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Sirius XM prepares for bankruptcy

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:27:50 +0000

The recently merged company between Sirius Satellite Radio, and XM Satellite Radio, have merged into Sirius XM, but along with the merge, came a massive debt that neither company was able to cover. The... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares 'Albany' to Compete with Google.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:45:34 +0000

Microsoft is planning a new package of low-end productivity software and hosted services to battle back against Google Docs and Google Apps. Facing pressure from hosted productivity suites such as Google Docs and Google Apps,... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares Next Windows Home Server Update

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:49:26 +0000

Microsoft announced earlier this week it's plans to release a new update (or rather a second update) to Windows Home Server (WHS), this update is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Microsoft first... Read more...

Intel Invests $218 Million As VMware Prepares For IPO

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:10:18 +0000

Intel Capital and VMware have announced that the processor manufacturer will invest $218.5 million in the software virtualization company. With its new investment in VMware, Intel extends its longtime relationship with the EMC unit. In... Read more...

Net radio prepares for day of protest

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:53:12 +0000

On June 26 of this year, thousands of US webcasters will go silent in a bid to draw attention to impending royalty rate increases that the industry believes will shutdown the country's internet radio. US... Read more...

Linux Foundation Prepares For Microsoft's Legal Action

Tue, 15 May 2007 03:32:45 +0000

Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin, has chosen his words carefully when asked what the thinks of Microsoft declaring that 235 of its patents are violated in some form of open source code.... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares to release Windows Live Hotmail

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:23:15 +0000

Windows Live Hotmail (previous named Windows Live Mail) testers have received an e-mail from Microsoft with the words "we're getting ready to launch" although there is no notice of a date. Microsoft is also offering... Read more...

ASUS Prepares PCIe x1 Sound Card

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:29:44 +0000

Last week at CeBIT, ASUS demonstrated its upcoming Xonar-series sound cards, available in two variants: the D2 and D2K in PCI and PCIe x1 interfaces. Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect multi-channel audio encoding technologies... Read more...

EU prepares antitrust case against Intel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:29:12 +0000

European Commission antitrust officials investigating computer chip maker Intel presented what they believe is a watertight argument for prosecuting the firm to an internal panel of so-called devil's advocates on Tuesday, a person familiar with... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares For October Windows Vista RTM

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:17:26 +0000

Since Microsoft Released Windows Vista™ Release Candidate 1 (RC1) on September 1, 2006, Microsoft has "Forked" the development cycle and began work on the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) builds, which Technical Beta Testers and the... Read more...

Berlin Prepares World's Largest Consumer Electronics Show

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:22:06 +0000

The world's largest consumer electronics trade fair, the IFA, will open tomorrow in Berlin with over 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries spilling out over a massive 160,000 sqm floorspace. It will run from the 1st... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares Apple GarageBand Competitor

Simon Andrews — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:15:02 +0000

It seems that the ongoing battle between Apple and Microsoft is about to get a bit bigger. According to Microsoft-Watch, Microsoft is preparing a program code named Monaco to go up against GarageBand, a part... Read more...

Midway prepares to Blitz The League

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:36:10 +0000

Unlicensed football game sees a name change, more info to come in May. Midway has announced that its next football game will be known as Blitz the League. The game was previously... Read more...

AMD Prepares 64-bit Assault

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 01:43:00 +0000

Thanks to jerry for the BPN heads-up Never one to miss out on a piece of the action, AMD is set to launch its 64-bit mobile processor onto the market. The Turion... Read more...

Nintendo prepares to launch Fusion rock tour

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:34:26 +0000

Nintendo put up promotional efforts in the run up to the holiday season, the Fusion rock music event will begin off a 37 day tour on September 20th, with Story of the Year headlines. Each... Read more...

Microsoft Prepares Windows XP Starter Edition

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:15:45 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it will be offering a low-cost version of its popular operating system Windows XP. This low-cost OS dubbed "Windows XP Starter Edition" will be available in October of this year. ... Read more...

Microsoft prepares for search assault

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:28:39 +0000

This July Microsoft is getting ready to take on Google and Yahoo with its new search engine. For a while now Microsoft has been promising a better search engine with exciting capabilities. Capabilities... Read more...

