Neowin News Feed for: Manufacturer

BlackBerry lives on through TCL; global rights to the brand have been sold

Steven Johns — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 08:10:01 +0000

Although BlackBerry once held as much as 20% of the smartphone market share, today it officially bows out as the company announces it has sold manufacturing rights to the BlackBerry brand to TCL. Read more...

Sharp agrees to $5.8b Foxconn sale

Matt Blowes — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:26:01 +0000

Reports say Sharp's board have agreed for the company to be taken over by Taiwan's Foxconn, bringing an end to years of financial uncertainty and marking one of the largest deals in Japanese history. Read more...

The new Windows Phone 8 manufacturer... that you've probably never heard of

Andy Weir — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:23:02 +0000

A new company is soon to join the (pretty exclusive) club of manufacturers building Windows Phone 8 devices - but in most parts of the world, there's a good chance you'll never have heard of Micromax. Read more...

Iomega Acquires Chinese Hard Drive Manufacturer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:39:09 +0000

External disk storage maker Iomega on Dec. 12 announced that it will acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology, an $800 million hard drive manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, through exchange of stock. No cash will change... Read more...

360 Manufacturer to Discontinue Production

Joe Cashman — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:52:04 +0000

Wistron, the Taiwanese device manufacturer currently producing Xbox 360 units for Microsoft, is likely to halt production of the console during 2008, according to a report in the Economic Daily News. The company is likely... Read more...

MIT Finds Manufacturer for $100 Laptop

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:52:12 +0000

MIT announced today that it has chosen Taiwan's Quanta, the world's largest maker of notebook computers, to produce its ultra-low cost laptop developed by Nicholas Negroponte, the chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media... Read more...

Cisco Buying Cable TV Tech Manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:42:07 +0000

In a deal announced on Friday network equipment giant Cisco Systems Inc. revealed that it will acquire Scientific-Atlanta, one of the largest manufacturers of set-top boxes for the cable television industry. In the acquisition, Cisco... Read more...

Don't Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer Says

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:19:18 +0000

The producer of fuel cells that can recharge mobile phones and portable music players told industrialists and policymakers on Friday not to count on the power packs to solve the energy crisis. "Don't hold your... Read more...

Yet another PC manufacturer raises prices

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 02:47:01 +0000

NEC said on Monday it plans to increase the suggested retail price on its personal computers due to rising prices of parts such as DRAM chips and liquid crystal displays. "We are... Read more...