Neowin News Feed for: Strikes

Apple strikes again to halt iPhone jailbreaking

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:07:03 +0000

Apple's latest update to OSX, 10.5.6, includes an impressive list of performance and bug fixes but hidden amongst the latest and greatest is that 10.5.6 disables the Pwnage tool, making you unable to jailbreak or... Read more...

Last.fm strikes Sony music deal

Slimy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:13:27 +0100

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Social music site Last.fm, bought in May for $280m (Â£140m) by CBS Corporation, has signed a deal with the Sony BMG record label. The partnership will give the service's 20 million users access to the... Read more...

Crippling malware attack strikes in Italy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:49:18 +0100

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Italy is suffering from a barrage of remote attacks launched from hundreds of compromised websites, security experts have warned. Researchers at Symantec reported that attackers have injected 'iframe' tags within the HTML files on compromised... Read more...

Acer Strikes Back at HP Lawsuits

Slimy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:30:18 +0100

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Acer Incorporated has hired intellectual-property lawyer Chris Ottenweller of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, who helped win a big patent case against Hewlett-Packard Company two years ago, to help fight two HP patent lawsuits. The... Read more...

Court strikes down Internet porn law

Slimy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:07:37 +0000

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Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. has dealt another blow to government efforts to control Internet pornography, striking down a 1998 U.S. law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to... Read more...

BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal

Tom Warren — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:18:26 +0000

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The BBC has struck a content deal with YouTube, the web's most popular video sharing website, owned by Google. Three YouTube channels - one for news and two for entertainment - will showcase short clips... Read more...

Zune 2.0: the Empire Strikes Back

Slimy — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:38:01 +0000

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I've already covered that the Zune is expected in Europe in the end of 2007 along with more Zune variants. What I haven't covered, however, is the juicy speculation and rumours that have charged in... Read more...

Sundance Strikes iTunes Film Deal

Slimy — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:59:12 +0000

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It turns out Apple is not only interested in movies and TV shows but film festivals as well; take the Sundance Film Festival as an example. Festival films, 33 of 71 to be exact, will... Read more...

YouTube Strikes Verizon Deal

Tom Warren — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:46:37 +0000

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A deal between YouTube and US mobile firm Verizon Wireless will see the popular video-sharing website extended to mobile phones Users who subscribe to Verizon's Vcast service will be able to view content on... Read more...

Apple Strikes Content Deals With TBS, Warner Bros.

Daylene — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:32:25 +0100

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Apple is on a roll with securing video content agreements to flesh out its iTunes Music Store lineup. The iPod maker has struck several deals recently, including significant agreements with Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and... Read more...

Rag Doll Kung Fu Developer Strikes Out on His Own

stncttr908 — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:22:31 +0000

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Artist Mark Healey, the man who almost solely created and developed the independently released action game Rag Doll Kung Fu via Steam earlier this year, has announced his plans... Read more...

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat strikes gold

Dice — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:21:52 +0100

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Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 2 has gone gold. Modern Combat hit gold for PS2 and Xbox. B2:MC is the first game in the popular PC shooter series to make its way to consoles.... Read more...

ATI Strikes Deal With Intel

malebolgia — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:00:01 +0100

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ATI and Nvidia remain focused on their discrete graphics card business, but apparently expand their reach into lower margin areas to increase production volume: While Nvidia is preparing the launch of its C51 integrated graphics... Read more...

Star Wars: Battlefront II strikes back

malebolgia — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:10:09 +0100

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Sequel to Pandemic's shooter gives SW fans a new hope and marks the return of Jedi on PS2s, Xboxes, and PCs. The Star Wars frenzy is really beginning to heat up. With... Read more...

Phone Firm Strikes Deal for In-flight Mobile Calls

dbfriends — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:18:49 +0000

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"Hello? Hello? Yes, I'm on the plane!" This sound may soon be coming to an aircraft near you. Airbus, the European aeronautics giant, has signed a new deal which will give companies buying its A380... Read more...

Hacker strikes university computer system

malebolgia — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:52:01 +0100

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A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians after breaking into a University of California, Berkeley, computer system in perhaps the worst attack of its kind ever suffered by... Read more...

Two strikes for Eolas

malebolgia — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:52:01 +0100

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Microsoft was awarded another victory from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today regarding the on going dispute with Eolas and the University of California. While the University of California and Eolas aren't too... Read more...

Pixar strikes multi-game deal with THQ

Dice — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 02:10:53 +0100

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The publisher inks an agreement to make games based on four more computer-animated films from the computer-animation studio. Finding Nemo the amazing movie has now striked a deal with THQ and... Read more...

Intel strikes back with Nocona

malebolgia — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 19:59:56 +0100

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Infatuated with Itanium, Intel has long resisted the obvious: creating a 64-bit chip that simply extends the x86 architecture on which the company built its fortune. Instead, Intel has ceded that ground to AMD, whose... Read more...

Judge strikes down ban on selling violent games to minors

malebolgia — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:59:44 +0100

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A federal judge on Thursday struck down Washington state's ban on selling some violent video games to minors, calling it a violation of free speech. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik wrote that depictions of violence... Read more...