Neowin News Feed for: Machines

Windows 10 is now running on 110 million devices

Usama Jawad — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:09:14 +0000

At its devices event today, Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 10 is now installed on more than a hundred million devices which includes Windows Insiders and Enterprise users. Read more...

Machines outsmarting man

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:26:15 +0000

News published on the New York Post's technology site highlights new fears regarding technology becoming increasingly more intelligent, and moreover, independent. While a little too Matrix for the liking of many, the argument does seem... Read more...

Dell to Scale Back AMD Machines on Website

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:37:26 +0000

Computer maker Dell Inc. has stopped selling many computers with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on its Web site, although it will continue selling some through retailers. This decision is a setback for AMD,... Read more...

Commodore show off their New Gaming Machines (Images)

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:59:54 +0000

As we previously reported, Commodore Gaming have revealed they are returning to the world of gaming with a series of high specification machines designed specifically with high-end gaming in mind. Earlier today Commodore unleashed a... Read more...

PowerUser.TV e59: Voting machines, Wii bundle and more!

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:56:44 +0000

This week Kristin and the boys tackle (and heckle) current affairs when reports come in from all over the U.S. of problems with voting machines. Also, got a bad reputation on the web? A new... Read more...

Rootkits are taking over Windows XP SP2 Machines

Steven Parker — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:33:25 +0000

According to a recent report on eweek, more than 20% of malware found on machines are stealth rootkits. Jason Garms, architect and group program manager in Microsoft's Anti-Malware Technology Team, said the open-source... Read more...

Sony Installs 'Rootkits' On Users Machines

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:43:25 +0000

In what's set to be 2005's hottest story yet Sony have been found to install illegal Trojan horse-based digital restrictions management (DRM) technology that installs itself as a rootkit on Windows PCs. Users... Read more...

Microsoft To Force SP2 Update On All XP And XP SP1 Machines

Steven Parker — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:33:13 +0000

April 12th is the very last day. That's when the clock runs, and the deadline looms. And here you thought it was April 15th. Nope, it's the twelfth. Because we're not talking about... Read more...

London To Get First Music Download Vending Machines

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:38:43 +0000

Next month London will be the first to see vending machines that sell music downloads. This comes in response to low traditional "over-the-counter" sales of singles as well as the music industry's desire to turn... Read more...

Pricey Parts Threaten Profits of New Game Machines

Thu, 20 May 2004 22:49:49 +0000

Videogame giants Sony and Nintendo, gearing up to launch hotly anticipated handheld gaming devices, face a shortage of key parts, which could crimp profits and sales of the rival products when they hit stores later... Read more...

Notebooks make a play as gamer machines

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:49:42 +0000

Thanks xStainDx. PC makers are gearing up to market notebooks more aggressively to PC gaming enthusiasts. Although PC manufacturers have been selling game-oriented desktops for years, they're now bent on expanding their horizons... Read more...

Terminator 3: War of the Machines multiplayer beta demo

Marcel Klum — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:24:38 +0000

Atari has released the playable demo of Terminator 3: War of the Machines, allowing you to step into Arnold Schwarzenegger's exoskeleton or the shoes of the Tech Com Special Forces in this imminent sci-fi first-person... Read more...

More airlines set up D-I-Y check-in machines

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:24:29 +0000

Self-service is in at airport check-in. To shorten lines at airline check-in counters, major U.S. carriers are rolling out hundreds of do-it-yourself check-in machines in preparation for summer travel. The stand-alone... Read more...

AMD buys 5 million-dollar machines to pinpoint flaws

Sun, 02 Jun 2002 07:35:45 +0000

The Straits Times of Singapore is reporting that AMD has bought five machines from Semicaps which will pick up bugs and flaws in semiconductor processing and allow fast re-starts at the fabs. Flaws... Read more...