Neowin News Feed for: Maker

Huawei makes available its HiKey 960 board aimed at AOSP developers

Boyd Chan — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:08:01 +0000

Leveraging the Kirin 960 SoC found inside its Mate 9, P10, and P10 Plus smartphones, Huawei has announced the availability of its new HiKey 960 board targeting Android software and driver developers. Read more...

Asus Tinker could be aimed at taking a slice out of the Raspberry Pi

Boyd Chan — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:18:01 +0000

With what could be mistaken as a dead ringer for the Raspberry Pi, Asus has quietly launched its new Tinker board which could provide compatibility for accessories designed for its main competitor. Read more...

Google announces map contest for $50K

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:58:49 +0000

Google has announced their first Map Maker Global Competition, which asks users to add high quality data on universities, schools, hospitals and medical clinics using Google Map Maker. Running until January 31st, 2010, the winner... Read more...

Smart Install Maker 5.02

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:46:25 +0000

Smart Install Maker lets anyone create installation packages in minutes with unprecedented ease and functionality. Instead of writing installation scripts or spending weeks on learning a complex installation program, you can take advantage of Smart... Read more...

Foxconn Electronics May Become World's Largest Mobo Maker

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:11:58 +0000

After Asustek Computer, the world's largest maker of computer mainboards, was split into three companies on the 1st of January, 2008, Foxconn Electronics, a major contract manufacturer of electronics, has a lot of chances to... Read more...

Smart Install Maker 5.01

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:36:51 +0000

Smart Install Maker 5.01 lets anyone create professional installation packages in minutes with unprecedented ease and functionality. Instead of writing installation scripts or spending weeks on learning a complex installation program, you can take advantage... Read more...

LG Sues World's Largest Laptop Maker Over DVD Patents

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:32:08 +0000

On July 3, in U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, LG Electronics Incorporated filed a lawsuit against the world's largest contract manufacturer of laptop PCs over the infringement of four patents related to DVD... Read more...

IBM offers $745 million for Swedish tool maker

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:59:52 +0000

IBM Corporation has agreed to buy Telelogic AB, a Swedish developer of software development tools, for about $745 million in cash. If shareholders and government agencies approve the deal, Telelogic would become part of IBM's... Read more...

Adware Zango sues maker of antispyware tool

Fri, 18 May 2007 18:27:59 +0000

Adware maker Zango Incorporated has sued PC Tools Pty Limited, makers of the popular Spyware Doctor software, in a dispute over the way the antispyware program flags and removes Zango's technology. The Spyware Doctor Starter... Read more...

Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Vista

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:34:32 +0000

Movie Maker 2.6 is for Windows Vista users whose computer cannot run the Vista version of Movie Maker. To test if your computer can run the Vista version of Movie Maker:1. From the Start menu,... Read more...

Smart Install Maker 3.20

Razvan Serea — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:10:35 +0000

Smart Install Maker lets anyone create professional installation packages in minutes with unprecedented ease and functionality. Instead of writing installation scripts or spending weeks on learning a complex installation program, you can take advantage of... Read more...

GreenBox Logo maker 1.0

Razvan Serea — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:06:20 +0000

GreenBox Logo maker is an innovative and easy to use product that makes it possible for any business owner to design professional business logos, create advertisements, design nice page headers for a web site and... Read more...

Memory maker turbocharges Ram to 1302MHz

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:08:41 +0000

A Silicon Valley memory manufacturer plans to unveil what it claims to be the world's fastest memory modules at next week's Consumer Electronics Show. Patriot Memory said that it will be featuring working displays of... Read more...

Macromedia flash player, manager and flash screensaver maker

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:27:01 +0000

Flash Player Pro is a handy flash tool kit designed as Macromedia flash player and manager. It has several powerful flash tools: download flash movies, preview and browse flash movie, capture flash image and set... Read more...

Microsoft's Buys Out Map Maker Vexcel

Fri, 05 May 2006 14:29:52 +0000

To boost its local search and online mapping services, Microsoft has acquired a company that makes products for creating maps from aerial and satellite photographs. Microsoft on Thursday announced its acquisition of Vexcel Corp. without... Read more...

Origami PC maker has to scribble 'wait'

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:54:57 +0000

With Samsung planning a U.S. launch of its Origami tablet on Monday, the folks at TabletKiosk had hoped to already be shipping significant quantities of their rival device. Instead, the tiny Southern California company discovered... Read more...

Computer Maker Files Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:47:37 +0000

Computer maker Tangent has filed a federal antitrust suit against Microsoft, accusing the software maker of anticompetitive behavior that forced it to overpay for the Windows operating system. The suit, filed last... Read more...

DVD Software Maker InterVideo Sues Dell on Patents

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:38:07 +0000

InterVideo Inc. , the top maker of DVD playback software used in personal computers, on Monday said it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Dell Inc., the world's No. 1 PC maker. Separately, InterVideo... Read more...

Adware Maker Tries Image Makeover

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:25:20 +0000

In an apparent attempt to shed its image as an aggressive adware pusher, 180solutions is alerting PC users whose computers run its ad-serving software and is offering tips on removing it. The... Read more...

Web Page Maker v2.0

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 May 2005 12:13:39 +0000

Web Page Maker is an easy-to-use web page editor that allows you to create and upload web pages in minutes without knowing HTML. Simply drag and drop objects onto the page and position them freely... Read more...

