Neowin News Feed for: West

Google expands Emergency Location Services in Android to the U.S.

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:06:01 +0000

Google has announced that it has begun bringing Emergency Location Services to the United States. Now, when callers on supported networks call emergency services, their location is forwarded too. Read more...

IRC : The wild wild west of the internet

Thu, 06 May 2004 22:07:59 +0000

It was just another Wednesday on the sprawling Internet chat-room network known as I.R.C. In a room called Prime-Tyme-Movies, users offered free pirated downloads of "The Passion of the Christ'' and "Kill Bill Vol. 2.''... Read more...

West Virginia for sale! (kinda)

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:14:11 +0000

An attempt to auction off the state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay learned of the joke. By... Read more...

Squad Assault: West Front demo

Marcel Klum — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:18:42 +0000

Matrix Games sends along the promised playable demo of Squad Assault: West Front, allowing you to try out the recent 3D World War II strategy game by Freedom Games. This demo offers a pair of... Read more...

West Virginia drops Microsoft appeal

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:44:00 +0000

West Virginia's attorney general said Monday he would drop the state's appeal of the landmark Microsoft antitrust settlement, leaving Massachusetts as the final hold-out pushing for stricter sanctions. West Virginia Attorney General... Read more...

West Virginia joins fight against Microsoft

Tue, 03 Dec 2002 01:18:11 +0000

Thanks to Tony Fernando for mailing us in. WASHINGTON--West Virginia's attorney general said on Monday that the state will join Massachusetts in appealing a judge's decision to endorse a settlement of the... Read more...

Far West demo

Marcel Klum — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 15:15:25 +0000

JoWood Entertainment has released a playable demo of Far West, offering the opportunity to make like John Wayne and try out this new 3D real-time strategy game by Greenwood Entertainment set in the old West.... Read more...