Neowin News Feed for: Wants

RIAA wants more money, world is unsurprised

Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:29:42 +0000

A conference is being held in Washington DC that is discussing copyrights and how they are affected by technology and the internet. The copyright group, namely the RIAA, wants Congress to make the law... Read more...

Microsoft says "no" to Yahoo buy-out, only wants search deal

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:39:21 +0000

Microsoft told Yahoo today that it is not interested in a takeover of the company, and only interested in making a search engine deal with the company. The decision came from Steve Ballmer, the... Read more...

HP Wants That Inkjet Cartridge Back

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:30:50 +0000

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Heweltt Packard announced on Wednesday that it's making strides in its efforts to be more environmentally friendly through the development of an engineering process that allows the company to use post-consumer recycled plastics when manufacturing... Read more...

Group Wants To Destroy Scientology

obsolete_power — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:12:10 +0000

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An anonymous group of hackers, 100,000 strong, fittingly known as "Anonymous," has declared war on the Church of Scientology. This is taking place as of right now. Their websites are down, their phone lines are... Read more...

Canon wants You at the Super Bowl

Slimy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:41:34 +0000

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Canon U.S.A. Incorporated, the "Official Camera of the NFL" since 1984, has announced the launch of a Super Bowl sweepstakes. An advertisement promoting the sweepstakes which will award one lucky winner at random (I wish... Read more...

French President wants Internet Tax

Slimy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:41:23 +0000

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Never slow to burnish his reputation as an iconoclast, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed funding France's state-owned television stations by taxing an activity economists and communications experts have come to consider almost sancrosanct: the... Read more...

EA wants 'open gaming platform'

Slimy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:52:46 +0100

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Rival gaming systems should make way for a single open platform, said Gerhard Florin, senior executive at Electronic Arts, because incompatible consoles made life harder for developers and consumers: "We want an open, standard platform... Read more...

Novell wants SCO's bankruptcy protection lifted

Slimy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:00:40 +0100

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Last week Novell filed a motion requesting that the court lift SCO's bankruptcy stay so that Novell can obtain UNIX licensing royalties wrongfully retained by SCO. Novell has also filed a motion requesting that SCO... Read more...

YouTube Wants Comedians Stewart and Colbert Deposed

Sagittarius — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:56:43 +0100

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YouTube, facing legal threats from several media companies, has requested that comedians Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert act as witnesses in the popular video site's defense against claims that it illegally shows snippets of sports... Read more...

Elton John Wants To Shut Down the Internet

RangerLG — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:47:42 +0100

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POP legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN. Never one to keep his opinions to himself, the Rocket Man has waded into cyberspace with all guns blazing. He claims it is destroying good... Read more...

Parallel Processing Wants PS3's Impounded and Destroyed

Christopher Vendemio — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:17:20 +0100

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Parallel Processing Corp. is asking a federal court to order Sony to destroy its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles, which PPC claims infringes on its patents for microprocessor technology. PPC filed the lawsuit last week in... Read more...

Cisco wants peace with Microsoft

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:48:44 +0100

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Customer demand is driving Cisco to prevent a clash with Microsoft, but the networking giant seems uncertain about whether the firms can avoid a confrontation. Cisco chief executive John Chambers said in a meeting... Read more...

Google wants U.S. help fighting censorship

Slimy — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:17:58 +0100

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Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. The online search giant is taking a novel approach to the problem by... Read more...

EBay wants developers to take it outside

Slimy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:53:51 +0100

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As it battles competitors like Google and Amazon.com for the hearts and minds of application programmers, eBay this week will hold its biggest annual event for these computer professionals, its 2007 eBay Developers Conference, in... Read more...

Microsoft Wants Yahoo

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:12:56 +0100

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Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned. While... Read more...

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:59:19 +0100

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Does the world need open-source search tools? The people at Wikipedia think so. The folks behind the public encyclopedia have launched Wikia, a project to develop a search engine, crawlers and other... Read more...

UK Home Office wants Apple's help against iPod crime

Tom Warren — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:04:33 +0100

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UK Home Secretary John Reid want Apple to help fight street crime by developing technologies for this in its iPod music players. He plans to approach Apple (and Sony) to enlist their help in developing... Read more...

MySpace wants to bar 'spam king'

Slimy — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:22:30 +0100

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MySpace.com announced it filed a suit Friday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles against Sanford Wallace, accusing him of violating state and federal laws and seeking to bar... Read more...

India wants Google Earth maps blurred

Slimy — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:03:23 +0000

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India's government has joined the governments of Australia, Russia, South Korea and Thailand in asking Google to blur Google Earth images because of security concerns. In September 2005 the company added India, with satellite images... Read more...

Wikipedia wants to Cut Down on Link Spam with "nofollow"

Slimy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:24:11 +0000

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As Wikipedia's user base grows, the charm of the site for spammers grows. The online encyclopaedia's popularity and its ease of editing made has made it a desirable target for link spammers - successfully placing... Read more...