Neowin News Feed for: Names

Sony will be revealing some of its upcoming games before E3 2018

Usama Jawad — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:00:01 +0000

In a surprise announcement, Sony has stated that it will be revealing the names of some of its upcoming games for the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation VR ahead of its E3 conference next week. Read more...

Chinese law for real-name internet registration passed

Paul Ferson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:58:01 +0000

Chinese laws forcing real-name registration to use the internet have been passed, with further revisions likely to come. The legislation could allow removal of "illegal" posts within the country. Read more...

Israeli couple name baby "Like" after Facebook inspiration

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:34:10 +0000

We’ve had Robin Williams call his child Zelda after Princess Zelda of the Legend of Zelda, Chris Martin of Coldplay named his kid Apple and now an Israeli couple have decided to name their baby... Read more...

PC World names the 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:52:41 +0000

PC World has put together a top 25 list of the most innovative products of the year 2007, noting the “Innovation”, the “Benefit” and a brief overview of each. All entries on the list are... Read more...

Video game industry group names new president

Thu, 17 May 2007 21:36:19 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. video game industry's trade association, has announced Michael Gallagher will take over presidential duties at the association later in May. Gallagher was the chief telecommunications and policy adviser to... Read more...

MySpace asked for names of registered sex offenders

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:18:34 +0000

Attorneys general from eight states want MySpace to turn over the names of potentially thousands of registered sex offenders who may be members of its popular social networking site. In a May 14 letter to... Read more...

Program Names govern admin rights in Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:53 +0000

Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out... Read more...

'.eu' Domain Names Top 2.5M in Year One

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:14:45 +0000

The European Commission has announced that more than 2.5 million ".eu" Internet addresses have been registered since the European domain name launched just over a year ago. Many worldwide brands now have a web address... Read more...

Microsoft switches up names for Windows Mobile 6

Steven Parker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:09:24 +0000

Some of us are still trying to keep straight in our brains the difference between Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices, but with the impending arrival of Crossbow, that ship... Read more...

Tighter Controls on .eu Domain Names

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:45:10 +0000

Under a new rule that will come into effect February 19, European registrars will have the option to deny the transfer of ownership of the ".eu" domain name if there is abuse suspected. Previously the... Read more...

IDG Names E3 Replacement Show - Entertainment For All Expo

Todd Tanner — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:08:22 +0000

IDG World Expo today announced the official name of its newest event: "Entertainment for All(™) Expo" (E for All(™) Expo), scheduled for October 18-20, 2007, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The name... Read more...

Mag names Mac Pro 'fastest PC in UK'

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:02:21 +0000

Apple's four-core Intel-based Mac Pro desktop has been named the UK's fastest PC after it was lined up against a top-of-the-line Windows machine by British magazine PC Pro. According to the publication's upcoming November issue,... Read more...

Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hacker

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:29:23 +0000

A month after accusing the Motion Picture Association of America of conspiring to commit data theft, the operators of a file search engine presented more details regarding the alleged relationship between the MPAA and a... Read more...

Symantec Names Genesis 'Norton 360'

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:15:23 +0000

Symantec today announced that its upcoming consumer PC security service will be branded Norton 360. The security service will include online identity theft protection, backup and PC tune-up capabilities. Norton 360, previously codenamed Genesis,... Read more...

Final Names for Windows Vista Performance Features

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:06:43 +0000

Windows PC Accelerators is the new term that encompasses Windows Vista's new performance-enhancing technologies. The Windows PC Accelerators are: Windows® SuperFetch™ Windows® ReadyBoost™ (formerly code-named "EMD") Windows® ReadyDrive™ (formerly code-named "Piton") Windows... Read more...

Time Names Gateses, Bono 'Persons of 2005'

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:32:18 +0000

The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year" along with Irish rocker Bono for being "Good Samaritans" who made a difference in different... Read more...

AMD Names Ex-IBM Executive CTO

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:17:43 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday that it has replaced CTO Fred Weber with Ex-IBM PC division CTO Phil Hester. Hester most recently worked with server computer manufacturer Newisys, which used AMD's Opteron server class... Read more...

