Neowin News Feed for: Forces

Fifth force of nature could explain Universe's most mysteriously abundant thing

Sayan Sen — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 06:28:01 +0000

Ultra-precise tests reveal subtle anomalies, leading to speculation about a hidden fifth force that could explain what we don't understand about the most abundant substance in the Universe. Read more...

UK government forces ISPs to keep email records

James Hall — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:23:07 +0000

With what is being considered yet another attack on the right to privacy, all ISPs in the UK will be obliged to store information about emails, including spam, that people in the country receive and... Read more...

Viacom & Microsoft Join Forces

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:59:04 +0000

Viacom Incorporated and Microsoft Corporation have negotiated an agreement under which major divisions of both companies will collaborate on advertising, content distribution, event promotions and games over the next several years. Detailed financial terms were... Read more...

Rhapsody, TiVo Join Forces

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:52:38 +0000

The digital music service Rhapsody and digital video recorder pioneer TiVo on Tuesday announced a partnership that enables TiVo users to access the Rhapsody music service through their devices. TiVo subscribers can search for music... Read more...

Demonoid's Return Forces Canadian Users Out

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:33:00 +0000

Earlier reports suggested that Demonoid was contacted by the CRIA, but with Demonoid's return, fiction has become fact. Demonoid reports: "We received a letter from a lawyer representing the CRIA, they were threatening with legal... Read more...

Microsoft and SanDisk Join Forces for USB Flash Drives

Tom Warren — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:20:53 +0000

Microsoft Corp. and SanDisk® Corp. today announced they have signed an agreement to deliver a next-generation software and hardware solution to place application programs and personal customization on USB flash drives and flash memory cards,... Read more...

Microsoft forces pirate to advertise his guilt

Tom Warren — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:45:48 +0000

A software pirate has been forced to take out an advertisement in the computer press after Microsoft won a legal case against him. The conviction is part of Microsoft's campaign to crack down on people... Read more...

Linspire, Canonical, Freespire, Ubuntu Join Forces

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:04:29 +0000

Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire, the developer of Linspire and Freespire, have announced a technology partnership. The Linspire/Freespire Operating Systems will move away from Debian and will be based on Ubuntu. Starting with... Read more...

Star Wars Empire At War: Forces of Corruption Ships Out

Todd Tanner — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:25:51 +0000

LucasArts and Petroglyph today announced that Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, the highly-anticipated expansion for Star Wars: Empire at War, has shipped to retail stores in North America. ... Read more...

Cisco, Microsoft Join Forces On Security

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:03:14 +0000

Keeping the spirit of "coopetition" alive, Cisco Systems and Microsoft on Wednesday said they're delivering on a two-year-old promise to make their network-access security offerings interoperable. At The Security Standard conference in Boston this... Read more...

Yahoo, eBay Join Forces

Fred Derf — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:52:35 +0000

Internet powerhouses Yahoo Inc. and eBay Inc. are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Under the multi-year partnership... Read more...

Businesses Join Forces To Fight Piracy

Howard Thomson — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:22:00 +0000

Over a dozen business executives, including Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Vivendi Universal's Jean-Rene Fourtou and GlaxoSmithKline's Andrew Witty have joined forces to fight piracy in all markets, not just the software sector. Items from DVDs to... Read more...

Battlefield 2: Special Forces Screenshots

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:36:08 +0000

Four new screenshots for Battlefield 2: Special Forces are now available for download to show more of the recently announced 3D multiplayer action expansion by Digital Illusions. If you prefer, you can also check out... Read more...

Coding Misstep Forces new Firefox Release

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:49:31 +0000

The open-source Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client will be updated for the second time in a week because of code changes that have unintentionally stopped some third-party extensions from functioning correctly. ... Read more...

America's Army: Special Forces (Q-Course) 2.40 released

Todd Tanner — Mon, 16 May 2005 19:33:51 +0000

The United States Army announced today that they have released version 2.40 of America's Army: Special Forces, named Q-Course. This new version has many new features and upgrades, and as such requires a full 876... Read more...

America's Army: Special Forces Mac full install & patch v2.3

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:06:49 +0000

Following last months Win32 & Linux releases, Icculus has now issued the Mac OSX version v2.3.0 of America's Army: Special Forces, once again allowing Mac gamers to join the team-based tactical shooter by the US... Read more...

Cisco and Microsoft Join Forces

Tom Warren — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:36:43 +0000

Cisco Systems and Micosoft today announced that they were both working toegether to share and intergrate their security and health assurance technologies. The idea is simple, intergrating solutions from both companies will create a good... Read more...

MyDoom Forces SCO To Change Address

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:24:12 +0000

The SCO Group has thwarted the malicious intentions of the MyDoom virus by establishing an alternative Web site. The company is asking customers, resellers and developers to use www.thescogroup.com for the next twelve days. The... Read more...

Sun forces final death of Win98, Office 2000, etc

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:05:21 +0000

Microsoft will pull the plugs on MSDN downloads of a range of products, including Windows 98, Office 2000, SQL Server 7 and NT Workstation, next Monday. These contain the polluted Java which, according to the... Read more...

America's Army: Special Forces (2.0)

Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:26:43 +0000

The newest version (v2.0) of AA: O, codename America's Army: Special Forces (Special Forces Assessment and Selection) will be released today, Thursday, 6 November 2003. This latest release in the America's Army game series focuses... 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...

Day of Defeat Joins Forces With Valve

Marcel Klum — Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:26:41 +0000

Thanks Josh for this news. "Valve and the Day of Defeat team announced an official partnership for continued development of the wildly popular World War II-based Half-Life MOD. In addition, Day of Defeat... Read more...

Fear of war forces IT outsourcers to flee

Sun, 09 Jun 2002 02:28:23 +0000

India-Pakistan conflict takes toll on its technology sector Fear of nuclear war in the Far East is driving IT outsourcers to leave India. With the threat of a conventional conflict or even a... Read more...

Qualcomm, Oracle join mobile forces

Wed, 05 Jun 2002 22:38:08 +0000

Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is working with Oracle to make Qualcomm's BREW software for cell phones interact with some Oracle databases. BREW, or Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, was introduced in... Read more...

Mobile Forces Demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 12:23:42 +0000

Mobile Forces delivers explosive vehicle combat combined with traditional FPS action. Built on top of Epic's latest Unreal Engine technology - graphics hardware is pushed to the limit by the use of static... Read more...