From Windows Vista through to Windows 8, Microsoft's OEM partners have been launching lacklustre designs and marketing them as sheets of specs. But that hasn't stopped Microsoft from trying.
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Google has enlisted the help of the world-famous business-mastermind, Sir Richard Branson, in their upcoming search for the most innovative social entrepreneurs in Britain - which boosts £2m prize-pool.
In the lead-up to June's elections, Iran has 'upgraded' its firewall, which now blocks VPNs. Until now, VPNs were the primary way that Iranians circumvented the firewall to access sites like Facebook.
Nokia's latest flagship, the Lumia 920, is going to receive an aluminium makeover. At least, that's according to what Eldar claims to have seen at MWC in Barcelona.
It's time to make the transition, and Microsoft's making it clear that it wants users to migrate from Messenger to Skype before the April 8 shutdown. Users are being urged to begin making the transition now.
In what was apparently a poor attempt at building PR, superstar Justin Bieber ran into major issues on both Livestream and Ustream whilst trying to host a live show on the platforms.
Despite recent troubles, BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM) are already celebrating as the Z10 appears to have had a successful launch - their most successful launch ever in both the UK and Canada.
It's now official, and you can buy it today. HP's new Pavilion 14 Chromebook is packed with enough features to shoot past competitors, but its price and battery life might leave it lagging behind.
In the land of the Windows Store, apps are still quite scarce. But some good news is at hand for Windows RT owners as Microsoft finally delivers Solitaire and Mahjong for the platform.
The team behind Ouya asked Ed Fries, the former head of game publishing at Microsoft, to join their team early on. Now he speaks out about how he sees Ouya fitting into the gaming marketplace.
Microsoft has secured the rights from Warner Bros to use characters from the upcoming movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as an upcoming part of their international Windows Phone 8 campaign.
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If you're looking to learn a new language, you'll know that there are a heap of options. Mango Languages takes a different approach to learning by focusing on conversations. So how well does it work?
Microsoft's Surface RT has already received its fair share of criticism and negative reviews. But what's it really like to use for a week? For productivity, and for entertainment? Read on to find out.
With Nokia Maps as the default mapping app on the platform, Nokia also promised that Nokia Drive would be available on non-Lumia devices. Months later, we still don't know when or at what cost.
Skype 6.0 is out now for both Windows and Mac, with new metro-styling. On top of that there's Microsoft Account merging and offline messaging built on Microsoft's Messenger framework.
Some are calling Steven Sinofsky "Mr. Windows 8", yet others complain that his management style stifles collaboration. A new profile on the man behind the future of Windows reveals more.
In a new report, developers are claiming that they gave Apple feedback on multiple problems in its iOS 6 Maps app - including major data quality issues - well before it launched to the public.
Apple loves skeuomorphism, and uses it as often as they can - but it's now beginning to cause a fair amount of controversy in the world of UX. So, is it really bad UX?
Despite being manufactured by a Taiwanese firm, pushing the iPhone 5 over home-grown HTC has caused one Taiwanese minister a lot of trouble.
The iconic iPod connector has changed, and not everyone's happy. Even a former Apple Chief Evangelist is calling the decision "arrogance".
ASUS unvelieved some interesting 'art installations' created from product design parts at 2012 Taiwan Designer's Week, including a ring made from 50 Nexus 7 cases.
Microsoft Australia is currently running a compepition where each prize is "a Windows 8 RT device to the value of AUD $1,000". That sounds a little rich for an ARM-powered tablet.
We're about to see the highly-anticipated upgrade to the world's most popular smartphone. So why would Apple want their flagship product sharing press attention with a new, smaller iPad?
YouTube let the world know that they’ve entered movie-rental business with a simple tweet: "Say hello to my little friend!" https://youtube.com/movies #ytmovies. A wide range of movies are already available at YouTube Movies, including titles...
Microsoft has clearly established Xbox LIVE as a feature that only top-quality, non-clone games can hold. Obviously most games aren’t going to make that cut – which leaves them without a central leader board and...
It's obvious that Windows Phone 7 is trailing iOS and Android in developer interest. We know this because the user base just isn't big enough to allow anyone to really profit from the platform –...
In a world where technology can be used to incite civil unrest, and take down a government, it’s no wonder that governments around the world are looking at ways to ‘manage’ electronic communications. So what’s...
We've all seen the press around Microsofts newest weapon in the browser war -- Internet Explorer 9 -- but we haven’t heard (or seen) a lot regarding its mobile counterpart. Luckily for us, the guys...
It’s no secret that software, music and video prices vary around the world. It doesn’t matter if you’re shopping for a new copy of Windows or the latest variation of Angry Birds – if you’re...
The Xbox Live feature on Windows Phone 7 is one of its top selling points, and the Xbox Live enabled titles are mostly great. Microsoft is apparently working hard to keep those titles great, and...
If you’re a Windows Phone 7 user (like me and a quite a few others on Neowin), you’re likely frustrated at the lack of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) updates since launch. Now, before you yell...
As iOS 4.3 rolls out, it’s time to start cranking out rumors about the next evolution (or ‘revolution’) of the world’s most popular smartphone and tablet OS. According to the latest set of rumors, iOS...
Australian blogger and technology enthusiast Chris Walsh noticed (and tweeted) moments ago that Amazon’s extremely popular Kindle client is now available for WP7. The application is already available on most other smartphone platforms, and whilst...
It now appears that previous reports around Windows Phone 7 (WP7) getting multiple updates in 2011 may have been on the mark. Paul Thurrott has the lowdown on two of these updates – codenamed 'NoDo'...
It's official, straight from the Windows Live Blog. Your Hotmail issues have now been resolved. For those of you that missed it: from 30 December 2010, 17,355 Hotmail accounts were impacted when the Hotmail servers...
With modern smartphones having integrated application stores, the hardest thing about the application purchasing process has become the payment itself. Well, at least for some consumers (i.e. those without credit cards). But the makers of...
Zune Music Marketplace coming to more countries this year With Windows Phone 7 now well and truly launched around the world, some users have been lucky enough to experience the full set of features,...
The blogging community is clearly desperate for Microsoft to give out some indication as to how well Windows Phone 7 is doing. We've had reports telling us that WP7 isn't selling so well, and that...
We all knew that the mystical white iPhone 4 was eventually going to show up, it's just been a matter of when. Now we have a semi-official timeframe for this release. 9to5mac has spotted an...
One of the most polished titles to have launched on Windows Phone 7 so far is Bejeweled LIVE. Here at Neowin, we were lucky enough to grab an interview with PopCap - the creators of...