BlackBerry maker hurt by lawsuit

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 18:28:19 +0000

Research In Motion reported a fourth-quarter loss Tuesday after the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device maker paid a hefty charge to settle a patent infringement lawsuit with NTP Inc. But investors focused mainly... Read more...

Apple resellers, consumers sue Mac maker

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:28:07 +0000

A group of Apple Computer resellers and consumers has banded together to file a class action suit against the company. In the suit, filed in the California Superior Court in San Francisco,... Read more...

Audio CD Maker 6.0

Brad Wardell — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:33:17 +0000

Audio CD Maker is an easy and affordable way to create high quality CD's from your MP3 files. Audio CD Maker also allows you to create both standard audio and MP3 format CD's that can... Read more...

Photo Screensaver Maker 3.6

Brad Wardell — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:42:39 +0000

Aone software has updated its Screensaver making program, Photo Screensaver. It essentially does what it says - it lets you make a screen saver that is a slideshow of images and captures. Perfect for... Read more...

Games maker fights for survival

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:56:18 +0000

Thanks to a|KK|y for the heads up One of Britain's largest independent game makers, Argonaut Games, has been put up for sale. The London-based company behind the... Read more...

PC Maker Ships Computers with 4.0GHz Intel Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:08:43 +0000

Alienware, a maker of high-performance personal computers, announced it had extended its lineup of so-called ultra high-end desktops with Intel Pentium 4-based machines. The PCs come with overclocked microprocessors, delivering performance not attainable by computers... Read more...

Adware maker WhenU 'exploring' options

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:09:34 +0000

Adware developer WhenU has hired an investment bank to explore strategic partnerships and investment options, CNET News.com has learned. WhenU CEO Avi Naider confirmed on Wednesday that the privately held company has hired... Read more...

Software maker unites Windows, Unix

Tue, 25 May 2004 10:25:03 +0000

And the Unix system will lay down with the Windows system, and lo, there shall be peace among the vendors. IT folks are hoping for major interoperability improvements between leading server systems as... Read more...

Chinese PC maker Founder to install iTunes on all PCs

Tue, 18 May 2004 18:19:58 +0000

Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday announced that Founder, a major supplier of personal computers to the Chinese market, will pre-install the Windows version of Apple's iTunes software on all of its PCs beginning... Read more...

Motherboard maker Epox expects to return to profitability

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:09:40 +0000

Taiwanese second-tier motherboard maker Epox Computer expects to return to profitability in 2004, buoyed by increased shipments of motherboards, Bluetooth devices, industrial PCs (IPCs) and newly developed products like graphics cards and barebone systems, company... Read more...

PC maker puts P4 Extreme Edition into... notebooks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:09:59 +0000

Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is aimed fairly and squarely at desktops for gamers, but that hasn't stopped a US PC maker from attempting to bung one into its high-end portables. Liebermann offers three notebook... Read more...

Windows Movie Maker 2 Chat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:19:37 +0000

Topic: Windows Movie Maker 2 Have video camera? Have Windows XP? Discovered Windows MovieMaker 2.....now what? Join the Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker 2 development team and discover tips and tricks... Read more...

Digital Photos Screensaver Maker 2.9 (New release)

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:11:33 +0000

This program enables you to quickly create slideshows incorporating both picture and audio files. The slideshow can be created as an executable (.exe) file, or as a screensaver (.scr) file. The program includes 182 transitional... Read more...

DVD X Maker 2.0.1

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:32:54 +0000

DVD X MAKER turns your collection of old home videos into dazzling, crystal clear DVD movies. Keep your precious memories alive forever! Produce, direct, create, burn and share exciting big-budget Hollywood-style DVD movies with DVD... Read more...

Adobe buys XML software maker

Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:42:30 +0000

Publishing software giant Adobe Systems announced Monday that it has acquired Yellow Dragon Software, a small company that specializes in XML tools that will support Adobe's electronic document strategy. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Yellow Dragon makes... Read more...

Intel buys WLAN chip maker Mobilian

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:11:08 +0000

Intel has acquired the assets of little-known wireless networking chip maker Mobilian for an undisclosed sum. Mobilian's web site was recently updated to state: "Substantially all of the assets of Mobilian have been acquired. Mobilian... Read more...

Wrestler Maxx Payne Sues Videogame Maker

Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:20:17 +0000

Retired World Championship Wrestling professional Maxx Payne filed a $10 million lawsuit against a group of video software developers for allegedly stealing his persona to create the game "Max Payne." The lawsuit was filed last... Read more...

Sanmina to scoop up server maker

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:25:21 +0000

Newisys, a start-up hoping to popularize the Opteron chip from Advanced Micro Devices, is being bought by contract computer manufacturer Sanmina-SCI, according to sources close to the company. The Austin, Texas-based server start-up--founded by a... Read more...

Microsoft loses No. 2 ranking in market value to drug maker

Tom Warren — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:26:54 +0000

Microsoft has lost its status as the world's second-largest corporation to drug maker Pfizer due to slowing sales growth that caused it to miss out on this year's stock-market rally. Pfizer's market... Read more...

Microsoft to buy antivirus software maker

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:05:23 +0000

Microsoft has announced its intention to acquire GeCad Software, a Romanian antivirus technology developer, in order to improve the security in its Windows platform. The deal, the financial terms of which were... Read more...