Neowin News Feed for: Efforts

Microsoft's Security Efforts Noted

Steven Parker — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:21:56 +0000

Code Red, Nimda and Blaster. These high-profile worms, which exploited flaws in Microsoft Windows and other applications, made Microsoft the butt of security jokes and forced the company to reexamine its approach to developing secure... Read more...

Microsoft's Digital Home Efforts Fall Short?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:03:49 +0000

Solution providers at D&H Distributing's fifth annual Digital Convergence Expo criticized Microsoft's digital home efforts, but praised chip giant Intel for helping drive market adoption in conjunction with VARs. Several attendees said they see Microsoft's... Read more...

Music sales slide despite RIAA's best efforts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:05:25 +0000

2005 proved one thing. The music industry really is as dumb as you think. US CD sales in 2005 fell 3.5 per cent year-over-year, according to Nielsen Soundscan. That's quite a blow given that CD... Read more...

IBM heightens vertical middleware efforts

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:33:39 +0000

IBM extended its industry-specific middleware efforts Monday, introducing four software packages aimed at the health care, life sciences, retail and telecommunications sectors. The introduction marks the second wave of vertical-industry middleware products launched... Read more...

Intel to expand flash memory efforts

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:01:30 +0000

Intel wants to be No. 1 again, and in a flash. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker, which slipped from first to fourth place in the flash memory market last year, is revamping its... Read more...

Efforts made to reduce Faxing Spam

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:35:54 +0000

A US federal appeals court said Friday that a law restricting junk faxes was constitutional, setting a precedent that favors legal attempts to restrict unsolicited e-mail. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals... Read more...

Hitachi focuses its hard drive efforts

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 05:46:09 +0000

Hitachi is focusing its efforts and targeting emerging markets to do what IBM couldn't--make money with hard drives. Executives from a Hitachi and IBM hard drive joint venture, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies,... Read more...

Microsoft Security Efforts Just the Beginning

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 04:20:47 +0000

Under Microsoft's Trust Worthy Computing initiative, their products they say have seen a drastic increase in both security and reliability. Will Microsoft finally plug the holes that plague their software? Read on! ... Read more...

Apple Shuns DRM Efforts So Far

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:20:11 +0000

Unlike Intel and AMD, the big chip makers for Windows-based computers, Apple hasn't announced plans to put technology into hardware that could end up restricting what customers do with the products they buy. Unlike Microsoft,... Read more...

Microsoft Joining Recovery Efforts

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:54:21 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. -- Sept. 12, 2001 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is making a donation of $10 million in cash and technical services to support the relief and recovery efforts in New York... Read more...