Neowin News Feed for: Long

Update: Google search back to normal after hour long outage

Tom Warren — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:52:13 +0000

Update: Google Search seems to be back to normal, the issue was caused by "human error" according to Google. Google Search is currently not functioning correctly and returning "this site may harm your computer" on... Read more...

Long iPhone Contract Hides Non-personal Data Tracking

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:04:01 +0000

If you are an iPhone owner and took the time to read through the contract you signed with AT&T, you may have realized two interesting facts. For starters, the iPhone contract is much longer... Read more...

Long awaited Test Drive PC Patch Delayed

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:50:06 +0000

In order to give players the high quality of experience they expect, the Test Drive Unlimited PC patch will be released in mid-June following further testing to ensure the complete stability of the code. As... Read more...

Both sides in high-def DVD battle hunker down for long fight

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:51:40 +0000

In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. The first shots between Blu-ray, backed by a Sony-led consortium,... Read more...

Apple: Long hours at China iPod plant

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:12:05 +0000

Apple Computer said on Friday that its main supplier of iPod musicplayers let employees in a China plant work longer hours than allowedby Apple's code of conduct, and that it had taken steps to address... Read more...

Microsoft Takes the Long View With Zune

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:27:30 +0000

Finally, the gloves come off. After months of hints and speculation, Microsoft announced that, yes, it is headed for a showdown with Apple. In one corner is Microsoft with its billions to invest in R&D,... Read more...

Long Standing Bug Still Plagues Thunderbird Users

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:09:02 +0000

Credit goes to [NFC]Wave for bringing this long standing issue to my attention and for many hours attempting to come up with a decent solution. Are you a Mozilla Thunderbird user who... Read more...

Long Delays for THQ's XBOX360 Games

Joe Cashman — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:30:00 +0000

THQ has announced that their titles expected for the launch of the Xbox360 have had to be postponed till next year, these include racing game MotoGP 2006 and The Outfit. News of this will be... Read more...

Microsoft set for Long Battle With Japanese Regulators

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:53:36 +0000

Microsoft's Japanese unit is preparing for a potentially long battle with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) in a case that will likely see three of Japan's top electronics companies testify against the software giant,... Read more...

Long cancelled Prey set to return?

Todd Tanner — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:30:16 +0000

3D Realms has said over the past week or so that they would reveal a "New Project" at E3 this year. Well CNN/Money's Game Over column is reporting that the "New Project" is actually the... Read more...

Intel's Long Awaited BTX Form Factor

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:44:47 +0000

Intel released news of their Pentium 4 570J just yesterday when they lifted the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) on it. Check out our benchmarks here. Today, a day after they released their 3.8GHz Prescott, Intel... Read more...

Microsoft commits to XML docs for long term

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:42:31 +0000

Responding to a request from the European Union to improve data interoperability, Microsoft has committed in perpetuity to a royalty-free license of Office-related XML document formats. However, the software giant decided not... Read more...

Long Distance Teleportation Could Lead To Quantum Computing

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:16:46 +0000

Physicists have carried out successful teleportation with particles of light over a distance of 600m across the River Danube in Austria. When physicists say "teleportation", they are describing the transfer of key properties... Read more...

Longhorn - a long way off

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:44:48 +0000

Notable Windows journalist, Paul Thurrott, has been on the Microsoft Campus this week. "...based on some unrelated bits of information I gleaned this week, I'm now convinced that Longhorn, the next major... Read more...

Nintendo Backing GameCube For The Long Haul?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:10:13 +0000

In an interesting coda to the news of Nintendo's next game console from the company's management policy meeting earlier this week, the Yomiuri Shimbun today passes on another comment on the new hardware from Nintendo... Read more...

Long lost GoldenEye level discovered

Darren Bolton — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:48:58 +0000

After almost seven years, the mythical Citadel has been revealed. See the screens! Ever since N64 shooter GoldenEye was released in 1997, gaming buffs have spoken of the mythical Citadel level - and,... Read more...

The browser is dead! Long live the browser!

Fri, 02 Jan 2004 23:37:32 +0000

The web may have popularised the internet, but most users now connect to the net using non-browser applications, according to figures released this week. Media players and instant-messaging applications are now by... Read more...

The long road to Yukon

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:18:32 +0000

For months, Microsoft watchers have voiced concerns that delays in the company's introduction of its Yukon database software could derail other products, including a new version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. But Microsoft... Read more...

The Cube's Alive. Long live the Cube

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:17:55 +0000

... at Argos at least. Well, for now anyways. Major UK catalogue and Sigh Street retailer Argos has re-introduced Nintendo's GameCube to its range several months after dropping it, with newspaper advertisements... Read more...

Viruses are dead. Long live viruses!

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:55:17 +0000

This year has been mercifully quiet on the virus front but anyone who reckons the virus problem has finally been beaten is failing to learn the lessons of history. The problem of... Read more...

25,000km long eBone to be sold

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:04:54 +0000

eBone, the 25,000km European data network that KPNQwest acquired last March, is set for a sale to UK consortium Oakley Investors. Not translated from Dutch by cheekymonkey;) While negotiations... Read more...

Long Time Is Needed to Open a File By Using SMB [Q309376]

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 20:10:29 +0000

Thanks nekrosoft13 from our BPN Forum SYMPTOMS When you try to open a file through a network share by using the SMB protocol, the file may take a long time to... Read more...

The free ISP is dead, long live the free ISPs

Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:18:46 +0000

While 2001 will be remembered for many things, it was the year the last remaining free ISPs became tangled in their non-profitable business model and sunk once and for all. Not that the industry... Read more...