Neowin News Feed for: Industry

Intel just surprised employees with drastic pay cuts throughout the company

Dean Howell — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 03:20:30 +0000

Intel just cut pay for corporate employees by five percent or more in surprise internal communication that has left employees of the firm shellshocked in the wake of a weak, inflationary economy. Read more...

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Take-Two Interactive in talks to purchase Codemasters

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 22:42:01 +0000

The UK-based video game developer and publisher Take-Two Interactive has made a move to purchase racing game-maker Codemasters. The former is willing to shell out a sizeable sum to buy the latter. Read more...

Ofcom opens call for evidence on future communications tech

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:22:01 +0000

Ofcom has asked industry, academia, and others to voice their opinions on emerging communication technologies so that it prepared to deal with them if they are deployed on a mass scale. Read more...

Putin tells tech sector to use domestic software… or else

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 20:12:01 +0000

Vladimir Putin has renewed calls for Russia to move from foreign software. He said private comapanies may lose out on sales to the state if it offers foreign products. The move will bolster security. Read more...

In hindsight: Unbelievable tech industry predictions and quotes

Julio Franco — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:38:06 +0000

Over the years many have felt compelled to follow Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (of Moore's Law) in bringing their observations about the industry into the public eye… with varying degrees of success. Read more...

Mobile World Congress: A hint of what's to come

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:48:36 +0000

Next week, the mobile industry will convene in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress - and Neowin will be there. We take a look at some of what to expect from the massive event. Read more...

EA tried to buy Valve

Tyler Holman — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:20:52 +0000

EA would love to own Valve; who'd thunk it? A new report says that EA has been pursuing the company for years, but co-founder Gabe Newell says Valve is more likely to 'disintegrate' than be acquired. Read more...

Editorial: Welcome to the new Microsoft

Tyler Holman — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:03:59 +0000

Microsoft just showed off the Surface, and it's the perfect example of the new Microsoft, a feisty underdog fighting tooth and nail to out-innovate the competition and rewrite its own DNA. Read more...

10 minutes of downtime means big losses for Google

Tyler Holman — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:26:29 +0000

A marketer decided to work out how much money Google makes per minute, and how much it would stand to lose in the 10 minutes of downtime some reported earlier today. The numbers will make you jealous. Read more...

Amazon to bypass publishers, music industry should follow

Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:47:19 +0000

Amazon is taking a bold new step and is asking authors to bypass the traditional publisher. Amazon will be directly publishing 122 books this Fall in both in both eBook and physical form. Read more...

Music industry "should embrace illegal websites"

James Hall — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:26:15 +0000

The music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing websites, according to a study of Radiohead's last album release that found huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band allowed fans to pay little... Read more...

Industry leaders join board of OpenID foundation

Simon Andrews — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:55:02 +0000

Several industry leaders in the tech industry, and in particular the online side of it, have officially joined the OpenID foundation as corporate board members, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, IBM, and VeriSign. This large step... Read more...

Ten New Years Resolutions for the PC Industry

Brad Wardell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:27:42 +0000

Happy New Years folks and that means it's time for New Years resolutions. We have some suggested resolutions for the PC Industry that will help them...and us! #1 To the PC Makers: Stop pre-loading... Read more...

Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:47:40 +0000

Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the... Read more...

Intel touts Tiniest Solid-State Drives in the Industry

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:02:16 +0000

Intel Corporation touts the Z-P140 PATA Solid-State Drive, the company’s latest product in the SSD market, as being “smaller than a penny” and weighing “less than a drop of water”. The devices are available in... Read more...

EA: Industry Must "Deal With" $60 Pricetags

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:43:50 +0000

As if games were not expensive enough already, EA had this to say about the rising cost of gaming: Quote - Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello suggests that publishers will soon... Read more...

Music Industry Betting on 'Ringle' Format

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:03:44 +0000

As the recording industry wakes up from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major labels are getting ready to launch the "ringle," which... Read more...

Music Industry Caps Fees for Some Internet Radio Stations

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:33:47 +0000

SoundExchange, the company which collects royalties from Webcasters and distributes them to artists and record labels, said it would limit fees - at $50,000 a year - for online radio station companies that offer more... Read more...

Music Industry Offers Discounted Royalty Rate

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:28:29 +0000

Yesterday, a music industry group said small Internet radio broadcasters could pay discounted royalty rates for streaming music online through 2010, a move that could keep the struggling businesses alive. Webcasters who earn $1.25 million... Read more...

Acer: PC Industry 'disappointed' with Vista

Paul Tarling — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:42:48 +0000

Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the Financial Times Deutschland on Monday. Lanci said the operating system was riddled with... Read more...

