Neowin News Feed for: Slow

Windows 11 (KB5036893), Windows 10 (KB5036892) cause slow PCs, 0x8007000d, 0x800705b9 errors

Sayan Sen — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:08:02 +0000

Microsoft released Windows 10 and 11 Patch Tuesdays for the month of April 2024 this week. Users, however, across both operating systems, are reporting problems, like PC performance slowdown. Read more...

Mozilla Firefox fixes slow startup, 100% CPU use, green screen YouTube videos, and more

Sayan Sen — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:20:01 +0000

Mozilla's latest Firefox update has several important bug fixes including ones for YouTube's green screen when trying to play videos, a 100% CPU usage bug, a slow startup issue, and more. Read more...

Google explains why it did not make Firefox load YouTube slowly on purpose

Sayan Sen — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:12:01 +0000

Recently, users online began reporting that YouTube was loading slower on Firefox and not on Chrome and it was found to be intentional. To put an end to conspiracy theories, Google has responded. Read more...

How to give a computer the time it needs to become ready

Adam Bottjen — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:16:01 +0000

Have you ever restarted your computer but it took a while to become useable? Have you ever tried to open something again because it didn't open up as quickly as you wanted? Patience is a virtue. Read more...

Google's self-driving car gets pulled over for "driving too slowly"

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:34:01 +0000

A police officer in Mountain View, California, pulled over Google's prototype self-driving car for "driving too slowly" in a relatively speedier traffic zone. Read more...

Microsoft acknowledges reports of Windows 10 Mobile performance slowing down over time

Andy Weir — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:24:51 +0000

The wait for a new Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview goes on - but Microsoft has acknowledged reports from some users of its most recent build, who say its performance is becoming worse over time. Read more...

Hey Apple, what's going on with the MacBook?

Brad Sams — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:39:44 +0000

Apple has never been one to throw the latest brand of CPU into its Macbook line; the Macbook has always been the 'value' edition of the Macbook Pro (MBP). But over the last several renditions... Read more...

Apple Mac sales slow in November, Microsoft Windows rises

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:41:07 +0000

NPD Group Inc, which monitors retail sales, has found that sales of Apple Macs in the United States have remained pretty much the same as they were last November, falling by just 1 percent, while... Read more...

Crysis New Suit Power - Slow Motion

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:10:58 +0000

Crytek let the community know about a pretty neat mod that will be coming soon enough that adds a Slow-Down element to the Nanosuit. Have a listen... "Our community member Shajbot is currently developing a... Read more...

Companies still slow to green their IT – Survey

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:01:39 +0000

Despite growing awareness of the need to adopt more environmentally friendly IT practices, a quarter of firms (26%) admit to having done next to nothing to green their IT, according a PMP Research study commissioned... Read more...

Users complain new Gmail version slow, crashes browsers

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:42:21 +0000

Google Incorporated's major upgrade to Gmail is getting complaints from some users: the new version is extremely slow, often fails to load pages and even crashes their browsers. The search giant began "upgrading" some of... Read more...

Next-gen memory 500 times faster, but slow to take off

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:14:06 +0000

The chip manufacturing community has long dreaded the day when flash memory could no longer shrink in size. But that day continues to be pushed back as chip manufacturers are seemingly slowing their commitment to... Read more...

Customers Slow To Tune Into AT&T And Verizon's TV Over Fiber

Tue, 08 May 2007 20:47:49 +0000

AT&T's U-verse TV system will cost $6.5 billion to deploy by 2008 ($1.4 billion more than anticipated) not to mention that the company has cut the number of homes the service will initially serve by... Read more...

MySpace bug hunt off to a slow start

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:25:51 +0000

The duo that call themselves Mondo Armando and MÃ¼staschio have kicked off their first month of MySpace vulnerabilities, with what they acknowledge as a slow start. The first problem, credited to mybeNi websecurity, involves URL... Read more...

Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs

Steven Parker — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:20:14 +0000

Running Windows Vista's new Aero graphical interface doesn't impact PC performance, a study sponsored by Microsoft claims. According to speed measurements of more than 60 common business chores, which were conducted by North Carolina-based Principled... Read more...

McNealy: Microsoft integration work slow going

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:20:56 +0000

The integration of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems technology is progressing, but it is more complex than envisioned, according to Scott McNealy, Sun's chief executive. The companies' integration project, headed by Microsoft's Bill... Read more...

Attack concerns slow Microsoft's pace

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:39:51 +0000

Security concerns are slowing things down at Microsoft, but the company is still chugging along with its more ambitious projects including Windows Longhorn, a company executive said on Tuesday. The need to... Read more...

Macromedia Flash effort does slow burn

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:20:02 +0000

A year after Macromedia revealed ambitious plans to expand the reach of its Flash format, the software maker appears to have trouble building support for the effort among developers and information technology planners. ... Read more...

Pipeline changes could slow Intel's Prescott down

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 11:31:49 +0000

THERE ARE RUMOURS on a number of websites that Intel has re-engineered its architecture to include additional pipelines but if this turns out to be true it may well slow the chip down, not speed... Read more...

Rush to VoIP turns into slow going

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:42:19 +0000

Businesses were abuzz about voice over Internet Protocol technology in 2003, announcing new deployments almost daily, but the reality is that the actual work is only just beginning. Analysts say it could be... Read more...

U.S. tech job losses slow in 2003, AEA says

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:02:00 +0000

Although job losses continue to hit the U.S. technology sector, the rate of the employment decline is slowing, the American Electronics Association (AEA) said Wednesday. Cyberstates 2003, an annual study by the AEA,... Read more...

Tablet PCs Starting to Take Off After Slow Start

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:47:15 +0000

After a slow start, tablet personal computers are starting to take off, fueled by Microsoft Corp.'s release of its operating system Windows XP Tablet PC and manufacturers rolling out a wider variety of easier-to-use devices.... Read more...

Will a cap on broadband users slow song swapping?

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:49:08 +0000

High-speed Internet service providers are considering adopting new pricing plans that if widely adopted could take a bite out of file swapping. For the past few years, many broadband ISPs have been... Read more...

IC sales jump 8% in Q3 amid slow recovery, says SIA

Sun, 03 Nov 2002 04:31:14 +0000

[01/11/02]--Worldwide semiconductor sales were $36.9 billion in the third quarter of 2002, an 8.2% increase from $34.1 billion in the second quarter of this year and a 21% rise from the corresponding period of 2001,... Read more...

Outlook XP Slow after Messenger is disabled

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:15:43 +0000

When you choose to disable Windows Messenger to start and disable run in background, Outlook XP get very slow. It seems to check messenger. To fix this rename c:program filesmessenger folder... Read more...

Apple stores a disaster or slow to get to speed?

Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:11:48 +0000

I saw this over on WinInformant's Short Takes and found it interesting, so I went digging and found the Business Week article that Paul was refeering to. Even Business Week's Apple guru agrees... Read more...