Neowin News Feed for: Pact

Pact mocked its own name, broke promise to pay exercising users

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 03:34:01 +0000

Pact, a fitness app that promised to pay users a sum of money for meeting certain fitness goals has been brought to task by the FTC and owes around $1 million to users for not living up to its word. Read more...

Firms sign blogging 'self-discipline' pact in China

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:57:58 +0000

Yahoo China, MSN China and other blog providers in China have signed a code of conduct for their blogging operations that committed them to protecting the interests of the Chinese state. The pact ask the... Read more...

Canada, Germany ink clean energy research pact

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:59:59 +0000

Canadian and German scientists have agreed on a deal (estimated at ~$8.4 million) to work together over the next three years to develop clean energy technologies. The National Research Council of Canada and the... Read more...

Intel, Google Online Marketing Pact Gets Thumbs-Up

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:43:54 +0000

Intel's online marketing pact with Google will expand opportunities for system builders and resellers, channel partners say. The deal with the search giant, which was formally announced Wednesday at Intel's European Solutions Summit in Paris,... Read more...

Sony to Leave Three-Way Microchip Development Pact

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:24:01 +0000

In February 2006, Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics agreed they would co-develop technologies to make system chips with circuitry width of 45 nanometres, sharing hefty costs and pooling technological expertise. But now, Sony has announced... Read more...

Intel To Unveil 'Inside 2007' Program, Google Marketing Pact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:43 +0000

Intel has re-engineered its Intel Inside program and, as part of that effort, has executed a deal with Google to modernize its channel marketing. According to company documents viewed by CRN, the Intel Inside 2007... Read more...

Dell, AMD expected to expand chip pact

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:15:06 +0000

Dell, the last of the big four server makers to accept Advanced Micro Devices' chips into its product portfolio, is expected to announce Thursday that it's expanding its partnership with the chipmaker to include with... Read more...

HP, Gateway Sign $47m Patent Pact

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:53:31 +0000

HP and Gateway have agreed to settle their legal differences with a $47m payment, from Gateway to HP. The two firms fell out in 2004 over patent infringement allegations made by both companies against each... Read more...

Microsoft Plan Averts Conflict Over Antitrust Pact

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:43:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has averted a looming conflict with U.S. officials by agreeing to disclose more information about its Windows server operating system, according to documents filed in federal court on Wednesday Lawyers at the U.S.... Read more...

Ballmer, McNealy to give update on Sun-Microsoft pact

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:32:59 +0000

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer and Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy will host an event in mid-May to detail progress the companies have made since the signing of a 10-year... Read more...

Sega signs next-gen pact with Silicon Knights

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:14:43 +0000

Agreement will see the Twin Snakes developer working on an unnamed game for unidentified consoles to be released at an undetermined date. In a release issued this morning, Sega announced an agreement... Read more...

Man Arrested Over Valentine's Net Suicide Pact

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:35:13 +0000

An American man has been arrested after allegedly trying to arrange a mass online suicide pact for Valentine's Day on Monday. Gerald Krien, 26, was caught after one woman alerted authorities after hearing one of... Read more...

Microsoft Sets Photo-Printing Pact

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:44:11 +0000

Microsoft continues its march into the realm of home entertainment today with a new photo-printing partnership with Fuji Photo Film. The film-processing giant has landed a prominent link on Microsoft's popular Windows XP operating system,... Read more...

Marvel-ous deal for Mforma: multiyear pact with comic book

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:15:53 +0000

Earlier today, Mforma and Marvel Enterprises announced the mobile entertainment industry's largest content licensing deal to date. The new strategic partnership between Mforma, a fast-growing mobile content creator based in Seattle, and Marvel, a multimedia... Read more...

Microsoft signs security pact with Germany

Tue, 04 May 2004 06:35:59 +0000

Microsoft signed a security-related agreement Monday with the federal government of Germany, where the software giant has seen numerous challenges involving open-source products. The agreement, signed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and... Read more...

Sun, Microsoft pact draws mixed reactions

Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:31:50 +0000

The broad legal settlement reached Friday between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems could be a big boost for the companies and their customers, but any impact it may have on the European Commission's efforts to rein... Read more...

Dell sees green in EPA computer, recycling pact

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:51:22 +0000

Dell reported this week that it has won a contract to supply PCs to the Environmental Protection Agency over the next three years, as well as help the regulatory body recycle its aging hardware. ... Read more...

Judge Says Microsoft Complying with Antitrust Pact

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:18:21 +0000

A federal judge on Friday said she is satisfied with Microsoft Corp.'s efforts to comply with its landmark antitrust settlement after the company announced new steps, including free access to some of its Windows operating... Read more...

S3 signs distribution pact with Club-3D

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:23:26 +0000

S3 Graphics today announced that Club-3D, a Netherlands-based graphics card vendor, will sell graphics cards powered by its DeltaChrome graphics processor. The DeltaChrome based Club-3D graphics card will be available online and in leading electronic... Read more...

RIM, Palm in Pact to Market Wireless E-mail

Wed, 07 May 2003 01:53:47 +0000

Research In Motion Ltd. said on Tuesday it had struck a deal with rival Palm Inc. to make its BlackBerry e-mail service available on handhelds and smartphones that use Palm's operating system. RIM... Read more...

Software, music reach antipiracy pact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:16:52 +0000

The music and software industries have reached a "landmark consensus" in a divisive debate over copy protection, trade groups representing both sides said in a statement. Details of a policy road map, endorsed by the... Read more...

BT Signs Broadband Pact with Microsoft

Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:37:21 +0000

Britain's dominant fixed-line telecoms operator BT Group Plc. said Wednesday it had signed a formal strategic alliance with U.S. software giant Microsoft to develop more high-speed Internet services. The alliance puts BT... Read more...

IBM-Hitachi Pact Aims for the Top

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:57:11 +0000

IBM Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., the world's second- and third-largest data storage systems providers, unveiled an alliance on Wednesday aimed at dislodging arch-rival EMC Corp from the top spot in the lucrative business. ... Read more...

IBM, Verisign edge toward security pact

Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:03:24 +0000

In a major endorsement of security across its wares, IBM is working with VeriSign on a joint product development and sales deal that would marry VeriSign's authentication and payment services technology to Big Blue's hardware... Read more...