Graphics card names are the bitter end

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:07:39 +0000

GRAPHICS CARDS ARE STARTING to bother me. No, not because they are expensive, not because they are cheap, and not because I don't have a good one, it is a problem with names. There are... Read more...

Potential DS Names Trademarked

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:00:52 +0000

Nintendo's been rather busy down at the patent office. Find out what they've been up to inside... FYI...It's been reported that Nintendo submitted nine (yes, nine) different trademark applications concerning the name... Read more...

Iwata names next Nintendo console

Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:03:31 +0000

What can you expect from Nintendo's next generation console dubbed Revolution? Satoru Iwata promises that it will deliver "new ideas" for entertainment and of course be more powerful than the GameCube. ... Read more...

Domain names once again fetch top dollar

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 02:56:12 +0000

Thanks TruBD. One more sign the technology sector is rebounding: An Internet domain name is again commanding seven figures. Last week, a Florida man sold men.com for $1.3 million, a healthy profit over... Read more...

US names the day for biometric passports

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:54:30 +0000

A senior US government official has laid out detailed plans for the timing and form of US government issued biometric passports. Frank Moss, deputy assistant secretary for Passport Services, presented his organisation's plans to evolve... Read more...

Wipo ruling could wipe out domain names

Tom Warren — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:55:22 +0000

Guess it's time-up for all those dodgy whitehouse sites ;) World Intellectual Property Organisation under fire over proposed changes to Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy A well-meaning proposal from... Read more...

P. Diddy names Bill Gates as his hero

Fri, 07 Feb 2003 17:03:17 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - What do Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates and Ralph Lauren have in common? They are all heroes of hip-hop impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who announced on Thursday a new... Read more...

Sex.com case seeks to define domain names as property

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:35:26 +0000

In what adult Internet search engine Sex.com is calling a partial victory in its case against registrar VeriSign Inc., a federal appeals court has asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether a domain name... Read more...

Intel names new mobile chip family

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 22:41:21 +0000

Intel on Tuesday announced a new brand name for its next-generation mobile processor technology: Centrino. The new chip family, which includes the processor formerly known by the code name Banias, was designed... Read more...

Microsoft names the day for Xbox online

Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:34:27 +0000

Microsoft will launch its Xbox Live online game-playing service on Nov. 15, a year after the video game console entered the market, the company plans to announce Tuesday. As previously reported, Microsoft... Read more...

Electronic Arts Names Former Amazon CFO as Its Own

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:16:30 +0000

Thanks neo1980 for sharing this with us. No. 1 independent video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday appointed Amazon.com Inc. former chief financial officer Warren Jenson as its own CFO, replacing long-time executive Stan... Read more...

Qwest Names CEO to Lead Shift Back to Local Service

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:57:59 +0000

In March 2000, Joseph P. Nacchio, the brash chief executive of Qwest Communications International Inc., predicted his company's $50 billion merger with US West would create a limber, high-growth global telecommunications powerhouse. ... Read more...

ATI explains chipset names

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:00:49 +0000

We know that ATI announced its chipset line for Pentium 4s and Athlons at CeBIT and boards should be appearing as early as May. But perhaps less well known is how ATI came... Read more...

50,000 dot-biz names on hold

Sun, 14 Oct 2001 17:25:55 +0000

OPERATORS of the new ".biz" internet suffix have placed more than 50,000 domain names on hold after a California court ruled they might be running an illegal lottery. More than 200,000 other names... Read more...

Microsoft names game titles for Xbox

Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:49:21 +0000

Microsoft said Friday it's developing seven video game titles for its upcoming Xbox console, the software giant's first titles for the machine as it gears up for entry into the $20 billion video game market... Read more...

AMD names next Athlon after Windows XP

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:52:51 +0000

AMD is taking its lead from the Beast of Redmond, and in a desperate bid to imply new, relevant and up-to-date technology, will name its next desktop processor the Athlon XP -after Microsoft's new version... Read more...