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Spotify reaches new multi-year licensing deal with Universal Music Group

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:20:02 +0000

Spotify has signed a new, global multi-year licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, that secures its massive catalog for streaming. The firms didn't disclose terms of the agreement. Read more...

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 12:45:36 +0000

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 09:04:27 +0000

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.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:17:14 +0000

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

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:42:30 +0000

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

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

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

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

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 11:20:52 +0000

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 16:51:55 +0000

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 12:06:27 +0000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:44:47 +0000

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

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:31:48 +0000

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

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:12:22 +0000

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

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

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

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...

Schwarzenegger Signs Violent Videogames Bill

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:34:45 +0000

California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed bill AB1179, the controversial new law which will see anyone selling violent videogames to minors facing a USD 1000 fine. Speaking at a press conference which was also... Read more...

Sony Buys SN Systems; Signs key Middleware Products for PS3

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:41:34 +0000

British company SN Systems, the world leader in development tools for videogames platforms, has been acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of a drive to sign up key development tools for the PS3 platform.... Read more...

SEGA Signs Total War Expansion

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:24:17 +0000

Following the recent acquisition of development studio Creative Assembly, SEGA has announced that it's also secured the rights to publish the Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion expansion pack, previously down as an Activision title.... 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...

Microsoft signs more key Japanese devs for Xbox 2

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:57:12 +0000

Noted Japanese developers Yoshiki Okamoto of Game Republic and Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment have both signed up to develop Xbox 2-exclusive titles for Microsoft Game Studios. The announcement follows last week's revelation that Final... Read more...

Microsoft signs on Alcatel for IPTV

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:36:30 +0000

Microsoft and telecommunications gear maker Alcatel have created a development and sales partnership for software that delivers services to TVs over the Internet. The two companies said Tuesday that they will act... Read more...

Bush signs Internet access tax ban into law

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 04:35:08 +0000

Thanks to oddcrap who posted this in BPN for the heads up. President Bush signed a bill that renews a ban on Internet access taxes on Friday amid praise from lawmakers and... Read more...

Microsoft signs up prodigal AOL

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:42:09 +0000

INTERNET Service Provider AOL said it has changed its mind and now loves Microsoft's anti-spam 'Sender ID' plan. Sender ID was killed off as a worldwide de facto standard for messaging by the Open Source... Read more...

SEGA signs Tenchu sequel for Europe

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:27:44 +0000

SEGA Europe, not traditional publisher Activision, is set to release the next Tenchu title from K2 Studios in Europe next spring. Tenchu: Fatal Shadows, which appears to be based on the same technology as K2's... Read more...

AOL Signs Off From Sender ID

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:10:18 +0000

America Online has decided not to fully support Microsoft's Sender ID spam-fighting plan after the Internet Engineering Task Force and the open-source community expressed intellectual property concerns. "AOL will now not be moving forward with... Read more...

Need For Speed Underground 2 Signs Kelly Brook

Fri, 03 Sep 2004 05:07:05 +0000

Electronic Arts announced the signing of popular UK actress Kelly Brook for Need for Speed Underground 2, who will play the role of Nikki, a "rebellious and full throttled" street racer for the game. "It's... Read more...

Sun-Microsoft Deal Showing Signs of Stress?

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:54:25 +0000

When Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced a partnership back in April it took everybody by surprise. Even one of Sun's executives who quit in disgust from the deal. So what have the two... Read more...

Sony signs exclusive deal with Evolution Studios

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:53:14 +0000

An exclusive publishing deal wioth Evolution Studios has been announced by SCEE. The UK-based developers of World Rally Championship will see the firm working exclusively on Sony Platforms. The Cheshire-based studio is currently working on... Read more...

Starship Tycoon Signs Retail Deals

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:13:44 +0000

Independent Games developers from UK are happy to announce that it will retail Starship Tycoon. This strategy/simulation game puts you in charge of designing and modifying your own starships to carry passengers and cargo. You... Read more...

Infinium Labs Signs Chicony for Production of Keyboard/Mouse

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:20:28 +0000

Infinium Labs has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chicony, a manufacturer of keyboards and PC cameras, to build a custom keyboard/mouse combo peripheral that will ship with the Phantom. The peripheral,... Read more...

EA signs development deal with Crytek (PC)

Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:31:35 +0000

EA has announced world wide that it will develop and publish an all-new game franchise with Fary Cry developer Crytek. The 2 companies will develop an exciting new game franchise for PC based on original... Read more...

Apple signs three major European indie labels to iTunes

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:46:05 +0000

Users of Apples iTunes Music Store overseas now have a larger selection of music to choose from. Today Apple announced that they have signed up three independent music labels for its other Music Stores... Read more...

BT signs up VoIP with Yahoo!

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:05:00 +0000

UK incumbent carrier British Telecom has signed two major initiatives with US companies this week; a deal with Yahoo! to offer a merged VoIP-Messenger service, and one with Microsoft to offer a merged voice and... Read more...

Sun signs Java deals with Nokia, Infinium

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:50:00 +0000

Technology giant Sun Microsystems has made fresh moves into the games market, signing deals with Nokia and Infinium Labs which will see its Java technology being tied in to the SNAP platform and Phantom Game... Read more...