Neowin News Feed for: Upgrades

Samsung to deliver four generations of One UI and Android to select devices

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:38:01 +0000

Samsung will be providing four generations of One UI and five years of security updates to select Galaxy devices. Those not included will continue to receive three years of One UI upgrades. Read more...

Policies for snaps shipped with Ubuntu being created

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:16:02 +0000

Canonical has begun the process of formulating policies surrounding snap packages that could ship in Ubuntu by default in future releases. Policies are important to ensure stability of the software. Read more...

Microsoft faces growing criticism in China over aggressive Windows 10 upgrade push

Andy Weir — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:34:01 +0000

Chinese users are becoming increasingly critical of Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade tactics - and after over a million complaints on social media, the spectre of possible legal action now looms there. Read more...

No, Microsoft won't cut off support for Windows 10 in four years

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:32:01 +0000

A new story is making the rounds which claims that users might be forced to pay Microsoft for updates to Windows 10 after a short two to four years period. That story is bogus and we explain why. Read more...

Lumia 530 falls to just £49.95 off-contract in the UK, only £29.95 on PAYG upgrades

Andy Weir — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:56:01 +0000

Microsoft's entry-level Windows Phone, the Lumia 530, can now be purchased for just £29.95 as a pay-as-you-go upgrade, or for £49.95 with a new pay-as-you-go SIM, plus a mandatory one-off £10 top-up. Read more...

Virgin Media upgrading broadband speeds again, but prices are going up too

Andy Weir — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:47:55 +0000

Virgin Media has announced free broadband speed upgrades of "at least 20Mbps" more for everyone, while its top tariff will now max out at 152Mbps - but prices for all of its services are going up too. Read more...

Microsoft to offer students Windows 8 upgrades for $69.99

Brad Sams — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:00:33 +0000

Microsoft's bargain Windows 8 price is about to come to an end but if you are a student, Microsoft will be launching an upgrade promotion that will allow you to upgrade to Windows 8 for $69.9 Read more...

Editorial: Thanks Microsoft, for no WP8 upgrade path

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:18:07 +0000

Thank you Microsoft, for biting the bullet and choosing to ditch last-gen Windows Phones when it comes to WP8. The platform is almost certainly going to be better for it. Read more...

Apple upgrades iPhone to 16GB, iPod touch goes to 32GB

Fred Derf — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:47:02 +0000

Apple today announced new iPhone and iPod models with larger memory capacities to solve the ever growing craze for more portable storage. This move doubles the amount of memory that was previously available on the... Read more...

Intel upgrades tools for Apple Leopard developers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:39:42 +0000

Intel upgraded its software development tools for Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system, keeping a promise to Apple and pushing Mac applications to its brand new Penryn chips. Intel announced on Wednesday that the... Read more...

Hotmail Gets Storage Limit Bump, Other Upgrades

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:48:17 +0000

Microsoft announced today that Hotmail would undergo some major upgrades over the next several weeks that should make the service more attractive to webmail users. The most notable change is that the company is bumping... Read more...

Microsoft: Vista upgrades for everybody!

Steven Parker — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:11:05 +0000

Windows Vista is starting to look like those Persian rug stores which are always having a 'closing down' sale. 'Full' prices are set laughably high only to make you think you're getting an amazing discount,... Read more...

DOT bans Vista, Office 2007, IE 7 upgrades, at least for now

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:37:51 +0000

The U.S. Department of Transportation has quietly put the kibosh on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), banning upgrades to those Microsoft Corp. products -- at least for now. Donna Seymour, CIO... Read more...

Forced Software Upgrades Can Add Up for Vista Users

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:26:43 +0000

Windows users contemplating the cost of upgrading to Vista may need a fatter wallet than they thought. Besides shelling out for faster hardware, users should expect to pay for Vista upgrades for many of their... Read more...

U.S. DOT Bans Microsoft Upgrades

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:19:29 +0000

It looks like my company isn't the only one severely shying away from Microsoft's latest offerings of operating systems, web browsers, and office suites. According to memos seen by InformationWeek, the U.S. DOT has... Read more...

Vista's Promising Video Upgrades

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:34:56 +0000

When it comes to graphics, Microsoft's new operating system may earn its name. Vista promises plenty of great views with upgrades for richly detailed games, as well as better-looking and more-useful desktop apps. Much... Read more...

Sony Upgrades Digital Camera Offerings

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:05:29 +0000

Sony has decided to upgrade several of its digital still cameras with more of those juicy megapixels (higher resolution image sensors). The DSC-W55 ($200) and W35 ($180) will replace the current W50 ($200) and W30... Read more...

Microsoft upgrades Hotmail storage to 1GB

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:45:51 +0000

Neowin members (thanks DJLunacy for the initial post) are reporting that Microsoft's webmail service, Hotmail, is currently upgrading users from 250MB to 1GB. Windows Live Mail has a maximum of 2GB storage, but many users... Read more...

Microsoft Announces low-cost upgrades to Windows Vista

Tom Warren — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:06:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced programs to provide holiday shoppers with low-cost upgrades to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office release with the purchase of a new Windows Vista Capable personal computer. Microsoft is working... Read more...

