Neowin News Feed for: License

Microsoft will make $3.4 billion from Android in 2013

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:40:59 +0100

Through a royalties deal with Samsung, HTC, LG and more, Microsoft are making an estimated $8 from every Android device sold, putting revenue in 2013 at $3.4b. This could increase to $9b in 2017. Read more...

Nokia will end up owing $650 million to Microsoft

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:04:30 +0000

According to the latest financial report filed by Nokia the company will end up owing Microsoft $650 million. This money represents royalties that Nokia pays to use Windows Phone on their smartphones. Read more...

Samsung wins the right to view the Apple/HTC licensing deal

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:31:19 +0000

Samsung has finally caught a break in the US courts, regarding the patent war with Apple. A US judge has ordered Apple to reveal the full details of its licensing deal with HTC to Samsung's attorneys. Read more...

HTC shares up following Apple licensing agreement

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:51:27 +0000

HTC might just survive the assault that Apple and Samsung have launched in the mobile space, with shares up following the announcement of a 10 year license agreement with Apple. Read more...

Windows 8 Licenses showing up in Microsoft's VLSC

Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:21:24 +0100

We are only a few days away from Microsoft's public timeline that Windows 8 will hit RTM in the first week of August, on that note, Windows 8 licensing has shown up in the Volume License Center. Read more...

If true, Microsoft is damning Windows RT tablets before they hit retail

Brad Sams — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:35:11 +0100

A new report suggests that Microsoft is charging manufacturers $85 for each Windows RT license, which will place a major hurdle in front of vendors who want cheap tablets to compete with the iPad. Read more...

Google's self-driving car now legal in Nevada

Christopher White — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:28:00 +0100

Google's self-driving car has been driving the streets of California for a while with a spotless record. Now the car is legally allowed to operate in Nevada - with some restrictions. Read more...

ZTE reveals cost of Windows Phone OS licensing

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:21:23 +0000

Microsoft has been careful to avoid publicising the cost to manufacturers of licensing the Windows Phone OS for each handset - but an executive from ZTE has now revealed the charge for each licence. Read more...

nVidia licenses SLI for AMD motherboards

Piers Hausjell — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:36:01 +0100

Tom Petersen over at the official company blog has announced that nVidia, the graphics technology company, has decided to license its technology to a selection of motherboard companies for the upcoming 900 range of chipsets.... Read more...

Did you know: Microsoft Office is licensed for two PCs?

Brody McKee — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:56:12 +0100

In a twitter reply by Microsoft Australia (MSAU) today, we were reminded of a Microsoft Office license term that many people aren't aware of. The reply to a tweeted question stated that whilst the Home... Read more...

150 Million copies of Windows 7 sold, seven copies every second

Tom Warren — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:45:04 +0100

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it had sold 150 Million licenses of Windows 7, seven copies every second. The extraordinary fact was announced on the Windows Team Blog by Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc. "We are excited... Read more...

Virtualizing Windows may violate your license requirements

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:10:41 +0100

Parallels, a nifty piece of software that puts simple OS virtualization into the hands of the average desktop user, released a product dedicated to helping people upgrade from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7.... Read more...

Surprises in the Windows 7 license agreement

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:00:37 +0000

Over the weekend, many Windows 7 lovers have been busy looking into the wild and Ed Bott, ZDNet blogger, was not an exception. Bott has found some interesting information in the Windows 7 license agreement(EULA).... Read more...

PNY Signs License Agreement with SanDisk

Sagittarius — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:59:52 +0000

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SanDisk Corporation and PNY Technologies today announced that PNY has signed a patent cross-license agreement with SanDisk to settle patent cases filed by SanDisk last year in Federal District Court and the International Trade Commission... Read more...

Microsoft Releases FastCGI for IIS Under Go Live License

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:45:57 +0100

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Microsoft has made the third beta release of FastCGI for Internet Information Services available under its free Go Live license, which means that customers can now deploy the production-quality release on Windows Server 2003. FastCGI... Read more...

InterDigital Inks License Deal with Apple

Sagittarius — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:53:36 +0100

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Wireless technology firm InterDigital Inc. said it signed a seven-year licensing agreement to provide technology for Apple Inc.'s first cell phone, the iPhone. The Pennsylvania-based company did not say how much it expects from the... Read more...

SiS announces chipset license deal with Intel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:46:12 +0100

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Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) on March 28 announced that it has signed a long-term licensing contract with Intel for the manufacture and sale of chipsets for the Intel Core 2 Quad processor with 1333MHz front... Read more...

Microsoft Tightens Vista Transfer Rights Under New License

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:31:11 +0100

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Microsoft said today it will limit the number of machines to which users can transfer the Windows Vista OS licenses, to just one system beyond the original PC. When Windows Vista is available, consumers will... Read more...

More on Volume License Key changes, end to VLK piracy?

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:00:05 +0100

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"Corporate Edition" versions of Windows have been the blessing of both IT workers and casual pirates since the days of Windows 95, when the operating system first started asking for a license key on installation.... Read more...

Activision Acquires James Bond License

malebolgia — Wed, 03 May 2006 23:34:02 +0100

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Number-two publisher takes over spy-film-inspired game license after archrival Electronic Arts ends agreement; now holds PC, handheld, and console rights until 2014. Since 2002, Electronic Arts has held the license to publish games based... Read more...