Neowin News Feed for: Dollars

Mexican court fines Yahoo 2.7 billion US dollars

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:06:52 +0000

A Mexican court has fined Yahoo $2.7 billion dollars over an apparent breach of a contract that seems to date back to 2003. The search giant obviously intends to challenge the decision made. Read more...

PayPal to stop conversions of Argentine pesos to USD

Paul Ferson — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:03:30 +0000

After the government in Argentina passed a ruling to limit dependency on the US dollar, PayPal became the easiest method of converting. As a result, the functionality is to be pulled in Argentina. Read more...

Facebook shares reach all-time low

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:54:27 +0000

Facebook's stock prices reached an all-time low on Tuesday's trading, having declined 43% since their initial availability in May. Stocks were trading at just over $20 on the markets during the day. Read more...

iTunes Movies: One Week, One Million Dollars

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:59:36 +0000

In only one week, Apple's iTunes Store has generated $1 million in movie sales for Walt Disney, and that's "just the beginning," the head of Disney said Tuesday. By the end of this year, Disney... Read more...

Voice Phishers Dialing for PayPal Dollars

Steven Parker — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:00:54 +0000

Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts. In the newest social engineering attack, identity thieves have spammed fake PayPal account compromise warnings to... Read more...

Gates sees big dollars in little devices

Tue, 10 May 2005 16:53:47 +0000

Bill Gates doesn't think his company has been slow to crack the cell phone market. He just thinks the little devices have yet to catch up to the power of his company's software. ... Read more...

Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Dollars Going Unclaimed

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:54:59 +0000

California companies and consumers who purchased Microsoft PC software may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table as a deadline for filing in a California class action approaches. The Settlement Recovery Center (SRC),... Read more...

All Computers sues Intel for half a billion dollars

Thu, 20 May 2004 15:21:55 +0000

A Canadian firm wants half a billion US dollars in damages against Intel as well as a permanent injunction and is claiming that Chipzilla's technology is based on a patent it owns. The firm said... Read more...

Apple seeks dollars in former freebies

Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:21:13 +0000

Apple's decision to stop offering free downloads of iMovie and iPhoto is part of a clear shift by the Mac maker to try to recoup more of the dollars it invests in creating software for... Read more...

Rumor: GameCube To Be Available For $100 Dollars

Marcel Klum — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:04:20 +0000

In a surprising rumor coming out of Gamers.com and the "Q-Man", whom reports rumors for Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, Nintendo may decide to cut the price of the GameCube system in the U.S. to just... Read more...

The cost of our future valued at $30 billion dollars

Wed, 13 Mar 2002 21:58:01 +0000

In 1997 Canadian Prime Minister, Jean ChrÃ©tien and American President, Bill Clinton were both proud signataries of the Kyoto Agreement, which tried to address various environmental concerns linked to global warming. ... Read more...