Microsoft has updated its Microsoft 365 Roadmap to add a plethora of features that are being implemented for Teams customers and are scheduled to roll out within the coming weeks and months.
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Konami's eFootball, which is the free-to-play successor to Pro Evolution Soccer, was released yesterday, and it's already the worst-rated Steam game in history, according to Steam 250.
Apple is finally allowing users to rate and review apps made by the company itself. While some apps are hovering over the 4/5-mark, others like Apple News has an abysmal 2.3/5 rating currently.
Google is trying to make search results, particularly those that feature inline reviews, more helpful. Algorithmic updates will be addressing misleading implementations flagged by webmasters.
In a surprise move, the rating agency has given the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey game a rating that describes it as too mature for children under the age of ten, which is a first for the franchise.
A letter has been approved by head teachers in the UK threatening parents that they will be reported to the authorities if they let their children play adult games such as GTA and Call of Duty.
This year's US consumer satisfaction scores are in, and apparently American's aren't happy with their internet service providers. Although you're probably happier if you're a Samsung smartphone user.
After many years of deliberation, the Australian government and its ministers have finally warmed to the idea of giving Australia an adult, R18+ video game classification. At the Standing Committee of Attorney-General meeting (SCAG) in...
After the suggestion was made by one of our members, CelticWhisper, the Neowin staff agreed on adding a new subforum: "Game Ratings". As with Movie Ratings, the idea behind the subforum is that you share...
A study by Carnegie Mellon University, where the researchers took roughly 100,000 hard drives from a variety of manufacturers, concluded that hard drive manufacturers were exaggerating their mean-time before failure (MTBF) ratings on hard drives...
Anti-virus security specialist McAfee has wasted no time gobbling up SiteAdvisor, a 1-year-old startup that rates the Web to determine if a site's content includes spyware, spam, viruses, browser-based exploits or online scams. McAfee announced...
This week the team introduces Joel Hulsey of QuarterToThree.com who gives PowerUser.tv a trial run and brings us his segment "What Game is Kicking Joel's Butt This Week", but first we discuss Apple's announcement about...
British videogame publisher association ELSPA has confirmed that it is developing a number of proposals to improve consumer awareness and understanding of the games rating system, following a meeting with the UK government. ...
A new report into videogames from the US National Institute on Media and the Family has accused the industry of confusing parents with mixed messages over the importance of the ESRB ratings system. ...
New legislation which would require video game retailers to clearly display signs notifying purchasers of game ratings has been voted in by the senate in California, and is set to be signed by Governor Arnold...
Thanks to xstaindx for posting this here. The ratings, although to the "untrained" eye initially somewhat confusing, will ultimatly make it easier for non-techies to understand why a Pentium M 1.6 Ghz is say faster...
Intel plans to assign a new numbering system to its Pentium and Celeron processors in order to better illustrate their performance to consumers, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Intel rival AMD...
Regal Entertainment will reexamine arcade games using Parental Advisory System and six-prong test. Regal Entertainment Group--which owns and operates one of the country's largest theater groups, composed of Regal Cinemas, United Artists...
The ESRB's game rating system will be expanded with new content descriptors and more-prominent labels. The Entertainment Software Rating Board has announced several upcoming changes to the rating system it uses for...
Intel has launched a new broadside against AMD's policy of downplaying chip clock speed in favor of model numbers -- and this time it has drawn analyst firm Aberdeen Group into the fray. ...
Chip Firm AMD has now formally announced the existence of its Athlon XP+ family and said that Arthur Andersen will audit the ratings to help re-assure consumers of their authenticity.The so-called "PR Ratings" compare the...
