Neowin News Feed for: John

Elton John Wants To Shut Down the Internet

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:47:42 +0000

POP legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN. Never one to keep his opinions to himself, the Rocket Man has waded into cyberspace with all guns blazing. He claims it is destroying good... Read more...

EA's CEO John Riccitiello: 'We're boring people to death'

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:50:08 +0000

In April, Electronic Arts Incorporated, the world's biggest maker of videogames, hired a chief executive who isn't just satisfied with his company being number one. John Riccitiello says he worries that the Redwood City, California-based... Read more...

John Woo Snags First Blu-ray Movie, Game Combo Disc

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:29:46 +0000

A collector’s edition of John Woo’s Stranglehold game on PlayStation 3 will include a full-length, 1080p version of John Woo's critically acclaimed action film Hard Boiled on the same Blu-ray Disc. Stranglehold collector’s edition will... Read more...

Computing pioneer John Backus dies

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:42:56 +0000

John Warner Backus, born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1924, has just passed away. At 82, Backus died Saturday in Ashland, Oregon, according to IBM Corporation, where he spent his career. In 1954 he got his... Read more...

John Carmack Speaks on DX10, Vista, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:29:50 +0000

When John Carmack speaks, the industry tends to listen. While it can be argued that his influence today on the gaming industry isn’t as big as it was when nearly every 3D shooter was using... Read more...

Electronic Arts Renews License With John Madden

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:16:33 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday said it renewed a licensing agreement with TV football analyst John Madden to continue using his name, voice and likeness for its top-selling video football game. "Madden NFL 2006" is... Read more...

John Romero leaves Midway

Todd Tanner — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:34:02 +0000

After reports started popping up yesterday on Computer Games Magazine that John Romero had left Midway, John Romero himself responded to the rumors. Originally contacted by Bluesnews about this rumor, The Romero responded in his... Read more...

Pope John Paul II: A Tribute

Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:51:33 +0000

On April 2nd at 2:37PM EST, one of the 20th centuries greatest leaders passed away. For 26 years Pope John Paul II selflessly served the world as the Vicar of Christ and head of the... Read more...

John Woo developing next-gen ninja game?

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:13:50 +0000

Wired article says the Hong Kong action legend's game company is working on "ShadowClan," due in fall 2006; Die Hard director's Ubisoft project also detailed. With the convergence of the film and... Read more...

John Woo directing Rainbow Six movie

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 20:47:19 +0000

Variety reports that Paramount has signed the Hong Kong director to direct a film based on the Tom Clancy game and book. It's official: John Woo has gone game-movie mad. Two months... Read more...

John Woo in talks to direct Spy Hunter movie

Fri, 21 May 2004 22:49:58 +0000

The Hollywood Reporter says the Hong Kong action master may direct the adaptation of the Midway classic. The Hollywood Reporter reported that famed Hong Kong director John Woo is to direct Spy... Read more...

Film Director John Woo Licenses 'Metroid' Game

Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:33:23 +0000

Action movie director John Woo wants to bring one of the most famous women in video gaming to the big screen, and he plans to spend big bucks to do it. Woo's production company, Tiger... Read more...

John Carmack At GDC : Doom3 "pretty Close" To Release

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:25:51 +0000

It's a little hard to believe that id Software co-founder and master programmer John Carmack has never spoken at the Game Developers Conference but that changed today when he made one of the day's keynote... Read more...

John Carmack Speaks on Doom 3

Marcel Klum — Thu, 15 May 2003 06:04:03 +0000

The id programmer revealed a few small details about the game in a talk at E3. Id Software programmer John Carmack gave a fairly lengthy Q&A session in a private room at E3... Read more...

The Matrox Parhelia Report by John Carmack

Marcel Klum — Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:35:44 +0000

The executive summary is that the Parhelia will run Doom, but it is not performance competitive with Nvidia or ATI. Driver issue remain, so it is not perfect yet, but I am confident... Read more...

When Dear John, became Dear Affiliate,

Steven Parker — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:24:31 +0000

The Dear John letters to soldiers out on the front lines can hardly be compared to that of letters to websites where the host dis-continues the service. However it kind of throws a spanner in... Read more...

Pope John Paul to Issue Message About Internet

Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:57:09 +0000

Pope John Paul, who writes most of his speeches by hand and does not own a computer, will dedicate his message for World Communications Day to the Internet, the Vatican said Tuesday. ... Read more...