Neowin News Feed for: Volume

Volume² v1.1.9.469

Razvan Serea — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:34:01 +0000

Volume² is a program designed to replace your standard Windows Volume Control. The application enables you to control the sound volume by rotating the mouse wheel or by using some keyboard shortcuts. Read more...

YouTube rolling out ‘Stable Volume' but it's not clear what it does

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:04:01 +0000

YouTube seems to be rolling out a new feature called Stable Volume. It's not entirely clear what it even does but it could keep the volume at a similar level across videos so you don't get a shock. Read more...

Thank you Microsoft for the new volume flyout, but minor updates shouldn't take this long

Usama Jawad — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally updated the decade-old volume flyout in a Dev Channel build in Windows 11, but one has to wonder: why did it take so long for Microsoft to make a minor cosmetic change? Read more...

Volume wants to be your holographic device of choice, despite its big price tag

Cage Appleby — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:54:01 +0000

Looking Glass, a Brooklyn and Hong Kong based start-up company has unveiled a new holographic device that enables a 3D like experience without the need for VR gear, headsets, or glasses. Read more...

Volume² v1.1.5.358 Beta

Razvan Serea — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:54:01 +0000

Volume² is an advanced Windows audio mixer, which can be used as a complete replacement for the standard Windows Volume Control. Read more...

Windows 8 Licenses showing up in Microsoft's VLSC

Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:21:24 +0000

We are only a few days away from Microsoft's public timeline that Windows 8 will hit RTM in the first week of August, on that note, Windows 8 licensing has shown up in the Volume License Center. Read more...

EU is considering volume limitations on MP3 players

Brad Sams — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:38:42 +0000

The European Commission is going to publish plans this week that will propose to limit the volume output on MP3 players and cell phones that are capable of playing music. The idea is that... Read more...

Apple to Launch iPod with Automatic Volume Control

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:52:26 +0000

Listening to music non-stop has never been easier since the iPod came along. But future versions of Apple's MP3 player are to be adapted to prevent users from playing tracks at full blast through... Read more...

Microsoft Simplifies Its Volume Licensing Programs

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:51:07 +0000

Microsoft is trying to simplify its complex volume licensing programs and the customer agreements that fall under them as an unprecedented number of volume license customers face renewal decisions this fall. As part of that... Read more...

Asustek to start volume shipments of Eee PCs in September

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:04:18 +0000

Asustek Computer will begin shipping its ultra low-cost notebook, the Eee PC, simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China as well as Taiwan, in mid-September, with the first-round shipments targeting 20,000 units, according to... Read more...

Volume Licensing: It's a Buyer's Market

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:11:07 +0000

Microsoft's recent surge in unearned revenue, mostly from volume licensing, masks an important buying trend: businesses holding off on server—and even some desktop—software upgrades. The situation is an opportunity for IT organizations to drive hard... Read more...

Samsung begins volume producing 60nm DRAM

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:21:49 +0000

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry's first 1Gb DDR2 DRAM using 60nm–class process technology. Use of the new process technology is a significant milestone in that it increases production... Read more...

Quanta may begin volume production of slim Blu-ray 2H07

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:53:19 +0000

Quanta Storage, the largest maker of slim-type optical disc drives (for use in notebook PCs) in Taiwan, is planning to start volume production of slim-type Blu-ray Disc (BD) burners in the second half of 2007... Read more...

Dolby to Turn Volume Down on Loud Commercials

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:00:01 +0000

Dolby. That's all I have to say and you think of "audio" and "surround sound". What's that company up to recently? Dolby Volume: a technology that equalizes the volume across all audio coming out of... Read more...

Windows Vista available on Volume Licensing

Steven Parker — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:59:58 +0000

Thanks Tom Warren and Bink for this information that was relayed to me yesterday (shortly before my power outage), but better late than never! We can reveal that Windows Vista is available for Volume License... Read more...

Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:45:46 +0000

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) isn't the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who've had a chance to dabble with early... Read more...

Volume shipments of G965-based motherboards again delayed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:47:21 +0000

Due to a problem with chipset drivers, motherboard makers cannot start shipping products utilizing Intel's G965 Express chipset, sources at Taiwan's motherboard industry indicated. Expecting new drivers to be released in October, the makers accordingly... Read more...

More on Volume License Key changes, end to VLK piracy?

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:00:05 +0000

"Corporate Edition" versions of Windows have been the blessing of both IT workers and casual pirates since the days of Windows 95, when the operating system first started asking for a license key on installation.... Read more...

Apple Update Allows Parents To Limit Volume On iPods

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:40:59 +0000

After a number of lawsuits world wide, Apple have decided to do something about the potential hearing damage problem associated with iPods. As of now, via a free firmware update, users can set an upper... Read more...

Mobile music turns up the volume

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:09:40 +0000

The fast increasing popularity of full-track downloads and ring-tones will help push mobile music revenues to more than $9.3bn by 2009, according to a newly published study. The report from Juniper Research predicts that, while... Read more...

Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1 Tracks Announced

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:50:30 +0000

Following the announcement of a soundtrack, Bungie has revealed the full soundtrack listing for Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1. Released under the Sumthing Else Music Works label, the soundtrack will include a total of... Read more...

MS tweaks volume licensing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:36:44 +0000

Microsoft has made some changes to the terms of its volume licensing agreements, a move it says will give customers more flexibility and choice. The Enterprise Step-up promotion is to become a permanent feature of... Read more...

Office 2003 Goes Live For Volume Buyers

Tom Warren — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:40:22 +0000

Microsoft Office System 2003 hits yet another milestone Monday when volume customers will be able to download it. Office 2003, and its Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook components,will be available for download... Read more...

Volume Control Plugin 2.0 plugin for True Launch Bar

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:57:05 +0000

Thanks Yuri K. for the heads up on this release. Volume Control Plugin version 2.0 plugin for True Launch Bar has been released. Volume Control allow you to control sound volume on your... Read more...

Yahoo! Shopping Volume Surged During Sale

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:32:37 +0000

Yahoo! Inc. on Thursday said a special three-day sale it offered last week produced a 25 percent increase in gross merchandise sales over normal levels on Yahoo Shopping. The company, which does... Read more...

Missing Volume button FOUND!

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Nov 2001 17:37:27 +0000

We just got this in from Lirpa Loof, who tells us that the Shell Player for XP DOES INDEED have a volume thingy-ma-bob, contary to popular belief. Shown below are two screenies of... Read more...