Dell Prepares for PCI Express Ramp

Thu, 27 May 2004 22:12:41 +0000

Thanks to crusher for the heads up... Dell, one of the world's largest maker of personal computers, recently ordered PCI Express x16 graphics cards from its main graphics cards supplier Microstar International, according... Read more...

Namco prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary next year

Sun, 23 May 2004 15:38:24 +0000

Japanese publisher Namco has announced plans to commemorate its fiftieth year of operation next year, with a special 50-year logo to be used on a variety of promotional campaigns and advertisements. Founded in... Read more...

Eolas strikes back; Microsoft prepares appeal

Tue, 11 May 2004 22:09:49 +0000

The patent battle between Microsoft and the University of California's Eolas spin-off is heating up again, with each side pressing its case before the government. UC and Eolas filed a response to... Read more...

Microsoft prepares new Xbox Live Starter Kits for US retail

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:33:29 +0000

Following on from the roll-out of the Xbox Live 3.0 "Tsunami" features on the console online service this week, Microsoft has announced that it is to revamp the retail Starter Kit bundles with new bundled... Read more...

Broadband prepares to take off

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:46:04 +0000

Next time you board an airplane there could be more to look forward to than a movie and an in-flight meal as high speed net access takes to the air. Trials of in-flight... Read more...

Microsoft prepares 'iPod killer' for Europe

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:07:39 +0000

The first handheld gadgets to play music and movies on Microsoft's "iPod killer" software will be available in Europe in the second half of 2004, the company said Thursday. The gadgets will run on Microsoft's... Read more...

Intel prepares to can Pentium 4

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:51:20 +0000

IN RETROSPECT, this last IDF played down a lot of things, one of the biggest ones being the Pentium 4. Anything based on the core was played down, all the talk was of the Itanium... Read more...

Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:42:29 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is preparing a major PR assault over Windows' perceived security failings in which it will criticize Linux for taking too long to fix bugs, we have learned. In a sign that the inroads... Read more...

AMD prepares for Athlon64 launch

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:38:46 +0000

The long-awaited launch of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) Athlon64 processor is less than a week away, and it's only a matter of time before rival Intel Corp. duplicates AMD's approach, the company said Wednesday.... Read more...

Microsoft prepares for Yukon, Longhorn

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:23:11 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans for new development tools, as the company continues to lay the groundwork for its next major database and operating system software releases. The software maker plans to... Read more...

AOL Prepares Version 9 Update

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:21:15 +0000

Call it keeping up with the Internet Joneses, or maybe with MSN and Yahoo: America Online's latest update to its client service, AOL 9.0 Optimized, sports a new look and functions, from a blogging tool... Read more...

SuSE prepares to take on Microsoft at their own game

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 09:44:13 +0000

SuSE have announced they are to release a version of their enterprise server aimed at the workplace's desktop market, SuSE Linux Desktop. They hope this release will be embraced by companies hoping to replace their... Read more...

Microsoft prepares reply to iTunes

Sat, 24 May 2003 03:15:46 +0000

While Apple Computer grabs publicity for its new 99 cent music download store, Microsoft is quietly preparing for a counterattack by improving its own technology for supporting subscription music services. Services such... Read more...

Microsoft prepares Windows Server ads

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:17:25 +0000

Microsoft will launch a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign on Thursday to promote Windows Server 2003 to cash-strapped IT managers. The Redmond, Wash.-based software company said ads touting the thrice-delayed operating system will appear in print, television,... Read more...

Microsoft prepares next Office 2003 Beta

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:48:31 +0000

Monday, Microsoft will release the second beta version of its Office 2003 applications suite, an upgrade that's slated for general availability this summer. The vendor expects the test code to be snapped up by 500,000... Read more...

Industry prepares for Microsoft CRM's arrival

Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:57:22 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is poised to launch its closely watched CRM (customer relationship management) software, prompting customers and industry rivals to brace for the arrival of a package that could prompt an upheaval in the CRM... Read more...

Apple Prepares 10.2.1 Jaguar Update

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:02:34 +0000

Apple is set to release the first update for Mac OS X version 10.2, according to a knowledge base article posted on the AppleCare Web site. The update comes less than a month after the... Read more...