Microsoft adCenter Upgrades Include Firefox Support

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:49:53 +0000

Microsoft adCenter has a new release launching Saturday, August 5th, and one of the upgrades includes the long awaited Firefox browser support. Microsoft sent out an email to their premium adCenter customers, which included the... Read more...

NTL Speed Upgrades Next Month

Joe Cashman — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:53:48 +0000

Good news for everyone, well nearly everyone signed up to NTL Broadband. From the 1st June NTL will be upgrading 2Mb subscribers to a 4Mb connection for free and will be removing any bandwidth caps... Read more...

Online banking faces security upgrades

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:40:08 +0000

Millions of netizens do their banking online each day; chances are you're one of them. Unfortunately there are risks associated with banking over the internet. Criminals are constantly looking for their next victim, often establishing... Read more...

Apple Upgrades iMac G5

Wed, 04 May 2005 14:42:26 +0000

Apple Computer introduced an updated version of its iMac G5 computer Tuesday to include faster 64-bit processors and graphics capabilities. The machine is set to take advantage of the new "Tiger" operating system, which will... Read more...

Yahoo upgrades email storage to 1GB

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:02:28 +0000

Yahoo plans to once again raise its free email storage, this time to 1GB. The rise in email storage matches the same email storage offered by search rival Google. The storage change is said to... Read more...

NTL Broadband Upgrades Official Information

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:46:30 +0000

It is now official to collaborate on NTL's upcoming broadband speed increases. The bandwidth assumptions were not 100% correct. New and updated information can be seen below:· From 300k To 1MB [3GB Per Month] ·... Read more...

BT Pushes Forward With SDSL Upgrades

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:23:48 +0000

UK telco BT today announced that 500 exchanges around the country would be receiving upgrades to give customers living in those areas access to high speed SDSL. SDSL is a DSL variant, offering high download... Read more...

Apple ships Xsan, upgrades Xserve G5

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:20:00 +0000

Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday announced that it is shipping its Xsan Storage Area Network (SAN) file system, now available for US$999 per client and per server. Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system that... Read more...

iBook repair program may yield surprise upgrades

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:37:16 +0000

Some Apple iBook G3 owners seeking repairs under the company's extended logic board replacement program may receive a slightly faster machine after repairs are complete. Apple Computer may begin substituting 700MHz logic... Read more...

Microsoft's Second Mistake: Boring Upgrades

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:48:55 +0000

When was the last time Microsoft released an upgrade that got you really excited? An upgrade you wanted because it did something new that you actually needed done? I'm not talking about a security fix... Read more...

Nintendo Upgrades Hotel Rooms

Marcel Klum — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:33:31 +0000

LodgeNet and Nintendo issued a joint announcement today that they would begin offering Nintendo GameCube titles through its sigNETure TV system. The sigNETure system consists of on-demand delivery of theatrical movies and other services in... Read more...

Adobe upgrades Acrobat and adopts XML

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 08:41:44 +0000

SOFTWARE FIRM Adobe has released a veritable blizzard of press releases announcing a mass of new products and protocol support. The firm said that it has introduced an XML architecture for document creation which will... Read more...

Microsoft Preps Server, Desktop Upgrades

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:54:31 +0000

According to sources that Microsoft briefed last week, the company is using the iWave moniker internally as an umbrella marketing strategy for many of its desktop and server upgrades in 2003. Microsoft iWave desktop products... Read more...

Intel Says PC Upgrades to Boost Sector

Wed, 05 Feb 2003 23:41:58 +0000

Intel thinks a rebound in corporate spending on information technology is just around the corner, driven by the need to update aging desktop computers, and the world's largest chipmaker is getting ready for it, an... Read more...

Samsung plans $1.2 billion in upgrades

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 09:34:32 +0000

Technology giant Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a $1.2 billion plan for upgrading South Korean chip facilities to cut costs in the face of a stubborn downturn in the semiconductor industry. The world's top memory... Read more...

Microsoft Preps Windows Upgrades

Steven Parker — Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:16:43 +0000

Cheers Mike for this one. Summer is typically a slow time for computer sales, but it's often the busiest time of the year for software and PC makers, who massage new products into sellable form.... Read more...

IAnywhere upgrades and renames e-mail access software

Sat, 08 Jun 2002 09:53:23 +0000

A new version of iAnywhere Solutions Inc.'s mobile email access software is scheduled for release next week, featuring usability tweaks and new elements the company says will ease IT administration. IAnywhere, a Dublin,... Read more...

Macromedia releases software upgrades

Wed, 29 May 2002 19:16:28 +0000

Software maker Macromedia on Wednesday began shipping new versions of several key products, including its market-leading Dreamweaver Web authoring package. As previously reported, the new MX versions of Dreamweaver, ColdFusion application server... Read more...

Microsoft Upgrades XP With Service Pack

Darren Bolton — Fri, 24 May 2002 08:04:53 +0000

SP1 expected to ship this summer, adding bug fixes and support for upcoming Mira, Freestyle, and Tablet PCs. Beta-testing for the first service pack update to Microsoft Windows XP will begin within... Read more...

Apple upgrades it's iBook line of notebooks

Mon, 20 May 2002 16:53:12 +0000

On Monday, Apple upgraded it's like of iBook, with larger hard drives, faster processors and more powerful graphics, which is being provided by an all improved ATI Mobility Radeon graphics processors as well as a... Read more...