Neowin News Feed for: Ponders

Firefox ponders marketing overhaul

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:12:08 +0000

The Mozilla Corporation is preparing a number of changes to the marketing of the open source Firefox browser in a bid to further grow market share. "To date, Mozilla has done a reasonably good job... Read more...

Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent case

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:30:50 +0000

A federal appeals court on Thursday wrestled with whether to overturn or uphold a lower court's $565 million judgment against Microsoft in the biggest patent dispute in Web history. The U.S. Court... Read more...

PalmOne ponders Microsoft, Linux options

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:49:03 +0000

Handheld-computer maker PalmOne is considering moves that would take it beyond the operating system that helped make the company a household name. The Milpitas, Calif.-based firm has evaluated both Microsoft-based operating systems... Read more...

UK News: BT ponders music downloads for payphones

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:40:25 +0000

UK telco BT could soon be selling digital music through its 70,000 payphones if talks with a major online music provider prove fruitful. According to a BBC report, the telco wants to allow owners of... Read more...

Walkman 'inventor' ponders iPod action

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:36:00 +0000

The man who came up with idea of the personal stereo is threatening to sue Apple over the iPod. Andreas Pavel filed a patent on the concept of a "stereobelt" back in 1978. The idea... Read more...

Apple ponders innovative scroll mouse

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:18:13 +0000

Apple's strict position on one-button mice could be set to change, as it has published a patent application – originally filed in September 2002 – for a mouse that has an optically based scrolling feature.... Read more...

Ellison Ponders Next Move: Sue, Or Surrender?

Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:03:38 +0000

Ellison, the Oracle chief executive, now faces an impasse in his $9.4-billion bid for PeopleSoft. Today the U.S. Department of Justice said it would block Ellison to protect competition in the business software sector. Seven... Read more...

More PSP details emerge as Sony ponders spec change

Marcel Klum — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:46:26 +0000

A presentation from the SCEE Technology Group has revealed further details of how the PlayStation Portable will work, but developers claim that Sony is considering changing the spec of the device to add more memory.... Read more...

AMD ponders bigger x86 chip clan

Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:46:10 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices plans to expand its family of processors based on the x86 architecture to fit a broader range of computing devices. The chipmaker will launch its Athlon64, a new high-performance... Read more...

Microsoft Ponders Windows Upgrade for '04

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:29:35 +0000

Thanks neo1980...According to developers close to the Redmond, Wash., company, a proposal to deliver a Windows 'Yukon' release—timed to tide over Microsoft and its users until the long-awaited Longhorn debuts—is on the company's drawing boards.... Read more...