Neowin News Feed for: Original

Google possibly testing some improvements to the Play Store

Usama Jawad — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 07:12:01 +0000

It appears that Google is testing some minor improvements to the Play Store, which includes listing both the original and sale prices of discounted apps and games as well. Read more...

Microsoft considered making the original Xbox free (and buying Nintendo)

Andy Weir — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 06:34:01 +0000

One of the co-creators of the original Xbox has revealed some of the wild ideas the development team considered, including giving it away free, pre-loading Windows onto it, and even buying Nintendo. Read more...

Britain's oldest computer rebooted, first time in decades

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:48:20 +0000

According to the BBC's technology website, Britain's oldest computer, the Harwell, is being reported to be undergoing a reboot for the first time in decades. Plans are being made to transport it to the National... Read more...

2008 GUI Champs: Most Original and Most Usable Dream Winners

Spencer Scott — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:36:23 +0000

The 2008 GUI Championships is a bi-annual, international skinning contest which brings together some of the most talented skinners and graphic designers in the world. This year the GUI Champs has three categories....WindowBlinds skins,... Read more...

EA Donates Original SimCity to One Laptop Per Child

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:01:07 +0000

Today Electronic Arts Inc. announced the company will donate the original SimCity™ — the blockbuster 1989 game credited with giving rise to the city-building game genre—to each computer in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC)... Read more...

Class assignment: Write an original Wikipedia article

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:26:38 +0000

I have yet to meet a teacher or professor who does not despise students who research using Wikipedia. That said, I want to meet University of Washington-Bothell professor Martha Groom, as she seems to have... Read more...

GUI Championships: Most Usable & Most Original visual styles

Brad Wardell — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:34:37 +0000

This week the inter-website user interface contest posted the results of two classes of WindowBlinds visual styles: Most original design and most usable design. Neowin's own co-founder, Steve Parker was one... Read more...

Original Xbox Game Support November 2005 update

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:39:07 +0000

Original Xbox® game support enables your Xbox 360™ video game console to play an array of games from your original Xbox video game console. A list of games that are currently backward compatible is available... Read more...

FlatOut 2 announced for 2006, original FlatOut sells 600,000

Todd Tanner — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:55:27 +0000

BugBear Entertainment sent along an email this morning announcing that indeed they are developing a sequel to FlatOut, oddly enough titled FlatOut 2. With sales of the original game crossing the 600,000 mark, and according... Read more...

Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1 Tracks Announced

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:50:30 +0000

Following the announcement of a soundtrack, Bungie has revealed the full soundtrack listing for Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1. Released under the Sumthing Else Music Works label, the soundtrack will include a total of... Read more...

3D Realms working on new original title - Miller

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:43:16 +0000

Developer 3D Realms, best known as the studio behind the Duke Nukem franchise, is working on a new unannounced original game as well as the much-delayed Duke Nukem Forever, according to an Internet post from... Read more...

Apple pulls plug on original iMac

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:51:14 +0000

Five years after debuting the original iMac, Apple Computer has stopped selling the gumdrop-shaped machine to the public. The original iMac, which many credit for restoring Apple Computer to fiscal health and profitability,... Read more...

Lara Croft original up for auction

Darren Bolton — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:46:22 +0000

For sale--one Lara Croft outfit, hardly used, perfect for fancy dress parties. The original outfit created for the star of video games and the movies has gone under the virtual hammer in a charity Internet... Read more...

Buy the original Lord of the Rings Ring?

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:08:52 +0000

Andy sent me an email with a special something that is being auctioned on eBay, The ring was used as the basis for all rings which were used in the movie "The Lord Of The... Read more...