony for the PS3 and just about every serious next gen... Read more...

VU Games Gains Unreal Engine 3.0 License

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:02:38 +0000

Vivendi Universal Games announced on Wednesday that they had gained licensing for the next Unreal engine accross all next generation consoles and of course, the PC. The deal, made between VU and... Read more...

ZoneAlarm Experiencing "True Vector" Engine Crashes, Again

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:22:41 +0000

For the second time in less than a month, users of ZoneLabs product ZoneAlarm Pro are experiencing severe difficulties with the programs' TrueVector Engine. Since Friday, June 24, reports of the same issues have been... Read more...

AOL Adds Partners for Video Search Engine

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:41:57 +0000

Keeping up in the heated race to build the best video search engine, America Online has signed 10 new content partners, including parent-company property CNN. AOL's audio and video search engine Singingfish... Read more...

BitTorrent to launch Search Engine

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 May 2005 12:47:28 +0000

Wired News is reporting that whiz kid inventor Bram Cohen and a small cadre of developers and entrepreneurs are in the final stage of launching an advertising-supported search engine dedicated to cataloging and indexing the... Read more...