Neowin News Feed for: Challenges

Windows 8: The challenges before launch

Brad Sams — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:23:13 +0100

Windows 8 is on the horizon but with a few months before it goes on sale, Microsoft has several large challenges it needs to address to ensure that Windows 8 will be well received rather than avoided. Read more...

Microsoft announces two individual challenges for Imagine Cup 2012

Brad Sams — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:49:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced the individual Imagine Cup challenges for 2012. This years competition will include challenges for both Windows Phone and the Windows Azure platforms. Read more...

Office Live Documents - Hotmail Founder Challenges Microsoft

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:05:43 +0000

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Sabeer Bhatia sold Hotmail to Microsoft in 1997 for around $400 million. After selling Hotmail, Sabeer tried new ventures but none of them were very successful. Now Sabeer has decided to challenge the cash cow... Read more...

Adobe challenges word on the web

Lt-DavidW — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:23:12 +0100

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Adobe has joined a growing list of firms offering web-based alternatives to conventional office programs. The software developer has acquired the online word processor Buzzword, which allows users to create and share text documents on... Read more...

Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges

Slimy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:26:25 +0100

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Following the failure of an immigration bill that would have expanded the number of foreign high-tech workers that could have come to the U.S. under so-called H1-B visas, Microsoft has decided to open a development... Read more...

Microsoft Challenges Attorney Fees in Iowa Case

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:36:38 +0100

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Microsoft Corp. is disputing lawyer fees for the plaintiffs in class action suits against the software company in Iowa and Wisconsin. In both cases the parties agreed to a settlement that included the plaintiff's attorney... Read more...

Blizzard speaks on World of Warcraft development challenges

Dice — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:30:24 +0000

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Creating MMORPG title World of Warcraft has been "a Herculean type of effort", according to Blizzard VP Paul Sams and creative director Chris Metzen, speaking in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz. "These kinds... Read more...

Patent case challenges Microsoft's 'AutoPlay'

malebolgia — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:50:14 +0100

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A federal judge has set a December date for a patent suit challenging "AutoPlay" technology included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows. Judge Jeffrey White of U.S. District Court for the Northern... Read more...

Speakers debate RFID benefits, challenges

Toxicfume — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:44:40 +0100

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Analysts are commenting on what is currently being a hit in usage for department stores, aubway stations, and even fast food restaurants world wide. However companies in the US still seem to be waiting for... Read more...

France Challenges Microsoft in Software Re-Fit

WishX — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:08:11 +0100

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France to Microsoft: Best price wins. Give us a better deal or we go open source. France's cash-strapped government is giving alternative software firms the chance to win state business from Microsoft... Read more...

Verizon Challenges RIAA Subpoenas

snippet1 — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:59:59 +0100

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As Congress intensifies its scrutiny of the special subpoenas that the recording industry is using to track down and sue people who share music over the Internet, a federal appeals court panel questioned today whether... Read more...

Mobo makers face challenges with new CPU platforms

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:36:03 +0100

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As both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expect to add new platforms for their processors, Taiwanese motherboard makers expect to face a greater challenge in providing relevant products, sources said. According to... Read more...

Sun challenges IBM and MS with collaboration platform

Mr magoo — Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:24:57 +0100

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Good old sun... "Sun has announced plans for a new bundle of software to create a business collaboration platform to compete with Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Domino platforms. The Sun platform will be... Read more...

Lawsuit challenges software licensing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:17:22 +0000

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A California woman is suing Microsoft, Symantec and some software retailers, claiming the companies "concocted a scheme" to mislead consumers by requiring them to consent to software licensing agreements they haven't read. The suit, filed... Read more...

China launches Linux "dragon chip", challenges Intel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:43:46 +0100

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THE PEOPLE'S DAILY reports that China has built its first server chip which uses a localised form of Linux, and which it dubs the "Dragon Chip". The CPU was built and developed by the Computer... Read more...

Thus challenges Nominet on 'whois' privacy issue

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:14:00 +0100

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Thus - the alternative telco group that owns the Demon ISP - is looking to challenge plans to introduce changes to Nominet's 'whois' Web site ownership directory. It claims that Nominet's decision to publish the... Read more...

IBM challenges Oracle with DB2 v8

configure — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:49:30 +0100

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IBM has recently introduced a new major release of DB2 - version 8. There are a host of new features in the product and we can only cover the headline items here, but it is... Read more...