Neowin News Feed for: Millions

IDC: Tablet shipments continue to free fall as market shifts focus towards productivity

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:22:01 +0000

According to the latest figures released by IDC, tablet shipments continue to decline worldwide with only 38.7 million units sold in Q2 2016, a marked 12.3% year over year decrease. Read more...

Facebook spam could be worth $200m annually

Paul Ferson — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:03:09 +0000

Facebook comment spam can be annoying to encounter, but a group of Italian researchers believe it to be worth up to $200 million annually, with some spammers setting up pages to earn even more money. Read more...

Facebook shares reach all-time low

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:54:27 +0000

Facebook's stock prices reached an all-time low on Tuesday's trading, having declined 43% since their initial availability in May. Stocks were trading at just over $20 on the markets during the day. Read more...

Millions of L-drivers' data lost (UK)

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:21:08 +0000

The details of three million candidates for the driving theory test have gone missing, Ruth Kelly has told MPs. Names, addresses and phone numbers - but not financial data - were among details on a... Read more...

Millions of computers roped into criminal 'robot networks'

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:48:31 +0000

More than 1 million computers in the last five months have become part of robot networks, or "botnets," in which hackers take over computers without their owners' knowledge and use them in criminal campaigns, the... Read more...

Windows Vulnerability Could Compromise Millions Of PCs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:37:37 +0000

A serious security flaw affecting every version of Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Windows operating systems, including Vista, could enable cyber criminals to take control of an untold number of machines around the globe and manipulate personal information.... Read more...

Monster says millions of users' data may be stolen

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:06:02 +0000

The theft of contact information for job seekers in the database of Monster was greater than the 1.3 million individuals the company reported last week, Chief Executive Sal Iannuzzi said on Wednesday. While investigating the... Read more...

Toshiba Readies Millions of HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:12:18 +0000

LAS VEGAS -- New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the format battle against rival Blu-ray Disc this... Read more...

Nintendo Recalls Millions of Wii Remote Wrist Straps

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:51:29 +0000

Nintendo is offering to replace the original version of the wrist straps for the Wii Remote with a newer version. We have received some reports that when consumers swing the Wii Remote with the original... Read more...

FAA saves millions with Red Hat migration

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:10:27 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration has moved its airline traffic management and real-time tracking systems from a Unix platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The estimate to upgrade the existing Unix data centers came in... Read more...

Jail for 'Robin Hoods' who cost Microsoft millions

Mon, 09 May 2005 14:22:51 +0000

Four Britons were jailed on Friday for being part of a global gang described as "Robin Hoods" who stole expensive software from rich companies and gave it away for free over the Internet. The group,... Read more...

Intel: Millions of Dual Core Processors to be Shipped in 05

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:32:51 +0000

Intel Corp. said during Tuesday's first quarter of fiscal 2005 conference call that the company would ship "millions" of dual-core processors this year, but the really high volume of such chips would be available next... Read more...

Hollywood threatens to sue UK BitTorrent man for millions

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:23:14 +0000

Alexander Hanff had no idea Hollywood was keeping such a close eye on him. Then, last Saturday morning, a movie studio functionary arrived at his door. Hanff, still in his dressing gown and not yet... Read more...

Nvidia to clear out millions from GPU inventory

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:11:58 +0000

Nvidia is offering discounts of 10%-20% to graphics card makers, with the goal of clearing out several million graphics processing units (GPUs) from inventory before the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2005, which... Read more...

Millions more for Sun from Microsoft patent pact?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 11:38:38 +0000

Microsoft is paying Sun Microsystems $1.95 billion as part of a deal signed last week--but Sun could gain as much as $450 million more over the next 10 years through a patent provision in the... Read more...

How MS tax policy saves Gates millions - Nader

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 04:20:05 +0000

US consumer activist Ralph Nader has opened a new front in his war on Microsoft - tax fiddling. In a letter sent to Bill Gates on Friday, Nader and James Love, the director of Nader's... Read more...