Video game industry group names new president

Thu, 17 May 2007 21:36:19 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. video game industry's trade association, has announced Michael Gallagher will take over presidential duties at the association later in May. Gallagher was the chief telecommunications and policy adviser to... Read more...

Dell to preload Ubuntu, industry sources say

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:05:31 +0000

Officially, Dell Inc. hasn't said a word yet about which Linux it will be preloading on its desktops and laptops. Several sources within Dell, however, have told DesktopLinux.com that Dell's desktop Linux pick is going... Read more...

Games industry sees record 2006 - DS driven...mostly

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:37:08 +0000

With a certain portable system from Nintendo breaking hardware and software records, you just knew there was going to be good news overall for the game industry come the end of the fiscal year. Sure... Read more...

British Music Industry Threatens ISPs Over Piracy

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:23:04 +0000

The music industry opened up a new front in the war on online music piracy yesterday, threatening to sue internet service providers that allow customers to illegally share copyrighted tracks over their networks. The International... Read more...

NPD Group: Gaming Industry Grows To $12.5 Billion in 2006

Todd Tanner — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:44:42 +0000

With the shift to the new generation of consoles finally complete, there's little left to discuss about the transitional year aside from how well the industry weathered it. The industry-tracking NPD Group today released its... Read more...

Porn Industry Chooses HD DVD

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:17:31 +0000

Thanks to Mikee4fun for posting this in BPN. They say the reason VHS beat Betamax was because the adult entertainment industry chose VHS. Recently, at their annual get together, which coincidentally coincides with CES, the... Read more...

Vista Boosts Tech Industry

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:04:07 +0000

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the... Read more...

The next step - Industry takes aim at 450mm

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:05:59 +0000

The semiconductor industry faces challenges without end, and one of the major issues looming on the horizon is the move to 450 millimeters, and all the questions and challenges that involves. When the issue was... Read more...

Industry Testing of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Begins

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:19:02 +0000

Following the release Friday of Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1), Microsoft Corp. announced plans to make RC1 available for broad customer and partner testing. With this milestone, Microsoft is also communicating the U.S.... Read more...

Industry to stop 'music cheats'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:27:17 +0000

The BPI has invited ISPs to "enforce their own terms of use" The recorded music industry's trade group has told internet service providers (ISPs) to freeze the accounts of customers who illegally fileshare. The British... Read more...

Industry Group to Develop 4th Generation (4G) Mobile Network

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:00:01 +0000

A group of operators have formed an alliance, which will determine the future mobile networks, e.g., decide, which features and capabilities are required by the 4th generation of mobile networks, which will be deployed after... Read more...

China Cost Film Industry '$2.7bn' Last Year

Joe Cashman — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:39:58 +0000

According to a global movie body, movie piracy in China is costing the industry $2.7bn a year. The Motion Pictures Association say that around 93% of all films bought in China are pirated, and 40%... Read more...

European Apple Sales on the Rise as Industry Slows Down

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:36 +0000

Apple continues to excel in the UK and Europe, growing sales at a significantly faster rate than the industry average. New data from the analysts at IDC shows the company continues to make gains.... Read more...

Music industry to surrender to Apple

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:28:38 +0000

THE RECORD industry is apparently on the verge of surrendering to Jobs' Mob's demands that music prices be kept at .99 cents a single on iTunes. Universal, Warner Music, SonyBMG and EMI North America are... Read more...

Videogames will save entertainment industry

Todd Tanner — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:16:05 +0000

An article on IGN has an interesting take on the Video Game industry. According to projections from PricewaterhouseCoopers the worldwide Entertainment sector will grow by 7.3% to $1.9 Trillion by 2009. The Video Game sector... Read more...

Games Industry Spearheads Retail Change

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:25:28 +0000

Best Buy has seen a spike in profits of 85 percent over the previous year, and analysts agree that video games have a very large part in the retail chain's recent success. The boost... Read more...

Music Industry Looks East to Tackle Piracy

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:33:42 +0000

Music firms are launching their first lawsuits in Asia as the crackdown on net piracy continues. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry announced this morning it had filed 963 lawsuits, with some of them... Read more...

ELSPA calls for Government support for videogames industry

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:49:12 +0000

UK development and publishing facing increasing threat from lack of local funding Publisher association ELSPA has warned that without Government support, the videogames industry may face difficulty in maintaining its positive balance... Read more...

GDC2005: Is the game industry broken?

Brad Wardell — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 04:40:38 +0000

A game developer's panel at this year's Game Developer's Conference, the issue was raised - is the game industry broken? Read this commentary on TotalGaming.net which includes a link to the observations of... Read more...