Neowin News Feed for: Signs

Hacking programmable road signs

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:50:25 +0000

Many citizens might notice the construction digital road signs on the side of the road while driving, indicating important information such as road closures or traffic delays, but what if the sign included information such... Read more...

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:05:53 +0000

Microsoft has been seeking to land new OEM search deals with various PC makers (like Lenovo) as a way to grow more quickly its lagging search market share. Not to forget their web search deal... Read more...

Microsoft signs Seinfeld

Marcel Klum — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:45:36 +0100

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer must be tired of seeing the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads from Apple that portray PC as a fat, middle aged, balding person. They've brought out a big... Read more...

World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:04:27 +0100

An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive... Read more...

Microsoft Signs Deal To Buy The Green Button Website.

HappyAndyK — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:17:14 +0100

Microsoft has signed a deal to to own and manage the Green Button website. "Since the inception of TheGreenButton.com five years ago, the forum has served as the foundation of the Windows Media Center Community.... Read more...

Deezer Signs European Agreement With Universal Music

Popcorned1 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:42:30 +0100

Deezer announces the signing of an agreement with the Universal Music giant covering 35 countries. With this move, the first French music on demand website launches its international deployment in order to position itself as... 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...

President Bush Signs Internet Tax Freedom Act

Slimy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:14:13 +0000

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As expected, President Bush has extended the moratorium on state and local government Internet access taxes by signing H.R. 3678, the "Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendment Acts of 2007," into law this week. Congress voted... Read more...

Apple signs iPhone deals for Europe, report says

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:20:52 +0100

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Apple Inc. has signed its first deals with mobile phone operators to offer its iPhone in three of Europe's largest markets, ending a period of intense negotiations, according to a report in the Financial Times... Read more...

Microsoft signs Web video deals with Volvo, Chivas Brothers

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:51:55 +0100

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Microsoft Corp. has signed deals with Volvo Car Corp. and whisky maker Chivas Brothers Ltd. to support two new Web-only video series from Reveille, the production company behind TV shows "The Office" and "Ugly Betty."... Read more...

Dell signs on with Microsoft, Novell

Tom Warren — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:06:27 +0100

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Dell Inc. has agreed to work with Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. under an alliance the rival software makers formed last year to make it easier for the Windows operating system and the increasingly popular... Read more...

Amie Street signs major artists to sell DRM-free music

Slimy — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:19:32 +0000

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Launched last July, Amie Street is a web-based music service that has always offered DRM-free music of independent artists for purchase. Amie Street recently signed a new deal with Nettwerk Music Group (home to well-known... Read more...

Wal-Mart signs all six studios to new service, beating Jobs

Slimy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:08:36 +0000

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Wal-Mart has officially entered the commercial download video business with more ammo than Apple's iTunes: all six major Hollywood studios. Apple has only Disney as a full partner, with Paramount only testing the waters but... Read more...

IBM signs up for WiMax standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:52:10 +0000

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IBM has joined the WiMax Forum, an industry organisation that promotes the upcoming wireless standard. WiMax is designed to deliver high-speed wireless internet access over a wide range, and operators expect the technology to provide... Read more...

Apple iTunes Signs up New Film Studio

Slimy — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:10:26 +0000

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Apple has signed a lucrative deal with Paramount. Following in Disney's footsteps, Paramount is the second film studio to sign with the iTunes download store, although programmes from Showtime, NBC Universal and MTV are available... Read more...

Rockstar signs L.A. Noire

oddcrap — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:44:47 +0100

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Today, Rockstar has signed a deal with Getaway creator Brendan McNamara's Team Bondi to publish next-generation crime thriller L.A. Noire. Originally announced in January 2004, the game's been quietly taking the shape of an interactive... Read more...

EA Signs Dual In-Game Ad Deals

oddcrap — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:31:48 +0100

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Electronic Arts has today confirmed two deals with IGA and Massive Networks that will see several of the developer/publisher's titles feature dynamic in-game advertising. Massive, which was acquired by Microsoft earlier in 2006, will be... Read more...

EA signs Unreal Engine 3 for next-gen games

oddcrap — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:12:22 +0100

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Electronic Arts and Epic Games have confirmed that the Redwood company has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for use in a selection of next-generation titles. EA becomes the latest licensee of Unreal Engine 3, which has... Read more...

NTL's network showing signs of strain

Tom Warren — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:57:23 +0000

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A thread over on Cable forum is painting a sorry story with NTL's (UK Broadband ISP) recent network upgrades for 10MB services. With nearly 200... Read more...

THQ Signs In-Game Ads Deal

stncttr908 — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:21:22 +0000

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Massive Incorporated, the company responsible for many of the in-game ads you either love or hate in your video games, has added THQ to its list of clients. While no upcoming projects or titles... Read more...