Neowin News Feed for: Licence

ZTE reveals cost of Windows Phone OS licensing

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:21:23 +0000

Microsoft has been careful to avoid publicising the cost to manufacturers of licensing the Windows Phone OS for each handset - but an executive from ZTE has now revealed the charge for each licence. Read more...

Microsoft licenses ARM architecture

Michael Gillett — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:07 +0000

ARM announced today that they have signed a new licensing agreement with Microsoft. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two companies. Since 1997, Microsoft and ARM have worked together on software and devices across... Read more...

150 Million copies of Windows 7 sold, seven copies every second

Tom Warren — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:45:04 +0000

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it had sold 150 Million licenses of Windows 7, seven copies every second. The extraordinary fact was announced on the Windows Team Blog by Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc. "We are excited... Read more...

Microsoft to licence mouse and keyboard technologies

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:31:30 +0000

Microsoft is planning to licence its keyboard and mouse technologies for the first time in history. Microsoft will allow third party companies to use Microsoft's U2, tilt wheel and... Read more...

EA secures Champions League licence

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:58:06 +0000

Electronic Arts has signed an agreement to develop and publish an official game of the UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 competition, and plans to release the results in February next year on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and... Read more...

Alienware Proposes to Licence its Multi-GPU Technology

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:37:34 +0000

While ATI Technologies does not currently officially support any technologies that could enable multi-GPU graphics sub-systems on desktops or workstations, a recently released plan from Alienware is likely to provide users of ATI's RADEON products... Read more...

Apple Euro music licence win signals mid-June launch?

Sun, 30 May 2004 21:13:09 +0000

Apple could be ready to launch its iTunes Music Store (ITMS) in Europe by the middle of June, sources said to be familiar with the company's plans have claimed. They reckon that the Mac maker... Read more...

Linux users face licence cash call

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:04:26 +0000

European firms are being urged to buy a licence for Linux to avoid legal action by SCO which claims the operating system unlawfully includes some of its computer code. Before now SCO... Read more...

SIS introduces wi-fi ready Pentium M chipsets under licence

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:11:57 +0000

CHIPSET FIRM Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) said it has introduced a range of notebook chipset that include wireless LAN capabilities and support Intel's Pentium M microprocessor. The firm's integrated chipset, the SIS 648MX, supports a... Read more...

Commodore 64 licence deal heralds emulator clamp down

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:14:06 +0000

Dead for almost a decade, the Commodore brand name is about to be re-animated and with it one if the erstwhile home computer giant's best-known machines, the Am... sorry, the Commodore 64. ... Read more...

SCO Unix licence irrevocable, says IBM

Thu, 22 May 2003 17:14:13 +0000

IBM has told vnunet.com that SCO cannot carry out its threat to revoke its Unix licence on 13 June. Last week SCO vice president Chris Sontag said that SCO would enforce its threat to... Read more...

One licence for MS Jupiter apps

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:13:35 +0000

Microsoft plans to introduce a single licence for its Jupiter suite of integrated e-business components that will eventually replace the existing Content Management Server 2002, Commerce Server 2002, and BizTalk Server 2002 products. The company's... Read more...

Intel, SIS at loggerheads over 533FSB licence

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:42:51 +0000

If intel says it is "negotiating" with another chip company, you've got to fear the worst, and that a law suit is on the cards. And that appears to be the case in... Read more...