Neowin News Feed for: Impressions

Elon Musk congratulates his team for fewer hate speech impressions on Twitter

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 19:54:02 +0000

Twitter owner, Elon Musk, tweeted about a decline in the number of hate speech impressions on the platform. He argues that the spike in offensive content on Twitter has now been controlled. Read more...

Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Google Assistant unboxing and impressions

Rich Woods — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:00:01 +0000

Lenovo's new Smart Clock Essential is a smart speaker that fits inside of a regular old digital alarm clock, but it comes in at only $49, and built right into it is Google Assistant. Read more...

Surface Book: First impressions of Microsoft's first laptop

Camden Krupala — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 17:46:01 +0000

From Surface Pro family loyalist to Surface Book earlier adopter. I take the plunge and make Microsoft's latest hard venture my everyday device. Here are my first impressions. Read more...

Hands-on: First impressions of the Lumia 730 and 830

Andy Weir — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:14:01 +0000

Microsoft announced two new additions to its Windows Phone range earlier today - and we got to spend a bit of time with them. Check out our first impressions of the Nokia Lumia 730 and 830. Read more...

Touch first: Living with a Windows 8 tablet

Andy Weir — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:40:26 +0000

Thinking of buying a Windows 8 tablet? Check out what one of our editors thinks after using one for months - and ask any questions you may have before you decide whether to get one for yourself. Read more...

Microsoft My Phone, first impressions

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:20:16 +0000

Microsoft unveiled its new service called My Phone, a service to sync text messages, photos, video, contacts and more to the Web, at the Mobile World Congress. The My Phone service helps users to automatically... Read more...

First Impressions of Firefox 3

Steven Parker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:23:09 +0000

Firefox 3 is finally here. I've been testing the betas and release candidates off and on and there's no doubt it's an improvement on Firefox 2, probably a big improvement. I'm moving over to it.... Read more...

CoD4 Demo Impressions

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:15:49 +0000

Test System: Windows Vista Premium, A64 3200+, 2GB DDR-3200 RAM, AMD/ATi x1950xt 256MB, ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Sweat runs slowly down my head as I sprint down the cratered highway, my attention solely focused on reaching... Read more...

Office 2007: First impressions of an average user

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:31:19 +0000

OK, well perhaps I am not the average user, but I can say with my hand on my heart that I have never installed any of the Office 2007 Betas and, for what it's worth,... Read more...

Gears of War first impressions

Todd Tanner — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:14:17 +0000

Eurogamer saw fit to post their first opinions on the upcoming mega hit for the Xbox 360 from Epic Games. Gears of War as some of you may know is the first Unreal Engine 3... Read more...

Vista Build 5536: A tale of 3 impressions

Brad Wardell — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:29:32 +0000

On Friday Microsoft released Windows Vista build 5536. This is a pre-RC1 build. On Monday, Microsoft expects to release build 5552 which many anticipate to be the official first release candidate of Windows Vista. ... Read more...

Blu-ray Launch: First Impressions

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:58:15 +0000

Thanks to jerry for posting this article in Back Page News on a users first impression on using Blu-Ray. "Well... I've had my first experience with Blu-ray Disc, and Samsung's BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player. For... Read more...

ATI CrossFire Impressions

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:24:50 +0000

The first reviews of ATI's CrossFire Dual Graphics Solution have been popping up on hardware sites across the web today, as the official NDA has lifted. If you're new to CrossFire, it is ATI's... Read more...

First Impressions of Windows Vista Beta 1

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:13:22 +0000

Vista? Yeah, I know that its still 'Longhorn' at beta 1, but the Windows team managed to get the Vista name in the desktop build info. We can safely assume that Longhorn should be... Read more...

Sid Meier's Pirates! E3 2004 Preshow Impressions

Marcel Klum — Mon, 03 May 2004 19:38:08 +0000

The original Sid Meier's Pirates! appeared for the first time about 17 years ago, and many fans still have fond memories of swashbuckling adventures and sailing the open seas. It's been a long wait to... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 Tech Demo Impressions

Marcel Klum — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:51:07 +0000

A non interactive tech demo of Serious Sam 2 has been running at both Microsoft's DirectX booth and ATI's booth at GDC today. This is the first time that anything from Croteam's first person shooter... Read more...

Phantom Impressions

Marcel Klum — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:14:52 +0000

A crowd of about 300 had gathered in one of Full Sail's larger classrooms for the monthly meeting of the Orlando chapter of the International Game Developers Association. Guest speakers for the night were Infinium... Read more...

Age of Wonders II impressions

Marcel Klum — Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:17:04 +0000

Age of Wonders II™ is the sequel to the Award-Winning Age of Wonders®. Delivering an invigorating mix of Empire Building, Role-playing, and Warfare, AGE OF WONDERS II offers the ultimate in fantasy turn-based strategy. Explore... Read more...

DirectX 9.0 Beta 1 - first impressions and benchmarks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 27 May 2002 09:41:57 +0000

Tweakers Guide has put up a short review of DX9 b1. Well, what is there to say.The benchmarks say it all actually: there's just a small gain in performance. Unfortunately there are... Read more...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein add-on pack impressions

Marcel Klum — Thu, 23 May 2002 11:46:14 +0000

Thanks nekrosoft13 for posting this in the gamers forum. One of last year's most well-received first-person shooters was undoubtedly Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which was a collaborative effort between Activision, id Software, Gray... Read more...

Heroes IV impressions, new screens

Marcel Klum — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:32:44 +0000

Gamespot has an online preview of Heroes of Might and Magic IV. "One of the most notable things about Heroes IV right off the bat is how different its overworld maps and interface... Read more...

AvP2 impressions

Fri, 02 Nov 2001 07:18:23 +0000

Saw this over at Voodoo Extreme. Another game I cant wait to play! "So after finally tracking down a copy of Aliens vs. Predator 2 and getting a chance to play it, I... Read more...