Neowin News Feed for: Plans

Sprint adds 'Premium Data add-on charge' to all 3G data plans

Brad Sams — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:36:39 +0000

Sprint has just released a statement about the explosion of data usage among its users. The coy title also hides the fact that they are now adding a '$10 per month Premium Data add-on charge'... Read more...

Netflix streaming-only plan and new pricing for DVD plans announced

Alan Cone — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:10:28 +0000

Netflix has been toying around with offering a streaming-only plan for the past few months. In a new blog post, Netflix VP in Marketing, Jessie Becker released an update to the available Netflix plans and... Read more...

Microsoft set to announce Internet Explorer 9 plans

Tom Warren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:31 +0000

Today at a packed out keynote for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft's Ray Ozie hinted at the next generation of Internet Explorer. According to sources close to Neowin, Microsoft VP Steven Sinofsky is set... Read more...

Microsoft reveals mobile app store plans

Tom Warren — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:41:46 +0000

Microsoft today announced new details about how developers can build and sell applications for Windows phones through its Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Microsoft unveiled the application marketplace available with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system... Read more...

Verizon announces LTE plans for hi-speed data

Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:02:07 +0000

At the Mobile World Conference this week it was expected that Verizon would announce its LTE (Long Term Evolution) agenda. What was not expected was how specific Verizon would be with its plans. ... Read more...

Microsoft: No plans for 64-bit Silverlight 3

Tom Warren — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Once again Microsoft is going back on its push for 64-bit computing for the masses. In an interview with ars technica Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Division gave the following response... Read more...

Microsoft plans to divorce viruses for free!

tiddlie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:00:06 +0000

Ever heard of "Morro"? Neither had I until today. It appears the boys and girls at Microsoft have been planning a nice surprise for consumers. Focused on "core anti-malware protection", Morro is a streamlined solution... Read more...

Comcast details bandwidth management plans

recon13 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:13:47 +0100

Last month, the FCC officially ruled that Comcast acted unlawfully and dishonestly when they decided to throttle peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. The giant Internet provider was then ordered to amend its network... Read more...

Skype Launches Low-Cost Global Calling Plans

TonyLock — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:06:12 +0100

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Skype on Monday launched an aggressive $9.95-a-month international calling plan for U.S. customers that includes landlines and some cell phone calls to 34 countries. The action by the eBay unit comes just days after eBay's... Read more...

Yahoo details plans for new online ad sales system

Tom Warren — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:17:30 +0100

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Yahoo Inc on Sunday detailed plans for its forthcoming Web advertising management system that gives its ad sales-partners access to online ad space both on Yahoo and other major sites. The widely anticipated system, known... Read more...

DivX Announces Plans to Shut Down Stage6.com

dosha — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:04:10 +0000

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DivX, Inc., a digital media company, today announced that the Company will cease operation of its Stage6.com video service on February 28, 2008. Following an exploration of strategic options that began in July 2007, the... Read more...

Microsoft Plans to Roll Out Cheaper Xbox in Japan

Sagittarius — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:06:01 +0000

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Although the Xbox 360 has been, in many regards, a success for Microsoft, Japan has yet to embrace the console like the rest of the world, preferring instead Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3. Tokyo-based... Read more...

Creative Labs plans a high-end PCIe card

EL1TE — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:59:37 +0000

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Creative Labs is in the process of designing a new high-end sound card based on an X-FI design, but this time it plans to launch a high-end card. It will launch something similar to the... Read more...

Facebook plans 'User Profile Clean-up' Tool

Slimy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:30:12 +0000

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Don’t you just love how Facebook has an application for everything possible? Don’t you just love wading through your friends’ Facebook profiles with the simple goal of finding their Wall? Don’t you just love how... Read more...

CES2008: Cisco plans 100Mbps+ Cable Modem for this Spring

Slimy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:37:51 +0000

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At the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, Cisco Systems Incorporated announced that the DPC3000 Channel Bonded Modem, which is designed to facilitate broadband services in excess of 100 Mbps, would be commercially available to... Read more...

Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM

Sagittarius — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:11:49 +0000

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In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection software that has long restricted the use of... Read more...

Warner Denies Plans to go Blu-Ray Exclusive

Slimy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:50:12 +0000

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In response to rumours whispered by members of the Blu-ray camp, Warner Home Video announced that it will not be ditching HD DVD for Blu-ray. Warner Brothers is currently the only major studio to support... Read more...

AMD CEO says no plans to step down in 2008

Tom Warren — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:30:27 +0000

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.N Chief Executive Hector Ruiz says he has no plans to step down as head of the microprocessor maker next year. AMD has in the past two years struggled with market... Read more...

Facebook Backs Down on Ad Plans

Sagittarius — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:53:13 +0000

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Social networking site Facebook has cancelled its advertising program, that showed what members were purchasing from ecommerce web sites. The advertising system, dubbed Beacon, let partner sites like eBay and Sony advertise the fact that... Read more...

Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009

Tom Warren — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:49:00 +0000

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Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest. One year after the business launch of Vista,... Read more...