Neowin News Feed for: Electronic

Magnetic toy company to announce magnetic electronics connector 'Nanoport'

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 03:54:07 +0000

Nano Magnetics, a toy company which makes 'Nanodots', is set to announce their expansion into the mobile market with their newest device: A "universal magnetic connector". Read more...

iOS game targeting Foxconn pulled from App Store

Paul Ferson — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:33:50 +0000

Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has been targeted by an iOS game which was pulled by Apple less than an hour after it was published to the store for others to download. Read more...

Sony Expands E-book Reader Range

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:57:55 +0000

Sony is introducing a second electronic book reader to its range in the U.S. that comes with upgraded hardware and will go on sale in November. The PRS-700 features a similar 6-inch electronic paper display... Read more...

Electronic Billboards Turn into Digital Wanted Posters

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:31:16 +0000

Orwell, eat your heart out: between ads for hamburgers and liposuction, several giant digital billboards on the street flashed an image of Oscar Finch's face taken by a surveillance camera. However, the young man wasn't... Read more...

Electronic Arts to Buy BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:09:18 +0000

Video game developer Electronic Arts Incorporated has announced plans to pay up to $775 million in cash and stock to acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners: BioWare Corporation and Pandemic Studios. Together, the studios... Read more...

100 Million+ Consumer Electronic Devices with DivX Support

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:03:06 +0000

Since the launch of the DivX Certification program in 2003, DivX Incorporated's consumer electronics partners have shipped over 100 million DivX Certified video devices. The 100 million devices represent over 2,500 individual product models that... Read more...

Peter Moore Leaves Microsoft, Joins Electronic Arts

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:45:36 +0000

Peter Moore, the head of Microsoft's gaming business, is leaving to join game maker Electronic Arts. For the past four years Mr Moore has been the public face of Microsoft's Xbox and PC gaming business,... Read more...

HP Licenses Nanoscale Electronic Device Stamping Technology

Tue, 08 May 2007 22:54:35 +0000

Nanolithosolutions of Carlsbad, California has licensed a technology process from HP Labs called nanoimprint lithography– a method of literally stamping out patterns of wires less than 50 atoms wide on a substrate. NIL technology has... Read more...

Electronic Arts brings the SimCity Series to Nintendo DS

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:44:04 +0000

The fastest selling gaming system in the world, the Nintendo DS, is getting the best selling game in the world, the Sims series. After confirming at the beginning of February that the company is developing... Read more...

New York may ban Electronic Devices while crossing street

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:54:00 +0000

New Yorkers who use any electronic device, be it an mp3 player, a cell phone or a portable gaming device, while crossing the street could soon be charged a $100 fine. The reasoning behind the... Read more...

Flexible Electronic Paper to be Mass-Produced in 2008

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:49:16 +0000

Good-bye, Silicon. Hello, Polymer. UK-based Plastic Logic was founded via Cambridge University's research labs back in 2000. The company has just secured $100 million in financing. Naturally, financial backing happens to those with potential. With... Read more...

Electronic Arts hires former THQ executive

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:17:28 +0000

Electronic Arts has hired Philip Holt, formerly head of studio operations at THQ, to oversee the publisher's Florida subsidiary, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Holt will take over as chief operating officer... Read more...

Interview with Electronic Arts VP Glenn Entis

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:16:45 +0000

Love them or hate them, it's hard to deny that Electronic Arts is one of the biggest players in the video games market today. With total revenues of 3 billion dollars last year, EA... Read more...

Electronic Arts Renews License With John Madden

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:16:33 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday said it renewed a licensing agreement with TV football analyst John Madden to continue using his name, voice and likeness for its top-selling video football game. "Madden NFL 2006" is... Read more...

Lawyers chase Electronic Arts

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:57:35 +0000

Complaint filed in Federal District Court seeks to pin responsibility for last week's drop in share price on corporate officers. A Philadelphia law firm which makes claims of being "a driving force... Read more...

Electronic Arts' takeover of DICE on ice

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:53:07 +0000

Digital Illusions stockholders balk at EA's buyout offer; deal that was to close December 27 now in limbo. Two days after gaming giant Electronic Arts spent a bundle on obtaining an exclusive... Read more...

Electronic Game Use is Associated with Childhood Obesity

Marcel Klum — Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:07:33 +0000

A new study adds to the evidence that sedentary behaviors are linked to childhood obesity and sheds light on the world-wide dimension of the problem. In a study published in the June issue of... Read more...

