Neowin News Feed for: Failed

Lawbreakers failing to appeal to gamers due to the creator's polarising personality

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:56:01 +0000

During an interview, the creator of Lawbreakers, which is a new fast-paced shooting game on console and PC, spoke about why he felt the game received such a tepid response from the gaming community. Read more...

Sources confirm cancellation of all future Mass Effect: Andromeda DLC

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 10:54:01 +0000

Although this rumour has been circling for weeks now, sources within the industry have confirmed this week that it was, in fact, true that Mass Effect: Andromeda had been circling the drain. Read more...

Unique Windows 10 Mobile handset NuAns Neo fails Kickstarter funding goal

Usama Jawad — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 07:25:28 +0000

Japanese company NuAns has failed to achieve its Kickstarter goal of $725,000 for its NuAns Neo Windows 10 Mobile handset, managing to amass only $142,368 from 489 backers in 45 days. Read more...

Google to kill 6 of its failed projects

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:06 +0000

Google has decided to terminate several products that weren't up to the Google's standards or now redundant. Google Video Google Catalog Search Google Notebook Dodgeball ... Read more...

Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:13 +0000

Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected, but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is... Read more...

Backup systems failed in St. John's phone outage

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:49:21 +0000

Bell Aliant says it's going to launch an investigation into how 100,000 phone customers in St. John's and internet clients all over Newfoundland lost service late Friday. Telephones were operating again Saturday morning after a... Read more...

Failed Beagle 2 Probe "Found" on Mars - Scientist

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:21:36 +0000

The scientist behind the lost 2003 Beagle 2 mission to Mars said on Tuesday the craft may have been spotted in NASA pictures which indicate the project very nearly worked. Beagle 2, named after the... Read more...

The disco ball of Intel's failed hopes

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:20:43 +0000

One sign that Intel is having trouble dancing to technology's current beat may be the world's most expensive disco ball. For a company holiday party next month, a handful of engineers assembled... Read more...

Failed Windows XP Upgrade Downs 60,000 UK Gov't PCs

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:57:40 +0000

Most of the desktop computers in the UK's Department for Work and Pensions were paralyzed for four days on Monday, when a failed upgrade took them offline. The outage, covering 75 percent to 80 percent... Read more...