Neowin News Feed for: Vision

Study finds gold can hold the key to let people see way better

Sayan Sen — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:16:01 +0000

Researchers have discovered that a particular form of gold can actually help people see way better by improving the eye's vision. Read more...

The Huawei Vision is a 4K Quantum Dot smart TV running HarmonyOS

Rich Woods — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:28:01 +0000

Huawei today announced the Huawei Vision, its new smart TV running HarmonyOS. All-in-all, the product seems pretty similar to the Honor Vision, with a 4K Quantum Dot screen, and more. Read more...

This fan's vision for a Surface laptop is oh-so-scrumptious

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 01:30:01 +0000

A fan-made concept for the Surface laptop looks absolutely stunning and makes you wish Microsoft would hire its designer already. As with most concepts, though, it does put form over function. Read more...

Office Insider for Windows version 1704 (8067.2018) now in Slow ring - here's what's new

Florin Bodnarescu — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:52:01 +0000

A brand new build has dropped for Office Insiders on Windows in the Slow ring. Part of the April feature update for Office 2016, it brings improvements to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and more. Read more...

Microsoft's new Garage app Fetch! identifies dog breeds, what type of dog you might be

Camden Krupala — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:30:01 +0000

Microsoft's Garage program just cranked out a new app that allows you to identify dog breeds which just a picture, along with fun information about them, and what type of dog you might be yourself. Read more...

See, hear: Microsoft is developing a wearable device to help blind people

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:43:54 +0000

Microsoft has been developing a new wearable device: a 'smart headband' that can help blind people to 'see' the world around them - although not quite in the way you may be imagining. Read more...

Rumor: AMD to ditch its VISION branding in 2013?

John Callaham — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:19:19 +0000

A new rumor claims that AMD plans to get rid of its VISION branding effort for its PC and graphic processor products after just three years, even though it was made to simplfy how people bought PCs. Read more...

Microsoft unveils new ‘Future Vision' video

Andy Weir — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:25:28 +0000

Microsoft has released its latest 'future-gazing' video, offering an exciting glimpse into how it believes technology will develop and integrate within our personal and professional lives. Read more...

Huawei's Vision: Android 2.3 phone with aluminium unibody

Andy Weir — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:07:00 +0000

Huawei may not have much brand recognition in most markets, but new products like this thin and light Gingerbread handset seek to boost the company's consumer appeal. Read more...

AMD shows off Bobcat, Vision tiers

Brian Blasius — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:26:32 +0000

We stopped by AMD at CES, who were happy to show off several netbooks and laptops powered by their Bobcat range of processors. Bobcat processors are based on the Fusion APU, where the GPU and... Read more...

Microsoft's Vision for 2019 [Video]

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:15:51 +0000

At the Wharton Business Technology Conference yesterday, Microsoft's Business Division president Stephen Elop revealed Microsoft's Office Labs "2019" video. The video features various men, women and children using future concept gadgets and touch panels. You can... Read more...

Windows 7 magnifier impractical for vision impaired people

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:08:24 +0000

Dan Warne has tipped us off about a "bug" in Windows 7 for vision impaired people. Dr Scott Hollier of Media Access Australia wrote to APC mag to reveal the problem. Hollier says "The... Read more...

Researchers sharpen X-ray vision

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:17:41 +0000

Researchers in Switzerland have found a way to get better X-ray images using standard equipment in hospitals and airports. In the journal Nature Materials, researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the Ã‰cole Polytechnique... Read more...

BT Vision offers free movie downloads

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:02:19 +0000

Vision is making three films available for download free of charge, provided that the viewer is prepared to watch advertisements. Mischief Night, Played and The Punk Rock Movie can be downloaded and viewed using an... Read more...

Xbox 360 Vision Camera Set For Fall

giga — Wed, 31 May 2006 13:35:19 +0000

In his weekly podcast, Major Nelson released more information on the Xbox Live Vision Camera: You can put your own "personal picture" on your profile for your friends to see (not public). You can... Read more...

Intel and the USB-IF comment on their vision of unwired USB

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:14:39 +0000

Backed by IT industry giants that include Intel, and surrounded by several competitor solutions, all of whom harbor ambitions to become an industry standard, Certified Wireless USB will make its market debut later this year.... Read more...

Gates outlines Vista and vision of future computing

Brad Wardell — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:24:24 +0000

Bill Gates highlighted Windows Vista as well as gives a vision on how personal computing technology will go in the future. During his demo, Mr. Gates was able to integrate his information and data seamlessly... Read more...

A Man and His Vision for the Browser

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:02:53 +0000

Tim Berners-Lee invented the world's first Web client in 1990 and fifteen years later he's still plugging for smarter browsing technologies that give end users more ability to create and interact with online data. Tim... Read more...

Sun Launches Vision of "The Network is the Computer"

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:07:45 +0000

Sun have announced their plans to offer businesses a simple way of doing I.T., by utilising the power of grid computing. For the price of $1 per cpu hour, business customers can tap into massive... Read more...

Microsoft Sharpens Its Software Factory Vision

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:29:25 +0000

In a speech at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications—or OOPSLA—conference here, Microsoft Corp.'s head researcher announced a new framework and tools for building domain-specific languages and the precursor to the company's software factories... Read more...

Microsoft hopes younger eyes have Office vision

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:35:02 +0000

When you have the most popular productivity software on the market what's next? If you're Microsoft then you start by asking the customers themselves what they want the next Office to be. Specifically... Read more...

Gates pitches 'seamless computing' vision

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:53:57 +0000

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates pitched his company's "seamless computing" vision to an audience of software developers in San Francisco. Gates first talked about a seamless computing world where... Read more...

MS Unveils New Vision for Worldwide Network Of MS Partners

Tom Warren — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 13:16:08 +0000

Microsoft Technology Paired With New Program Framework To Deliver True Innovation in Partnering Microsoft Corp. today unveiled its strategy for delivering new value and benefits to its worldwide network of industry... Read more...

IBM gives vision for future Macs

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:44:40 +0000

A look into the future of the chipset that Macs use is expected when IBM announce their new 64-bit Power4 processor, which is expected to support the Altivec multimedia extensions which have been set out... Read more...