Oddworld's "Stranger" finds a home with Electronic Arts

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:30:53 +0000

EA confirms that it will publish the next Oddworld title; game is bound for PS2 and Xbox gamers sometime in 2005. Oddworld cofounder Lorne Lanning takes us behind the scenes. Quoted from GameSpot. ... Read more...

The Next Chapter In Electronic Books

Tue, 04 May 2004 15:39:30 +0000

The electronic book is one of those technological concepts from the 1990s that seems somewhat of a leftover. It's never really taken off the way it potentially could: It makes so much sense. ... Read more...

EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Video Game Music

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:36:37 +0000

EMI Group Plc, one of the world's largest music companies, has filed a federal lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest video game publisher, over claims of copyright infringement in EA's highly successful sports... Read more...

Electronic Arts to offer Godfather

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:57:17 +0000

Publisher confirms an adaptation of the classic Francis Ford Coppola films, and it will likely be M-rated. Hoping to cash in on the popularity of the crime genre, Electronic Arts is going... Read more...

Electronic Arts ranked as one of the UK's best employers

Marcel Klum — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:37:42 +0000

Electronic Arts has been named in the Sunday Times' annual survey of the best companies to work for in the UK, with the giant publisher being ranked 21st in the top 100 listing and described... Read more...

Hospitals to deploy electronic health records

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:07:07 +0000

More than 60% of top hospital IT executives responding a survey said they plan to deploy computerized electronic health records over the next year, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS), which... Read more...

Electronic Arts, Marvel Sign Game Development Deal

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:30:25 +0000

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Thursday said it has signed a deal with comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises Inc. to develop a series of fighting games pitting newly developed EA characters against Marvel... Read more...

Sega in talks with Electronic Arts

Marcel Klum — Tue, 27 May 2003 20:10:45 +0000

Incoming Sega president Hisao Oguchi has confirmed that the company is in talks with Electronic Arts over a sales alliance in North America which would further the Japanese company's overseas ambitions. According to... Read more...

Electronic Arts disses Microsoft

Mon, 12 May 2003 22:20:26 +0000

Electronic Arts put Microsoft in the unfamiliar position of second fiddle after the video game publisher chose to make its online games available only on Sony consoles, according to a published report Monday. ... Read more...

Electronic Arts sees increased profit

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:37:56 +0000

No. 1 video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a larger fiscal third-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by sales of new games based on movie series like "James Bond" and "Harry Potter." Redwood... Read more...

Electronic Frontier Foundation pushes for ban on regional DVDs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:36:28 +0000

GINGER GROUP the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said today it is pushing the US Library of Congress, North America's copyright "watchdog" to accept that people be allowed to skip "commercials" on DVD and also watch DVDs... Read more...

Secret U.S. court OKs electronic spying

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:40:16 +0000

A secretive federal court on Monday granted police broad authority to monitor Internet use, record keystrokes and employ other surveillance methods against terror and espionage suspects. In an unexpected and near-complete victory for law enforcement,... Read more...

Electronic Arts Names Former Amazon CFO as Its Own

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:16:30 +0000

Thanks neo1980 for sharing this with us. No. 1 independent video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday appointed Amazon.com Inc. former chief financial officer Warren Jenson as its own CFO, replacing long-time executive Stan... Read more...

Electronic civil liberty down to a vote in Europe

Thu, 30 May 2002 10:21:36 +0000

Governments have in recent times stepped up their monitoring of electronic communication in light of some terrorist organisations using the Internet as a means of communication. Today the 1997 Telecommunications Privacy Directive is up for... Read more...

German government employees get electronic signatures

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:58:28 +0000

Germany's federal government is introducing electronic signatures for its employees, a step it hopes will help make the security procedure generally accepted in the country. More than 200,000 employees of ministries and agencies will be... Read more...

Electronic Arts Restarts 'Majestic' Online Game Restarts

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:11:25 +0000

Thanks to Scuba by email Update : to previously posted article Electronic Arts Restarts 'Majestic' Online Game Electronic Arts, the largest US videogame publisher, said on Tuesday that... Read more...

Electronic Arts suspends 'Majestic'

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:40:57 +0000

Update : Following on from a post I made a week or two ago, I found the following story on msnbc. LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 — The publisher of the online role-playing... Read more...