Neowin News Feed for: Tough

Garmin debuts Instinct, a rugged GPS watch

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:24:01 +0000

Garmin has a huge line of wearable products, but its latest offering will give users an option that can withstand immense amounts of punishment thanks to its rugged exterior and specifications. Read more...

Panasonic's 'Toughbook 20' is the "world's first" rugged detachable laptop

Byron Hinson — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:36:16 +0000

Today, Panasonic announced the new Toughbook 20, that is aimed at users that require a more rugged and tough device. The highly versatile laptop will arrive in 2016 with a price tag starting at $3099. Read more...

Apple Legal Gets Tough on x86 Hackers

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:45:25 +0000

Apple legal has slammed a cease and desist order against the OSx86 Project - a gathering of developers working to port Mac OS X to work on Intel processor-powered PCs. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright... Read more...

Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:53:34 +0000

Longhorn has already survived several major delays, intense scrutiny from the industry and a radical redesign of its features. But the toughest test for Microsoft's next release of Windows is still to come: Will anyone... Read more...

Tough times for hard-drive companies, report says

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 28 May 2004 11:53:27 +0000

The disk drive industry is spinning its wheels, according to a new report. The industry, a notoriously difficult one in which to succeed, is stuck in a rut of cutthroat pricing and grim profit prospects,... Read more...

Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source

Tue, 25 May 2004 20:06:13 +0000

A top official of Microsoft last week claimed that governments that support open source software are not helping build a viable software ecosystem in their communities. Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in... Read more...

Intel faces tough 2004 DDR-2 challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:37:13 +0000

SENIOR MEMORY analyst Nam Hyung Kim at iSuppli said in a weekly report that in his view it's unlikely Intel will succeed in shifting the market to DDR-2 during 2004. According to Kim, the major... Read more...

UK PayPal users face tough rules with spin-off from US

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:36:22 +0000

New PayPal users in the UK will face fresh restrictions from next month, when the company launches its full European service. At the moment, the firm's non-US customer accounts are held with... Read more...

MySQL : one tough open source cookie

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:17:12 +0000

MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that were recently sniffed out by an independent inspection company. ... Read more...

Intel's Xeon MP faces tough Opteron competion

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:40:19 +0000

The AMD Opteron may hit Intel where it hurts, in its pocket. That's the message editor Kevin Krewell is promoting in the latest edition of the Microprocessor Report. Krewell says in the article... Read more...

Windows gets tough on spam, viruses

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 14:21:41 +0000

Microsoft on Monday will detail a future version of Windows that will make it easier to detect and isolate viruses. Additionally, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer will show off new features in Microsoft Word... Read more...

FTC gets tough on telemarketers

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:31:53 +0000

Federal regulators are creating new protections for people plagued by unwanted telemarketing calls, establishing a national "do-not-call" list that consumers can use to keep their phones from ringing with sales pitches. FEDERAL... Read more...

Microsoft Gets Tough On WindowsXP.nu

Ross Dundas — Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:53:04 +0000

Microsoft continues to use its weight to muscle Windows Enthusiasts which are liberal in there content in terms of downloads and software covered by non-disclosure agreements. In the latest incident of Microsoft muscling sites which... Read more...

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 to be tough on Warez!

Fri, 24 May 2002 13:06:23 +0000

With all the news at the moment on Windows XP's soon to be beta tested/released/leaked (whatever!) Service Pack 1 (SP1), I read this interesting snippet on The Register.And one last thing readers who're no better... Read more...