Neowin News Feed for: Letter

Twitter has sent a letter to Microsoft claiming it used data without paying for it

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 May 2023 23:30:14 +0000

Twitter has written a letter to Microsoft to review its use of Twitter data and to complain that the company hasn't paid for access. It wants a report back from the company by next month. Read more...

Twitter: Elon Musk's termination of acquisition deal is "invalid and wrongful"

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:26:01 +0000

After Elon Musk's announcement that he is terminating his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the latter's attorneys have filed a letter to the billionaire's lawyers, calling the decision "wrongful". Read more...

TikTok assures U.S. lawmakers about data privacy... again

Usama Jawad — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:00:01 +0000

TikTok has once again tried to alleviate the concerns recently raised by U.S. lawmakers about its data privacy and security practices. In a recent letter, it has attempted to justify its policies. Read more...

Facebook rebukes the UK's CMA over its position on the Giphy acquisition

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:56:01 +0000

Facebook has written a defiant letter back to the UK's CMA saying its concerns over Facebook's Giphy acquisition are totally unfounded. Facebook's defiance could see the issue drag on. Read more...

Satya Nadella responds to employee complaints about HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:16:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's decision to work with the U.S. military, saying that " it's really about being a responsible corporate citizen in a democracy". Read more...

Congress wants to know why the disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre was bungled

Usama Jawad — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:56:01 +0000

In a series of open letters, the United States Congress has questioned the bungling of the embargo for Meltdown and Spectre by various tech firms, including Microsoft, Intel, Apple, and Google. Read more...

Uber alleged to have used covert unit to steal secrets

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:04:02 +0000

A new letter has come to light in the legal battle between Uber and Waymo. As a result of the revelations it contains, the judge presiding over the case trial has delayed its start again. Read more...

Here's Bill Gates' letter to Microsoft employees to celebrate its 40 year anniversary

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 10:54:01 +0000

Microsoft was incorporated on April 4th, 1975 which is exactly 40 years ago today. To mark this occasion, Bill Gates has sent a company wide email hailing the future of the "fantastic company". Read more...

Jeff Bezos: Profits are not important to Amazon, customers are

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:18:46 +0000

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has written a letter to shareholders outlining his aims for the company. Bezos says that Amazon innovates even when there is no need, putting customers above profits. Read more...

Apple responds to iPhone 4 reception issue

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:52:50 +0000

For many, it's been a long time coming. Apple has officially responded to the countless complaints and reports of service dropping on the iPhone 4 when holding it a certain way. Without further ado, here's the... Read more...

An open letter to Microsoft on Windows 8

Kevin Weiner — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:04:18 +0000

Dear Microsoft, Congratulations on recently releasing the Windows 7 release candidate. As I've mentioned before, it's shaping into an excellent product and I have given my reasons why I think people should upgrade. But let's... Read more...

Steve Jobs: One letter can raise shares almost 6%

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:52:38 +0000

Just about everyone knows that Steve Jobs is the face and lifeblood of Apple, and while some Apple-lovers claim that this is not the case, investors think otherwise. Following the last few keynotes and what... Read more...

Mandriva's letter to Steve Ballmer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:36:42 +0000

Dear Steve, Hi, this is Francois, from Mandriva. I'm sure we are way too small for you to have heard of us. You know, we are one of these Linux company who is working hard... Read more...

Leaked Letter shows RIAA pressuring ISPs

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:52:46 +0000

The RIAA is asking for additional cooperation from ISPs in getting customers targeted by the RIAA's file-sharing sting to cooperate, according to a letter recently leaked to P2P attorney Ray Beckerman. In it, the RIAA... Read more...

ELSPA sends open letter to Home Secretary over Manhunt

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:05:34 +0000

British publisher trade body ELSPA has sent an open letter to the UK Home Secretary, David Blunkett, expressing serious concerns over the recent media controversy related to Rockstar's Manhunt title. Media reports of a link... Read more...

SCO sends second letter to Linux users

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:20:32 +0000

The SCO Group plans to announce Monday that it is escalating its campaign to collect license fees from corporations using the Linux operating system, with warning letters to the companies. Supporters of Linux, including IBM... Read more...

Open letter on exclusive demos

Marcel Klum — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:49:53 +0000

Several gaming sites joined an alliance protesting against exclusive demo releases and seeking to promote the broadest available means of giving consumers access to samples of games before they make a purchase:In the gaming industry,... Read more...

McBride letter continues SCO's Linux attack

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:40:35 +0000

Continuing its war of words against the Linux community, The SCO Group Inc. on Wednesday accused free software advocates of threatening the intellectual property protections provided by U.S. and European law. "There is a group... Read more...

Xbox Security Researchers Post Public Letter

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:58:47 +0000

The group of Xbox security researchers who previously contacted Microsoft about their discovery of running Linux on the Xbox game console without a mod chip today announced their communications with the software giant failed. ... Read more...

Microsoft piracy letter angers partners

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:24:06 +0000

Microsoft has received a mixed response from resellers after it signalled a toughened stance on licence compliance in a controversial letter sent to its partners. The software giant has been criticised as... Read more...

A red letter day for Exchange and Outlook

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:31:17 +0000

Microsoft is hatching plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security, a facelift for Outlook, and better support for cell phones and other handhelds. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer... Read more...

E-mail Overtakes The Letter

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:22:34 +0000

E-mail has officially overtaken the traditional post in the popularity stakes, research has shown. Figures show nearly 13 million people regularly use e-mail from their home computers, sending 12.3 and receiving 39.1 e-mails on average... Read more...

Neowin News: An Open Letter to..

Steven Parker — Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:49:32 +0000

Well just about everybody. Today I want to grab the attention of all the people that are unregistered and come here from other sites to post bad comments on the style of the reporting here... Read more...

An open letter to the community

Steven Parker — Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:28:50 +0000

I want to pick up on a few points people have made concerning my last post concerning certain changes being made on Neowin. I am not going to directly quote anyone because in all fairness... Read more...

MS anthrax letter un-confirmed

Steven Parker — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:43:43 +0000

Hmm in the ongoing story with Microsoft & Anthrax The Register reports that, The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia announced Monday that a letter returned from Malaysia to a Microsoft licensing... Read more...

Second Anthrax Test Negative on Letter

Steven Parker — Sat, 13 Oct 2001 10:08:28 +0000

Cheers E.Lo for this one, A second, more sensitive test on a letter sent from Malaysia to a Microsoft office has come back negative for anthrax, state officials said Friday. A third test was planned... Read more...