Neowin News Feed for: Raise

Nadella: 'I answered that question completely wrong'

Brad Sams — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:34:01 +0000

Satya Nadella has posted a memo about his comment on stage at the Grace Hopper Conference where he says that when he answered the question about a raise, he was "completely wrong". Read more...

Satya Nadella is in hot water over a comment about women and pay, listen to it here

Brad Sams — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:06:01 +0000

Earlier today, Satya Nadella was interviewed Grace Hooper Celebration keynote by Maria Klawe but a comment about women and asking for a raise has landed the CEO in some hot water. Read more...

Google gives everyone a 10% raise, huge bonus

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:57:03 +0000

We’ve always heard that Google was a great place to work, and CEO Eric Schmidt is putting his money where his mouth is, quite literally. Business Insider reports that to honor the performance and quality... Read more...

Steve Jobs: One letter can raise shares almost 6%

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:52:38 +0000

Just about everyone knows that Steve Jobs is the face and lifeblood of Apple, and while some Apple-lovers claim that this is not the case, investors think otherwise. Following the last few keynotes and what... Read more...

Citigroup says Microsoft likely to raise Yahoo offer

Tom Warren — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:00:25 +0000

Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo and upgraded Yahoo shares to "buy" from "hold." The brokerage also raised its price target on Yahoo's stock to $34 from... Read more...

Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:39:24 +0000

According to an email sent last February by Microsoft general manager John Kalkman, the software giant lowered Windows Vista's minimum hardware requirements to ridiculous levels only because Intel needed to sell more graphics chipsets. The... Read more...

Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:26:53 +0000

Neowin member ispamforfood (interesting nickname!) has posted an interesting question on our Back Page News forum asking "Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles". It is true that there are many news... Read more...

GM Tests Technology To Raise Fuel Economy 15%

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:21:37 +0000

Detroit automaker General Motors Corp. says it is testing a new combustion process that could increase fuel economy in conventional engines by up to 15 percent. The announcement comes as fuel economy has become an... Read more...

AMD looks to raise $2.2 billion through debt sale

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:26:30 +0000

Less than one week after disclosing a $611 million first-quarter loss, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Monday said it hopes to raise up to $2.2 billion through the sale of convertible notes to institutional... Read more...

AOL Security Tools Raise Adware Questions

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:26:49 +0000

Just days after posting details of searches made by hundreds of thousands of subscribers, AOL is in hot water again with consumer advocates. This time the issue is with the company's Active Virus Shield anti-virus... Read more...

DDR2 sales raise to 20% of the DRAM market by end of '05?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:51:57 +0000

Kingmax Semiconductor, ranked as the world's eighth-largest third-party DRAM-module supplier by iSuppli for the last two years, is hoping to increase the proportion of DDR2 products in its unit shipments to, at least, 20% by... Read more...

TiVo Pop-Up Ads Raise Consumer Concerns

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:55:31 +0000

Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. has long promised "TV Your Way." But the company's plans for pop-up ads and restrictions on copying have sparked worries that the service may be eroding consumer control in... Read more...

Bill Gates gets a 4% pay raise

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:01:44 +0000

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the world's richest man, got a modest pay raise over the last year, according to a company filing. Gates, who is also the company's chief software architect, received $901,667... Read more...

AMD to raise prices on CPUs

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:39:41 +0000

The Inquirer reports that AMD is going to raise the prices on its Athlon XP processors. The price change effects Athlon XP models from 2800+ and up. This price change is going in... Read more...

VIA to raise chipset prices by 6-10% in July

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 May 2004 19:17:55 +0000

VIA Technologies will hike its chipset prices by 6-10% starting July 1 to reflect its rising production costs, according to sources at the chipset maker. This will be VIA's second price increase this year, following... Read more...

Patents raise stakes in search wars

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:41:58 +0000

Web companies are quietly amassing arsenals of search patents, as they prepare for a high-stakes war over the profitable technology that could one day control how most people get information. The battle lines were drawn... Read more...

eBay to raise listing fees

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:39:27 +0000

Online auctioneer eBay on Monday said it will soon raise the fee it charges to list the most expensive items on its site by 45 percent as part of its first such fee increases since... Read more...

Micron hesitates to raise DRAM prices

Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:43:36 +0000

US memory company Micron, currently in the deepest of negotiations with Korean Dramurai Hynix, is waiting to see what happens before hiking the price of its own memory modules. That follows a decision by Hynix,... Read more...