Neowin News Feed for: Division

VIA merges chipset division under CPU, says paper

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:58:51 +0000

VIA Technologies merged its PC chipset division under that of CPUs in the fourth quarter of last year. Going forward the division will mainly focus on supporting the company's own-brand CPU platforms and will slowly... Read more...

AMD's Graphics Division Readies ATI CrossFireX Technology

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:54:34 +0000

ATI CrossFire multi-GPU technology was announced in mid-2005, but has not really gained widespread popularity since then, partly because ATI's flagship graphics products faced delays and partly because Nvidia put tremendous efforts into popularization of... Read more...

Xbox 360 - 6 Million Served, MS Game Division Revenue Up 70%

Todd Tanner — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:48:24 +0000

Microsoft today announced its first quarter results for the period ended September 30, revealing revenue of $10.81 billion (up 11 percent) and net income of $3.48 billion (up from $3.14 billion last year). More importantly... Read more...

Shake up in Windows Division

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:38:29 +0000

The Windows division at Microsoft is about to see a management shakeup according to sources. As early as Wednesday, Microsoft could appoint Steve Sinosky, currently head of the company's Office division, to oversee Windows development.... Read more...

Roxio sells software division, focuses on Napster

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:26:45 +0000

Roxio said Monday that it will sell its consumer software division for $80 million and focus wholly on its Napster digital music business in the future. The company plans to officially change... Read more...

Divide and Conquer Why Apple Has an iPod Division

Fri, 21 May 2004 20:57:54 +0000

It's time again for another article from I, Cringely Back in January, I moved from the California Wine Country to Charleston, South Carolina, trading my 47 acres of ticks and foxtails for... Read more...

Apple Creates New iPod Division, Shuffles Execs

Thu, 20 May 2004 15:22:36 +0000

Apple Computer Inc. has created a new division within the maker of the Macintosh computer to sell its popular iPod, the market leading digital music player, the company said on Wednesday. Jon Rubinstein, who has... Read more...

Neowin's Official 1st Armory Division Site Opens

Sun, 09 May 2004 21:15:41 +0000

I'm proud to announce that Neowin's First Official Game Clan "Neowin 1st Armory Division" site has gone live. Though the site is not completely finished I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to see it... Read more...

Former MS Exec to Run Macromedia's Mobile Devices Division

Darren Bolton — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:26:11 +0000

Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced it has hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to run its Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division. The San Francisco company announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, who until... Read more...

Microsoft forces layoffs on Xbox division in Japan

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:13:23 +0000

Microsoft cuts 17 percent of the workforce at the Japan branch. According to a new report in Nikkei BizTech, Microsoft has laid off 34 employees in the Xbox division of its Japanese... Read more...

Microsoft Doubles Loss in Xbox Division - Filing

Tue, 13 May 2003 16:17:59 +0000

Things are not going too well in Microsoft's Home and Entertainment Division. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said that its Home and Entertainment division lost $190 million before taxes, write-offs and other charges in its... Read more...

SiS to spin off graphics chip division soon, sources say

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:06:37 +0000

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has decided to spin off its graphics chip division (multimedia product division) as a new subsidiary in May or June under the name of Tu Chiang Technology (transliterated from Chinese), according... Read more...

Foxconn seems set to buy Hynix's LCD division

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:50:56 +0000

The pending sale of Hynix Semiconductor Inc.'s LCD business took another turn late this week when Cando Corp., a Taiwan-based component supplier originally expected to buy most of the division, failed to complete the deal.... Read more...

Microsoft division accused of fraud

Steven Parker — Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:02:03 +0000

Thanks Activewin for the heads up on this story. Microsoft Corp. has been accused in a lawsuit of helping Visio Corp. steal a Utah company's software technology for computer-aided designs. In 2000, the... Read more...

DOJ shuffles antitrust division to focus on tech

Sat, 05 Jan 2002 04:41:09 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice said it would shake up its legal ranks Friday, announcing plans to "modernize" its antitrust division to better cope with new enforcement issues in the technology and telecommunications industries. ... Read more...