Neowin News Feed for: Owners

ThePirateBay owners may face prison time

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:14:46 +0000

ThePirateBay owners, Hans Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl LundstrÃ¶mare set to appear in court on Monday and could face two years in prison and a fine as high as $180,000 each.... Read more...

NPD: 52% of U.S. Xbox 360 Owners have bought Halo 3

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:26:48 +0000

NPD Group Incorporated is reporting that as of November, 4.1 million Americans have purchased Halo 3, which is equal to 52% of the current 7.9 million Xbox 360 owners in the United States. Super Mario... Read more...

Early Halo 3 Limited Edition Owners Receive Scratched Discs

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:47:39 +0000

Unofficial reports from lucky early owners of the Halo 3 Limited Edition found that unlike the regular Xbox 360 green game boxes, the Halo 3 Limited Edition ships in a black tin box with center... Read more...

Apple's Passing Out The Benjamins to iPhone Owners

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:49:21 +0000

It's no surprise that after Apple announced the $200 price drop of the 8GB iPhone, early adopters were a little upset they paid 1/3 more for the device just because they jumped on it quickly.... Read more...

Sony dropping out support for older Walkman owners

Ambroos Vaes — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:11:47 +0000

In August, Sony announced that it will stop providing its own music store service Connect in the United States, Canada and Europe by march 2008, and that all new Walkman players will be useable with... Read more...

Free Steam Games For ATI Radeon Owners

Thu, 31 May 2007 13:06:15 +0000

Valve has announced that effective immediately, ATI Radeon owners can download a free copy of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch through Steam. The software will automatically confirm the presence of ATI Radeon... Read more...

New PS3 Owners Discover Noisy, Defective Console Batch

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:02:40 +0000

Although the PlayStation 3 console has had a reliable track record for almost half a year, some new owners of the PS3 are complaining that a recent batch of 60GB consoles is exhibiting a high-pitched... Read more...

MP3 Player Owners Thieves?

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:28:58 +0000

MP3 Player owners are "thieves", according to Universal Music CEO, Doug Morris. Morris was discussing Microsoft's recent attempt to buy its way into the music industry by paying a $1 per unit royalty on... Read more...

VR games pit pets against owners

Marcel Klum — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:27:28 +0000

If you've ever wanted to match wits with your pet hamster, Mice Arena could be the game for you. As in a traditional video game, players navigate a virtual world in a bid to stay... Read more...

Theater Owners Want Cell Phones Blocked

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:16:23 +0000

The National Association of Theater Owners wants the Federal Communications Commission to allow the blocking of cell phone signals in theaters. John Fithian, the president of the trade organization, told the Los Angeles Times theater... Read more...

Exec - Half of 360 Owners Will Use Live

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:36:07 +0000

Microsoft executive Robbie Bach predicts that half of Xbox 360 owners will signup for Xbox Live, even though only 2 million or around 10 percent of current Xbox owners are Live subscribers. However, his... Read more...

iPod Nano Owners in Screen Scratch Trauma

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:00:12 +0000

People slavering to get Apple's "impossibly small" iPod Nano into their sticky hands may want to pause a moment: those ahead of them in the queue have discovered that it's also unbelievably easy to scratch... Read more...

Apple to Give Levy Back to iPod Owners

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:16:38 +0000

Music lovers who paid extra for their iPods because of a levy will soon be able to get their money back, Apple Canada announced Monday. "Apple is pleased that the Supreme Court of Canada let... Read more...

Kazaa owners launch defense in file-share case

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:08:08 +0000

The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy... Read more...

Featured Windows XP Community Site Owners Visiting Microsoft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:48:27 +0000

This week, Microsoft (Redmond Campus) is hosting a gathering of enthusiasts who publish Web sites supporting the Windows community. The Featured Community Summit is an unprecedented opportunity for product team engagement between teams from Microsoft... Read more...

Dell - No Windows Mobile 2003 SE to existing Axim owners

Tom Warren — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:07:01 +0000

What are Dell's plans regarding the recently announced Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition? "Dell will deploy Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition in future Axim products. We have no plans at this time... Read more...

Judge deletes suit by ReplayTV owners

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:45:53 +0000

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that five ReplayTV owners filed against Hollywood studios that sought to secure the right to use the product's features to skip commercials and share recordings. ... Read more...

PowerBook owners see spots

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:57:21 +0000

Some buyers of Apple's new PowerBook G4 are complaining of white spots on its screen. Hundreds of owners of Apple Computer's new 15-inch PowerBook G4 are complaining about an apparent design fault that causes white... Read more...

€50 off Cube for first 400,000 GBA SP owners

Marcel Klum — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 13:43:54 +0000

Big N responds to flagging demand with 20 million Euro pan European promotion Nintendo of Europe is hoping to stimulate demand for the GameCube in Europe by offering 50 Euros off the standard... Read more...

E-mail's not free? Mac owners flee

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:38:44 +0000

It looks like Apple is getting plenty of heat for it's recent decision to charge for it's .mac email services according to a story over opn CNet. Apple Computer's plan to start charging... Read more...

AT&T raises prices for cable modem owners

Wed, 29 May 2002 12:37:14 +0000

While having my morning read of /. I came across this story... A new pricing structure from AT&T will result in modem owners paying an extra $7 for their high-speed Internet service whilst... Read more...

Sound Blaster Audigy owners will have to pay for bugfixes

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:58:38 +0000

Thanks Dok for the heads up :D I'm just gonna rip what you've said, so here it goes.. After the recent announcement by Creative (about the CD version of Liveware 3 for XP... Read more...

.edu & .us TLD to get new owners

Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:52:09 +0000

The .edu TLD will get a new owner in the next month, in the form of Educause, a nonprofit group representing college technology departments. Educause will expand the domain to allow the... Read more...