The unique mission of the Mars helicopter was a huge success, exceeding all expectations. However, NASA's Ingenuity sustained damage during its final flight, grounding the rotorcraft forever.
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While some issues are still impacting the servers, the first ever Halo Infinite flight has gone live. The technical preview this weekend will begin with bot matches and end with Arena Slayer.
The bot-focused multiplayer technical preview of Halo Infinite will kick off the game's flighting this weekend. 343 Industries is rolling out flight invites to selected Halo Insiders already.
Bots will be the primary focus of the very first Halo Infinite technical preview that is coming up soon. Slayer matches across three maps will be available as Insiders go up against AI.
Amazon has announced that it has purchased sustainable aviation fuel from Shell Aviation in a bid to reduce its carbon emissions. The fuel reduces a plane's carbon emissions by one fifth.
Changes to Google's travel website include helpful recommendations for hotels, things-to-do, forecasting of prices for flight routes and subsequent refunding for tickets in case of bad predictions.
Moving on from last year's crash while landing, Facebook's Aquila drone has completed its second voyage successfully. Data collected from the flight will help the team further improve the design.
The FAA and Samsung have announced that airlines and airports will no longer need to warn passengers about the dangers of the Galaxy Note7, but the device is still banned from flights.
Two US companies are working on a new satellite tracking technology which will allow an airliner to be tracked from nearly anywhere in the world, bypassing the limitations of current tracking systems.
40 scared passengers refused to fly on a Qantas airliner that had been temporarily grounded, after a Wi-Fi hotspot was discovered with the name 'Mobile Detonation Device', sparking a security scare.
The Virgin Group's American-based airline branch will begin offering free access to Netflix during long distance flights next year.
The latest preview version of Windows 10 seemingly suffered from a bug in some circumstances, that made searching for new builds impossible. This has now been fixed with a patch.
Alaska Airlines is to offer Windows tablets to passengers on its long-haul flights, providing access to movies, TV shows, music and Xbox games - and all content is free to enjoy until March 31.
Five years after cancellation and two years after a brief return as 'Flight', Microsoft Flight Simulator has been cleared for take-off again, coming to Steam this year, along with a new game in 2015.
As more and more airlines are introducing in-flight Wi-Fi and passengers are demanding to use their smart devices during flights, important groups such as NASA and Boeing are advising caution.
It turns out that it's actually cheaper to fly from Australia to the United States, purchase Adobe CS6, then fly back, than it is to pick up a copy of the software in a local Australian store
Microsoft announced today that they have cancelled their game Microsoft Flight, and re-purposed 35 staff at their Vancouver studio that were associated with the development of the game
Hot on the heels announcing that Microsoft Flight will be a "freemium" game, the company has begun sending out invites to a highly secretive beta of the game.
Why is it so difficult for airports to put power outlets near the gates? It seems that each gate has at most one power outlet and it’s always located in a very inconvenient place –...
United Airlines is planning to trial 500 Zune HD devices for in-flight entertainment on International flights. The trial will take place on long haul international flights from the United States. Microsoft has worked hard to customize...
It’s been a day full of gaming news from Microsoft, but perhaps the most exciting – at least to your grandfather, or plane-obsessed uncle – was the announcement that marks the return of the longest...
As Neowin heads to CES, what better way to kick off our coverage than with a review of GoGo inflight Wi-Fi service. The service is offered on most Delta flights that originate and touchdown...
Microsoft confirmed the closure of Aces Game Studio to IGN today, the internal development studio responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Amidst the 5,000 job cuts at Microsoft it appears as though Microsoft Flight Simulator is...
The TSA has been known to take issue with products designed in Cupertino before, but for one particular traveler, it was Apple's thinnest laptop ever that caused the latest holdup. Upon tossing his ultra-sleek...
Google Incorporated always seems a step ahead when it comes to improving its search engine. This time, the company has added flight statistics, meaning you’ll no longer have to visit your airport’s website to check...
Flight Simulator X Service Pack 2 previews the new technology of DirectX 10 to enhance environmental effects such as bloom, realistic water, and virtual co ckpit shadowing. You must have a DirectX 10 graphics adapter...
An unmanned solar-powered aircraft known as the "Zephyr" that soared for 54 hours more than 50,000 feet above New Mexico may hold the record for unmanned flight, defense research company QinetiQ announced Monday, breaking the...
Work on Ubuntu 6.04 continues and The Dapper Drake continues to improve bringing with it new softwareand many very beneficial improvements. This week brings us Flight 3, the third alpha. Improvementsin...
GamersReports has obtained a Q/A information sheet from Microsoft on the background and system requirements of Flight Sim X. According to this Q/A, the popular flight simulator will be released around the holiday months and,...
A new search feature on Google lets people quickly get to airline flight information. Users can type in two different cities, or airport codes, in the Google search box to bring up...
There is an updated playable demo for Micro Flight, upgrading this ultralight flight sim by Ilan Papani to version 4.0. This is an extensive update, adding many new features and other improvements to the weather...
Microsoft Game Studios today announced that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight for Windows has gone gold and is clear for takeoff. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight is scheduled to...
Thanks Bink for this. How do you celebrate 100 years of aviation history? Release a new flight simulator game, of course Microsoft has announced Microsoft Flight Simulator: A Century of Flight, the newest...
PCGameworld has a great preview of Combat Flight Sim 3. "You hear bombs crashing into the ground somewhere nearby. Bullets may start hitting what you thought was a static shot of a...
Yesterday, Microsoft took the wraps off Combat Flight Simulator 3, which, like the original game, takes place in the European theater of World War II. The game boasts a number of improvements on the previous...
Early this week, a Boeing 747 took off from Portland, Oregon, loaded with more than 190,000 pounds (86,000 kilos) of lifesaving humanitarian aid, bound for Kabul, Afghanistan. Reportedly the first non-military flight to receive approval...
Thanks Bain for this one.. GoneGold reports that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 has gone gold: I saw that EB has this shipping at the end of the week, so I checked with MS PR and...
Microsoft announced yesterday that the release of its upcoming game Flight Simulator 2002 will be indefinitely delayed in deference to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks... Reports indicate that earlier versions of this game...
Apparently it's thought that the terroists might have used eailer versions of the game to train for last weeks WTC attacks. Microsoft has decided that this is not the time to release such a game...
