Neowin News Feed for: Looms

As WinXP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights

Steven Parker — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:53:17 +0000

Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline. In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows... Read more...

Vista day looms tomorrow

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:21:39 +0000

ANALYSTS ARE are being invited to the release of Microsoft's long awaited Vista operating system and Office 2007 tomorrow. There will be a bit of shin-dig somewhere swanky in New York and London tomorrow. It... Read more...

Debate Looms for GPL 3 Draft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:03:11 +0000

The first draft of GNU General Public License Version 3 will be unveiled next week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., but that milestone is likely to be more of a beginning... Read more...

DVD Format war Looms as Blu-ray Backers Plan Launch

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:27:21 +0000

Chances looked slim that consumers will be spared a DVD format war, as the backers of one standard said on Friday there was no common ground for a unified format and it was on track... Read more...

Showdown Looms for P2P Networks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:06:19 +0000

A group of technology trade groups, consumer advocates, and lawyers have filed more than 20 briefs in support of peer-to-peer software vendors facing a U.S. Supreme Court showdown with the movie industry later this month.... Read more...

Xbox 2 announcement looks unlikely as CES looms

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:24:38 +0000

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates' preconference keynote address is set to open the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tomorrow, but it now looks highly unlikely that the expected Xbox 2 announcement will be made in... Read more...

Gigabit Wi-Fi looms large

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:14:21 +0000

Among the factors that have held back enterprise uptake of wireless LANs outside greenfield sites have been security fears and lack of performance compared to wireline Ethernet. The past week has brought little reassurance on... Read more...

Ninja Gaiden 2 Confirmed, Xbox 2 Release Looms

Fri, 28 May 2004 14:28:10 +0000

Team Ninja head Itagaki-san spills the beans If you've been enjoying oriental Xbox battler Ninja Gaiden as much as we have, you'll be delighted to learn that a sequel has now been... Read more...

DVD format war looms

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:52:54 +0000

The DVD stands out as one of the most rapidly adopted consumer technologies ever, but in the electronics industry it's akin to an aging king in Shakespearean drama -- rivals are lurking, knives drawn. ... Read more...

Slot Machine Looms in EU-Microsoft Case

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:26:15 +0000

Microsoft Corp. software designed for, of all things, cash registers and slot machines played a persuasive role in the European Union's landmark antitrust case labeling it an abusive monopolist. The European Commission is expected to... Read more...

Apple cuts prices but Dell spectre looms

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:33:20 +0000

IN A MOVE apparently intended to win back market losses to Dell, Apple has cut prices on their eMac machines to $699 for educators, $779 for normal buyers. This, according to Apple's resident PR monkeys,... Read more...

Napster founder, key execs quit; bankruptcy looms

Darren Bolton — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:20:32 +0000

Napster founder Shawn Fanning quit the revolutionary online file-swapping service he created in his Boston dorm room in a mass exodus Tuesday that almost certainly signals the end for the once-feisty music service. ... Read more...

DRAM Market to Shrink, Shakeout Looms - Gartner

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:58:07 +0000

Market researcher Gartner Dataquest said on Thursday the global market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips was likely to shrink an additional 19 percent in 2002 after a massive 67 percent contraction this year.... Read more...