Neowin News Feed for: Giants

Like the good old days: Microsoft's market cap hits $600 billion

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:18:01 +0000

After a gap of over 17 years, the Redmond giant has managed to cross the $600 billion mark. Back in 2000, at the peak of the dot-com era, Microsoft had for the first time hit the milestone. Read more...

CPU giants locked in stalemate

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:14:52 +0000

Chip rivals Intel and AMD are locked in stalemate with virtually flat market share growth for the fourth quarter of 2007, says researcher IDC. Intel's share of the overall processor sector was 76.7 per cent,... Read more...

Security giants fail VB100 virus test

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:07:23 +0000

Researchers at Virus Bulletin have released the results of the latest VB100 computer security test, highlighting failures at a number of leading security vendors. Products from Sophos, Trend Micro and Kaspersky were among those that... Read more...

Oz video rental giants go Blu-ray only

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:05:40 +0000

Major Australian rental chains Video Ezy and Blockbuster - both of which are owned by the same company, Franchise Entertainment Group - have gone all-out for Blu-ray Disc, they said today. Neither chain - comprising... Read more...

Industry giants in hot water after underage topless photos

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:01:00 +0000

A Texan judge has granted a temporary order prohibiting sales of a trivia game in the USA that rewards players with video and photos of topless women, after a teenage girl claimed that she was... Read more...

IM giants drop some barriers to peace

Thu, 15 Jul 2004 04:23:45 +0000

Today the three major IM giants have reached an agreement. This agreement will connect AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger in corporations. All this will be done using Microsoft's Live Communication... Read more...

Computing giants to debut new gear at CES

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:28:49 +0000

The computing industry will up the ante on its consumer bet this week, as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other tech stalwarts head to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. CES, the main trade show for... Read more...

Tech giants ally on home networking

Tom Warren — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:32:10 +0000

Microsoft, Sony and other tech heavyweights are set to unveil a joint effort to make sure that their products--from computers to DVD players to cell phones--can communicate with each other over a home wireless network.... Read more...

Media giants demand ISPs block Web sites

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:40:36 +0000

They've sued Napster and Scour into submission; realizing that this is expensive, they've bought numerous Congressional lapdogs to force the DoJ to become their personal 'Copyright 911' so that challenges to their production and distribution... Read more...

Update: Electronics giants unveil DVD standard

Wed, 20 Feb 2002 04:07:47 +0000

This is an update to a Neowin news posting yesterday. The new standard of Optical Disc Video Recording Format was announced today, thanks go to Slashdot for the news pointer. Nine leading... Read more...

Electronics giants may unveil DVD standard

Tue, 19 Feb 2002 03:05:54 +0000

Nine consumer electronics makers, including Sony, Philips Electronics and Samsung Electronics, are expected to unveil a uniform standard for next-generation DVDs on Tuesday, Japanese media said. According to the reports, the nine... Read more...

Tech giants push MPEG-4 standard

Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:24:41 +0000

A standards body comprising such tech heavyweights as Apple Computer and Cisco Systems has released a specification for streaming MPEG-4 video and audio via the Web. The Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA)... Read more...