Neowin News Feed for: Peek

Microsoft releases PowerToys 0.95 with highly anticipated Light Switch feature

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has just released its latest version of PowerToys, version 0.95. One of the big features is Light Switch, which gives you auto switching between light and dark mode. Read more...

PowerToys 0.71 gets a Windows 11 overhaul, archive preview with Peek, and more

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:18:26 +0000

A new PowerToys version is here, and even though there are no new Toys to write about, this release does contain a good number of improvements and fixes, including modernized settings with Mica. Read more...

Microsoft PowerToys 0.70.1 fixes Peek network shares, Mouse Without Borders bugs, and more

Steven Parker — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:34:02 +0000

Microsoft fixed bugs with Mouse Without Borders, and Peek that have been discovered since they debuted a week ago, as well as leaks and/or infinite cycles in C# utilities that use events, and more. Read more...

PowerToys 0.70 debuts Mouse Without Borders, Peek for File Explorer, and more

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:34:01 +0000

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft's focus would be on BUILD 2023 today, but the team behind PowerToys are hard at work bringing new toys, and fixing pesky bugs in this new release. Read more...

Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler Sneak Peek

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:37:07 +0000

Thermaltake will be bringing you the latest technology and products at CES, America's biggest Consumer Electronics Show in 2008! After the news about the first time exposure of Thermaltake ESA products at the show, Thermaltake... Read more...

Microsoft Gives Peek At Next Version Of SQL Server

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:50:17 +0000

The company shows off Katmai, the next version of its data platform, at its first business intelligence conference. Microsoft is giving a sneak peek at the next version of its SQL Server data... Read more...

Windows Vista beta testers get a peek at StyleVista

Brad Wardell — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:18:13 +0000

Stardock has released the beta of a new free program called StyleVista to the Windows Vista beta group. StyleVista is a program that allows Windows Vista users to change the color and opacity of... Read more...

AMD Offers a Sneak Peek at Pacifica

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:49:28 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has offered its first peek at "Pacifica," its virtualization technology for use on server and desktop processors, ahead of the April launch of the Pacifica specifications. The technology is designed to allow... Read more...

Sneak peek at the PSP

Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:47:24 +0000

Auction looses a few systems into the world ahead of schedule; one lands in our capable hands. The official Japanese launch for Sony's PlayStation Portable is still a week away, but we... Read more...

HP offers peek at future of large, plastic displays

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:32:54 +0000

Imagine sitting down to your computer and seeing thin, plastic color displays on either side of your monitor, showing high-resolution text pages you can refer to and print from. On the wall next to you... Read more...

A Peek Inside Google's Prospectus

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:48:09 +0000

Google Inc. continued its unorthodox initial public offering yesterday by meeting face to face with large, institutional investors while preparing to unveil a novel virtual roadshow for individual investors. Buried in its Monday... Read more...

Sneak Peek Into Microsoft Research

Mon, 24 May 2004 17:23:21 +0000

When Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid looks into his crystal ball, he sees a world where technological advancements in data storage and networked communication will let humans keep track of every aspect of their daily... Read more...

Sun Gives Early Peek at J2EE 1.5

Fri, 07 May 2004 14:31:35 +0000

If Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 was about bringing Web services into the enterprise Java fold, then J2EE 1.5 is all about ease of development in the enterprise Java space. In a session at the... Read more...

PayPal offers developers a peek at its code

Mon, 03 May 2004 19:53:08 +0000

PayPal on Monday made available a set of Web services APIs that will allow programmers and merchants to develop e-commerce applications linked to the company's online payment service. The company, a unit... Read more...

Microsoft MVPs to Get Office 12 Sneak Peek

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:27:22 +0000

Early next month, Microsoft is set to share its vision for its next-generation Office, Windows, database and other products with hundreds of its Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). MVPs are the independent technology buffs who are... Read more...

Intel offers peek at future chip

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:28 +0000

Intel will give a glimpse of what the insides of computers might look like in a few years when it presents research results at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. Researchers from the Santa Clara,... Read more...

Web offers 'Star Wars' sneak peek

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 May 2003 09:58:08 +0000

The Star Wars franchise is selling its next ticket to fans on the Web. On June 5, LucasFilm, the makers of the blockbuster outerspace-fantasy film series, will offer a sneak preview of its redesigned Web... Read more...

Microsoft Center gives a peek into the future

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:50:39 +0000

Microsoft on Thursday opened on its Redmond campus, the Center for Information Work (CIW), which houses prototypes of potential productivity technologies of the future. Microsoft, working with center partners Sony, Intel and... Read more...

Windows .NET Web Server #3604 sneak peek

Sun, 10 Feb 2002 15:48:37 +0000

Big big big thanks goes to Anonymous for sending this in. You're da man! Screenshot: Microsoft Windows .NET Web Server #3604... Read more...

TGTsoft shows a sneak peek at the new Style XP

Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:49:43 +0000

Found this over on TGTSoft's site...January 15, Sneak peak at the new Style XP! New functionality for the next version of Style XP. Is Style XP skinnable? Yes. Is... Read more...

Sneak peek at new Napster

Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:57:37 +0000

Thanks boobless from our forum :) Here's a quote from the team "In early 2002, we plan to launch the new Napster membership service and start a whole new chapter in music file... Read more...

Sneak Peek at Microsoft Project Standard 2002

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:20:20 +0000

Yep, thanks to our friend Vla you can! He told me about the following offering from Microsoft: Be among the first to try the next version of Microsoft Project by ordering the Microsoft Project Standard... Read more...

XBOX: another peek inside :)

Marcel Klum — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:30:30 +0000

vanshardware.com shows us a dissected XBox. Here are some interresting bits: "For many months, the official data on the Xbox website only stated that its CPU would be a 733 MHz... Read more...