Neowin News Feed for: Wind

NASA unveils Perseverance landing footage and Mars audio

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:10:01 +0000

NASA has released footage of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars last week. High definition cameras equipped to the machinery at different vantage points give great shots of Mars and the rover. Read more...

Breakthrough means Google's internet-delivering balloons are much closer to market launch

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:00:01 +0000

Google has only been trialing its Project Loon balloons. But the internet-delivering devices may soon become a commercial reality thanks to a recent breakthrough involving machine-learning. Read more...

Google will be powered by 100% renewable energy in 2017

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 04:50:01 +0000

Google has announced that it will be 100% powered by renewable energy, aiming to reach this target during 2017. Google doesn't plan to stop there either, as it plans to use more green sources. Read more...

Microsoft expands Windows 10 Store carrier billing in UK, Italy

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:00:03 +0000

After originally launching carrier billing alongside Sprint in the US last year, now Microsoft is finally bringing the feature to O2 customers in the UK and Wind customers in Italy. Read more...

Apple invests almost $2 billion in green European datacenters

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:28:01 +0000

The iPhone maker has announced the construction of two additional data centers in Europe, both of which will rely on renewable energy and sustainable development. Read more...

Google signs wind energy agreement

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:49:58 +0000

Google has agreed to buy energy generated from a wind farm in Iowa for the next 20 years. The deal gives Google access to 114 megawatts of wind power at a fixed price over the... Read more...

Ionic Wind Dramatically Improves CPU Cooling

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:44:31 +0000

Researchers at Purdue University, in work funded by Intel, may have come upon a novel new way of dealing with heat buildup on the CPU. The scientists have developed a new technology based on "ionic... Read more...

NASA World Wind 1.4

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:22:57 +0000

World Wind, an open source 3D interactive world viewer, was created by NASA's Learning Technologies project, and released in mid-2004. It is now developed by NASA staff and open source community developers. World Wind allows... Read more...

Mobile Networks powered by Wind

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:55:59 +0000

Mobile firm MTC Namibia has announced the world's first mobile phone base station powered by wind and the sun's rays set to open in Namibia. MTC has been using base stations powered with just solar... Read more...

NASA World Wind 1.4.0 Final

Razvan Serea — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:16:31 +0000

NASA World Wind 1.4 RC5

Razvan Serea — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:23:54 +0000

NASA World Wind 1.4 RC3

Razvan Serea — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:16:08 +0000

NASA World Wind 1.4 RC2

Razvan Serea — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:56:29 +0000

NASA World Wind 1.3

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:44:29 +0000

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just... Read more...

Next Zelda Set After Wind Waker

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:59:19 +0000

In an interview with the French publication Liberation, Nintendo producer Eiji Aonuma commented on the next installment in the series for GameCube, and confirmed that a DS Zelda title is underway. Aonuma, who... Read more...

WireChanger 2.8 - wind of change for your desktop

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:03:03 +0000

New version of WireChanger wallpaper manager become available. WireChanger begins as a desktop wallpaper changer but becomes much more with built-in utilities, templates, calendar, desktop notes and the option to add active clocks to your... Read more...

Rumour: Metroid 2 and Wind Waker 2 At E3?

Marcel Klum — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:41:20 +0000

A Nintendo insider has apparently leaked the news that the sequels to two of last years' biggest games will be on show at the pre-E3 conference. Metroid 2 (tentative title) and the sequel to last... Read more...

Wind River Partners with Red Hat to Offer Linux

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:03:39 +0000

Software developers Wind River Systems Inc. and Red Hat Inc. said on Monday that they would team up in an effort to push the Linux operating system beyond personal computers into a range of industrial... Read more...

SCO's ill wind blows no good for Microsoft

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:53:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is not benefiting from The SCO Group Inc.'s intellectual property dispute with IBM Corp. despite the market uncertainty the legal fiasco is creating. Microsoft Australia's platform strategy manager Martin Gregory has rejected claims... Read more...

'The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker' Screens

Marcel Klum — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 21:04:08 +0000

2003 will see the return of Link in the new Legend of Zelda. The previous two games on the Nintendo 64 are frequently cited among the greatest games ever conceived, and the Gamecube version is... Read more...