Neowin News Feed for: Poor

Steve Jobs admits to poor health

Tom Warren — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:27:32 +0000

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been suffering from a "hormone imbalance" throughout 2008 but plans to stay on as the company CEO. In a letter posted by Jobs and addressed to the Apple Community,... Read more...

Hackers exploit poor website code

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:31:58 +0000

Web designers making very old mistakes are letting malicious hackers hijack visitors to their sites, say experts. Many of the loopholes left in the code created for websites have been known about for almost a... Read more...

New eBay site lets people finance the world's poor

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:03:35 +0000

EBay Inc, the world's largest online auctioneer and payments company, launched on Wednesday a Web site allowing ordinary investors to buy securities aimed at improving conditions in the world's poorest countries. MicroPlace, located at https://www.microplace.com,... Read more...

Sony Blames Software for Poor Console Sales

Fri, 18 May 2007 21:29:07 +0000

The PlayStation 3 sales declined by almost 50,000 units between March and April. Dave Karraker, Sony Computer Entertainment America's Sr. Director of Corporate Communications, attributed the poor results "to a lack of new software in... Read more...

Atari closes two studios, announces poor Q3 results

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:25:05 +0000

Atari this week reported decreased revenues for its fiscal third quarter and announced its decision to close publishing studios located in Santa Monica, California and Beverly, Massachusetts as part of what President and CEO Jim... Read more...

Nvidia shares sink on poor earnings

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:49:16 +0000

Shares of graphics chip maker Nvidia tumbled 35 percent Friday after the company's second-quarter earnings disappointed Wall Street. The setback comes as the Santa Clara company faces increased competition from arch rival ATI... Read more...

Fear of viruses and poor protection grows

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:56:17 +0000

Three-quarters of European businesses surveyed said they believe viruses will become more dangerous, while two-thirds believe the frequency of attacks will increase, according to e-mail security firm MessageLabs. Natasha Staley, information security analyst at MessageLabs,... Read more...

Warner Bros plans penalties for poor quality licensed titles

Wed, 26 May 2004 19:51:08 +0000

A new scheme being championed by Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment boss Jason Hall would see publishers whose games are reviewed poorly being penalised by higher royalty payments to the license holder. Under the terms of... Read more...

Safari exposes IE as a brave face for poor coding

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:19:22 +0000

Safari developer David Hyatt has attacked Internet Explorer for letting website developers get away with writing 'malformed code' and consequently holding back the development of Apple's browser. In his weblog Hyatt explains that most of... Read more...

Sims Online off to poor start, technology group says

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 18:58:34 +0000

Electronic Arts' massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Sims Online is off to a slower-than-expected start according to the SoundView Technology Group. The title sold about 12,000 units in its first two days; 40,000 beta... Read more...

Top UK firms have poor web sites

Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:06:49 +0000

Britain's leading companies are "woefully inadequate" at providing corporate information on their Web sites, according to a study released Monday. It said half the companies listed on the London stock market's main... Read more...

Red Hat trumps MS poor kids offer

Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:58:53 +0000

Article ripped from The Register. Microsoft is squaring a clutch of private antitrust suits accusing the company of price gouging by donating more than $1bn in cash, hardware, training and software to 12,500... Read more...

KaZaA, poor at filtering for viruses

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:01:43 +0000

KaZaA, the media desktop, has been one of the most successful replacements for file sharing, allowing its users a way of sharing music, video, documents, images, and software. But six per... Read more...