Neowin News Feed for: Distribution

Microsoft's Windows 95 CD contained a lot of "fun" stuff, here's how

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:18:01 +0000

Microsoft spent almost $1 billion to promote Windows 95 in a mammoth effort that also included securing the rights to a popular music video. Read more...

Linux Lite 6.4 released with WebP support, runs on just 768 MB RAM

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:18:01 +0000

Linux Lite 6.4, a lightweight distribution, has been released. It features WebP support in the Thunar file manager and ZTSD compression but it does ship with a slightly older Linux kernel. Read more...

TikTok SoundOn will help new music creators with marketing and distribution

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:14:01 +0000

TikTok has officially launched SoundOn, a platform that promises to help up and coming musicians with expert advice, audience insights, collaboration opportunities, marketing, and distribution. Read more...

Microsoft forms partnerships to ensure reliable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Usama Jawad — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 05:18:02 +0000

Microsoft has formed strategic partnerships with various organizations such as EY, Accenture, Avanade, and Mazik Global to ensure safe and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the globe. Read more...

Huawei brings in Wonder Woman as CEO for U.S. invasion

John Keefer — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 23:38:01 +0000

OK, so Gal Gadot is really the new Chief Experience Officer, but that doesn't change the fact that the tech giant faces an uphill battle in bringing its smartphones to the United States without help. Read more...

Android 5.0 Lollipop has less than 0.1% adoption a month after launch

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:50:01 +0000

According to Google's own stats the newest version of Android, 5.0 Lollipop, that started shipping last month doesn't even account for 0.1% of the market yet despite wider roll-outs. Read more...

Surface “killing” blamed on lack of distribution

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:41:18 +0000

With the Christmas fast approaching, Microsoft's selling and distribution strategy is “killing” the product. But is the lack of a device on the High Street really going to put of the consumer? Read more...

Hulu coming to Xbox Live?

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:45:16 +0000

While Microsoft's E3 2010 offering will undoubtedly focus on Project Natal and expanding the life span of its flagship gaming console, it seems like Hulu might grab some time in the limelight. Gearlive, citing a... Read more...

Hulu turns a profit, but is it all good news?

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:38:32 +0000

Hulu has turned a profit, according to CEO Jason Kilar in a NY Times interview. $100 million in revenue for 2009, in fact, and growing. This is a big milestone for the company that brought... Read more...

Quarter of British gamers download games

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:55:27 +0000

A survey of British gamers has found that a quarter prefer to purchase and download their games online, often through their console's store, rather than purchase a physical copy from a retail store. According to... Read more...

New download service slashes game download times

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:14:41 +0000

British company Game Domain International has launched a new download service called "Awomo", which will slash game download times by allowing users to start playing a game before it has finished downloading. With many digital... Read more...

Microsoft working on App-store like software distribution

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:13:36 +0000

Steve Ballmer, at the recently held developers conference at Sydney, Australia, said that Microsoft is working on a App-store like software distribution. Apple's iPhone and App-store have really stirred the Windows Mobile Market. Though there... Read more...

Content Providers: Xbox Live is #1 for Content Distribution

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:43:18 +0000

The surprise entertainment hit of the holidays wasn't in theaters; it was in the living room. With more than 1,000 hours of premium high- and standard-definition content available, Microsoft Corp. announced today at the 2007... Read more...

Real, Google, & Mozilla Sign Distribution Deals

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:09:20 +0000

On Wednesday, RealNetworks, Inc. announced that it had agreed to distribute Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox Web browser, and that it has extended its distribution deal with Google, Inc. Under the multiyear deals, Seattle-based RealNetworks would continue... Read more...

Aspyr Media developing digital distribution service for Macs

Todd Tanner — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:46:27 +0000

Gamesindustry.biz is reporting some fairly big news for all our Mac gamers out there in Neowin land. Aspyr Media has announced that they are developing a digital distribution service for the Macintosh platform. This new... Read more...

Apple Patent Covers Wireless iTunes Distribution

Fri, 05 May 2006 14:40:42 +0000

A patent application filed by Apple Computer in December 2004 appears to cover a method of buying a song, ring tone or music video from an online store over a wireless network. The application,... Read more...

