Neowin News Feed for: Hints

BBC iPlayer hints at iPhone app including downloads

Tom Warren — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:51:24 +0000

The BBC has posted a monthly press pack which includes iPlayer imagery for what appears to be a future version of the iPlayer for iPhone. The monthly press pack is created to provide viewing figures... Read more...

Updated: Microsoft hints at June for new Zune [Fake]

Tom Warren — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:23:56 +0000

Microsoft is heating up the Zune advertising and is hinting at June for a "new product launch". We've had the hints that a new Zune, namely the Zune HD, could be surfacing this year... Read more...

Microsoft hints at Windows 7 Release Candidate for May

Tom Warren — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:08:32 +0000

Thanks to eagle eyed Neowin visitor ThePhoenix, we've spotted that Microsoft have published the Windows 7 RC page at TechNet a little too early. The page indicates it is due to be published in May... Read more...

Microsoft official hints at April for Windows 7 RC release

Tom Warren — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:40:41 +0000

According to a posting on Microsoft's Swedish partner blog we could be seeing the Windows 7 release candidate in early April. The blog also hints at a RTM and business launch of Q3 2009. According... Read more...

Microsoft job posting hints at Zune, Xbox, integration

Brad Sams — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:01:35 +0000

Many have questioned why Microsoft hasn't integrated the Zune and the Xbox ever since the launch of the Zune. The two products are the staples of Microsoft's hardware division and yet the two do... Read more...

Microsoft hints at Windows Live Wave 3 release date

Tom Warren — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:58:12 +0000

In an email sent to users of it's MSN Direct service, Microsoft states that the release to market date of Windows Live Messenger is February 10, 2009. At the same time the company is expected... Read more...

Microsoft hints at "private browsing" feature in IE

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:50:01 +0000

One of the most interesting feature that didn't quite make it into the final release of Firefox 3 is "Private Browsing", a.k.a. porn mode. The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari... Read more...

Microsoft confirms PDC and hints at Windows 7 sessions

Tom Warren — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:02:27 +0000

As part of Microsoft's Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7. Looking at the... Read more...

Gates hints at Windows 7 features

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:40 +0000

With Windows 7 likely to be complete in Q4 2009, Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates hinted at what the company is planning for the next version of Windows last week. In a speech at the Windows... Read more...

Wal-Mart Canada Sale Hints at New 80GB PS3 Price

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:59:13 +0000

Wal-Mart's Anniversary Sale in Canada is pricing the 80GB PlayStation 3 at $549.83 CAD, which is the approximately same price that the 60GB model currently carries. A quick survey of Wal-Mart stores in west Canada... Read more...

Microsoft games exec hints at iPhone rival

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:22:03 +0000

An executive in Microsoft's entertainment and games division Tuesday hinted that Microsoft may be developing its own Windows Mobile OS-based rival to Apple's iPhone. Speaking at Citi's annual Global Technology Conference in New York on... Read more...

Gates Hints At New Xbox Control System

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:30:40 +0000

Microsoft's Bill Gates has given the strongest hint yet that the company plans to introduce a new control system for the Xbox 360 influenced by the success of the Wii, although his somewhat vague comments... Read more...

Microsoft drops hints about Internet Explorer 8

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:40:20 +0000

At the Mix'07 conference in Las Vegas—Microsoft's annual event for web designers and developers—the spotlight has largely been on Microsoft's Silverlight platform, formerly known as Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere. Silverlight is a set of tools for... Read more...

Dell Memo Hints at Layoffs, Acquisitions

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:14:33 +0000

Michael Dell also may change Dell's direct sales model, according to a corporate memo that was leaked to the press on Saturday. Michael Dell is considering layoffs and acquisitions at Dell Inc., according... Read more...

Job Opening hints at possible Google Mobile Phone

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:16:07 +0000

Is the Gphone really in the works? A recent job opening posted on Google Jobs seems to confirm the U.S. search-engine giant is researching and considering a mobile device: "Google is experimenting with a few... Read more...

OCZ Hints at Radical Approach to Heatsink Design

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:15:36 +0000

OCZ Technology has announced its newest memory design, codenamed Flexpipe, as being available on high-end OCZ XTC as early as February 2007. The design constitues a heatpipe that transfers heat from the module to another... Read more...

Microsoft Hints At Delay Of Vista In Europe

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:37:40 +0000

Microsoft raised the possibility on Thursday that it might delay the introduction of its new Windows Vista operating system in Europe, saying it depended on the European Commission's antitrust requirements. The European Commission responded sharply,... Read more...

GC 2006: StarCraft 2 Hints Dropped?

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:37:35 +0000

While our meeting with Blizzard Chief Operating Officer Paul Sams today at the German Games Convention mainly focused on The Burning Crusade, the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, we did ask him about what... Read more...

Harrison Hints at Disc-Free PS4

Joe Cashman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:11:04 +0000

With just months to go before the launch of the PS3 and the debut of Sony's costly Blu-ray format, worldwide studios president Phil Harrison has hinted that the console's successor will not feature a disc... Read more...

Square-Enix President Hints at Hardware Plans

Joe Cashman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:07:37 +0000

Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed that the publisher is working on a new project with Taito, hinting that plans are in place to enter the videogames hardware market. In an interview with Nikkei Business... Read more...

Apple Financial Officer Hints at Apple Phone

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:26:34 +0000

Apple's iPod, iTunes and other music products continue to expand its business - and the company hinted at exciting news ahead for the category. While no new product announcements were disclosed during last night's financial... Read more...

Moore Hints At Plans For New Xbox 360 Controller

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:15:29 +0000

Today, Xbox boss Peter Moore hinted that Microsoft is "quite possibly" working on a simplified game controller designed to attract new gamers who might be intimidated by traditional joypads. At a recent EA Community Event,... Read more...

Nintendo Patent Hints at New DS Functionality

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:12:28 +0000

Filing with the US Patent Office provides glimpse into possible future iteration of the Mario factory's popular portable. Although the DS Lite was revealed just weeks ago and won't hit... Read more...

Sony executive hints at PSP launch delay

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:34:46 +0000

The first suggestion that Sony may be forced to delay the launch of PSP has come from Sony Computer Entertainment network systems boss Izumi Kawanishi, who told a Japanese publication that the schedule depends on... Read more...

NVIDIA hints at SLI chipset plans

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:41:54 +0000

Amid the hubbub over the introduction of the GeForce 6600 line and the GeForce 6600GT's ability to work in an SLI configuration, folks from NVIDIA were dropping hints like mad at Quakecon about the company's... Read more...

DS Port Hints Dropped by Square Enix

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:30:31 +0000

Purchasers of FFI & II on GBA questioned about which classic Square Enix games they'd like to see on Nintendo's dual-screen system Square Enix looks to be considering porting over one or... Read more...

Intel Hints at Chipset Plans

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 07:40:59 +0000

Intel plans to launch its Grantsdale and Alderwood chipsets for Pentium 4 processors on June 21, according to several motherboard makers at the Computex 2004 exhibition in Taipei. But while the chipsets will soon be... Read more...

ATI Catalyst Driver Set - Version 3.4 Hints

Tom Warren — Sun, 04 May 2003 19:01:14 +0000

Thanks to NewsFactory for the heads up One of the peeps on the CATALYST development team has posted some Hint's to what going to be in Catalyst Drivers v3.4. ... Read more...

Dell hints again at AMD Opteron takeup

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:49:12 +0000

AN ARTICLE in today's Wall Street Journal is set to increase speculation in the Newisys thrust to produce managed AMD Opteron servers. The newspaper quotes a Dell executive as saying that it "might" use Opteron... Read more...