Neowin News Feed for: Makeover

Spotify for the desktop goes under a Metro-inspired makeover

Steven Johns — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:43:08 +0000

Abandoning skeumorphism for a flatter UI, the new Spotify desktop app introduces a much cleaner interface and new ways on how to interact with and sort your favorite music. Read more...

Watch this cringeworthy Lumia 521 digital makeover with Robert Verdi

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:32:30 +0000

A new video from Windows Phone shows celebrity "style expert" Robert Verdi going out and giving people a new Lumia 521 and some accessories to go along with that, as part of a "digital makeover". Read more...

Rumor: radical brand makeover inbound for Samsung

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:12:05 +0000

Samsung is reportedly prepping itself for a brand makeover according to sources in Australia. The makeover is said to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 2013. Read more...

Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

Steven Parker — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:45:05 +0000

Did you know that the Windows Media Center team is conducting a Digital Home Makeover Contest to celebrate the consumer availability of new Extenders for Windows Media Center? For one lucky winner, a makeover... Read more...

Firefox 3 Getting a Visual Makeover

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:31:32 +0000

Software isn't just about functionality anymore, users want brains and beauty. And beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, which is why the team behind Firefox 3 plans to ditch the... Read more...

Google Analytics Gets a Makeover

Tue, 08 May 2007 21:21:16 +0000

Google Incorporated has revamped Google Analytics, improving and expanding the data reporting capabilities of the Web site usage monitoring service. The overall goal of this upgrade is to make the product more intuitive to use... Read more...

Mozilla Readies Another Firefox Security Makeover

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:23:41 +0000

The Mozilla Foundation has shipped release candidates for a new version of its Firefox Web browser to provide a thorough fix for a known code execution security vulnerability. The Firefox 1.0.7 makeover comes just one... Read more...

Adware Maker Tries Image Makeover

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:25:20 +0000

In an apparent attempt to shed its image as an aggressive adware pusher, 180solutions is alerting PC users whose computers run its ad-serving software and is offering tips on removing it. The... Read more...

AOL's AIM to get an extreme makeover

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:52:41 +0000

America Online (AOL) is giving its AIM instant messaging software a complete overhaul, including a major redesign of the user interface and a remodeled underlying code architecture. The user interface is being altered to take... Read more...

The Sims 2 undergoes Machinima makeover

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:52:34 +0000

With that brand-building spirit in mind, the series received some added weight behind it today. This morning, EA announced it was partnering with Rooster Teeth Productions to create movies based on The Sims 2 game.... Read more...

MP3 getting antipiracy makeover

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:07:19 +0000

The venerable MP3 music format, the technology most widely associated with unrestricted file swapping, is getting a makeover aimed at blocking unauthorized copying. Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own... Read more...

Perl's Extreme Makeover

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:42:39 +0000

The granddaddy of modern scripting languages is getting an extreme makeover. Perl, a high-level programming language that was critical in the initial construction of the Internet, is undergoing major renovations from author Larry Wall with... Read more...

Geeky Microsoft wants a TV makeover

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 20:21:42 +0000

Microsoft is promoting its Windows products on popular TV shows like Fox's "24" and HBO's "The Wire," airing this fall, as part of the software company's push to transform the PC's image from "geek to... Read more...