EA launches new digital music distribution service

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:00:04 +0000

EA has announced a new partnership with Nettwerk Music Group. Nettwerk Music Group is a Canadian record company. This will establish a brand new digital music distrubtion label under EA recordings. EA has built up... Read more...

Valve and EA Announce Distribution Agreement

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:24:38 +0000

After the stormy end to Valve and VU Games' publishing agreement earlier this year, one of VU's chief rivals has picked up distribution duties for Valve's Half-Life 2 Xbox version and Half-Life 2 Game of... Read more...

Sony puts 500 PSPs up for auction, early distribution

Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:28:47 +0000

Sony Japan enlists top online retailer in scheme to direct funds to earthquake victims in Japan. It's the perfect pay-to-play scenario. 500 PSPs are being put up for auction on Japan's most... Read more...

Eidos partners with Softwrap for Singles online distribution

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:47:30 +0000

Electronic distribution experts safeguard full game content with DRM technology. Eidos has teamed up with Softwrap to distribute Singles: Flirt Up Your Life online, having recently secured the rights to worldwide e-distribution... Read more...

Intel Prescotts enter distribution

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:15:39 +0000

DISTRIBUTORS IN EUROPE have started listing Pentium 4Es, or Prescotts as they're codenamed by the Intel Corporation. So far three models are being listed, a 3.06GHz, a 3.2GHz, and a 2.8GHz processor. Each uses socket... Read more...

S3 signs distribution pact with Club-3D

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:23:26 +0000

S3 Graphics today announced that Club-3D, a Netherlands-based graphics card vendor, will sell graphics cards powered by its DeltaChrome graphics processor. The DeltaChrome based Club-3D graphics card will be available online and in leading electronic... Read more...

Atari Announces Distribution Deal with Microsoft

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:07:09 +0000

Atari, Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios under which Atari will be the exclusive U.S. jewel case distributor for select Windows titles developed by Microsoft Game Studios. Under the... Read more...

Xabre Graphics signs distribution pacts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:17:23 +0000

Emma Wang, Taipei; Isaac Chang, DigiTimes.com [Friday 1 August 2003] Xabre Graphics Inc (XGI), a subsidiary of Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), yesterday announced the signing of distribution agreements with World Peace Industrial (WPI), Fullerton Technologies,... Read more...

MSN TV Service Expands National Retail Distribution

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 04:01:28 +0000

New Retail Distribution Relationships Make MSN TV Available In More Than 1,500 Locations Nationwide Microsoft Corp. today announced that MSN® TV service, a leading provider of Internet service on television, has... Read more...

Court curbs Microsoft's Java distribution

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:43:41 +0000

A federal appeals court dealt a partial setback to Sun Microsystems on Thursday, tossing out most of a preliminary injunction requiring Microsoft to carry its rival's version of an interpreter for the Java programming language.... Read more...

Music Labels Shun Online Distribution

Tue, 27 May 2003 12:29:43 +0000

Nwe York (Billboard) - Suddenly, the major labels have a new mantra about digital distribution: Let someone else do it. That's the lesson industry insiders are drawing from the surprise decision by Sony Music Entertainment... Read more...

AMD releases Opteron chips and prices through distribution

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:17:18 +0000

QUANTITIES OF AMD'S Opteron microprocessors have already become available through large US distributors for system integrators to buy, a week ahead of the official launch on the 22nd of April. Reliable sources tell the INQUIRER... Read more...

Netflix cranks up DVD distribution

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:15:11 +0000

I've not used this service yet, but it's nice to see that they are adding extra distribution centers... In an effort to speed deliveries to its customers, online DVD-rental company Netflix said it... Read more...

OpenOffice.org seeks P2P technology to help with distribution

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:48:03 +0000

Despite having a healthy list of mirror sites, OpenOffice.org's servers have begun to choke on the demand for binary and source file downloads. After all, the Open Source office suite was downloaded about a million... Read more...

Microsoft mulls patch distribution with AV updates

Steven Parker — Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:35:38 +0000

Microsoft is considering using anti-virus vendors to deliver security patches for its product alongside their own updates for virus definition files. Randy Abrams, release antivirus specialist at Microsoft, whose main job is... Read more...