Neowin News Feed for: Reach

Facebook shares stats regarding user engagement in the U.S. prior to elections

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:40:01 +0000

Facebook has shared some stats regarding user engagement in the U.S. prior to the elections. Following the race being called, heart reacts increased while angry reacts remained at usual levels. Read more...

Windows Phone 7 apps to arrive in more markets

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:48:41 +0000

Windows Phone 7 is getting a new lease of life in the coming months, what with the release of the 7.8 update and Microsoft expanding the number of consumer markets apps will be available in. Read more...

Halo Reach: No co-op if you own a Xbox 360 Slim 4GB

Owen Williams — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:04:37 +0000

NukeZilla reports that owners of the new 4GB slim Xbox consoles aren't able to play co-op in Halo: Reach which was released today. According to the site, the new Xbox Consoles just don't have the... Read more...

Halo: Reach days from being "content complete"

Matt Blowes — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:02:58 +0000

"We are just days away from being content complete," revealed Halo: Reach's creative director Marcus Lehto. "This is the time when we start closing down and begin the polish phase." Lehto's announcement comes less than... Read more...

Halo: Reach trailer appears with jetpacks; beta date confirmed

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:28:54 +0000

Early this morning, many sites reported a leaked video from GNN of what appeared to be a trailer for the upcoming prequel to the Halo series, titled "Reach." At 5 AM PST, Bungie posted the... Read more...

Microsoft Fails to Reach Decision on Yahoo Takeover

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:35:33 +0000

Microsoft Corp. directors failed to decide on the next step in the pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. yesterday, leaving open the debate over whether to walk away from the $44.6 billion bid or fight to replace... Read more...

MySpace, BBC Reach Global Video Deal

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:28:36 +0000

The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programs to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network. The move, to... Read more...

Hitachi, Canon and Matsushita reach LCD Business Agreement

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:41:34 +0000

Soon after news of Sharp and Toshiba’s LCD alliance, Hitachi, Canon and Panasonic (Matsushita) have agreed to similar LCD collaborations. The three companies plan to merge their strengths to accelerate the development of cutting-edge display... Read more...

WMG & XM Satellite Radio and Reach Multi-Year Agreement

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:30:37 +0000

Right after XM Satellite Radio’s first resolution with Universal Music Group, XM and Warner Music Group have resolved the lawsuit brought by WMG against the radio company over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite radio... Read more...

UMG and XM Satellite Radio Reach Agreement

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:37 +0000

Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio company, have resolved the lawsuit brought by UMG against XM over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite receiver... Read more...

New music services reach for slice of digital pie

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:18:00 +0000

After 2006 -- a year when virtually no one managed to launch a digital music service in competition with Apple's dominant iTunes -- 2007 was a refreshing change of pace. Several fresh faces emerged onto... Read more...

New 3D chip transistor may reach 50GHz?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:45:04 +0000

Japanese R&D firm Unisantis says it will create and sell a new kind of "3-D" transistor that provides 10 times the computing speed of current chips. It is entering a 24-month collaborative agreement with Singapore's... Read more...

SSDs to Reach Portable Devices in 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:45:56 +0000

Memory maker Micron Technology on Wednesday introduced a line of solid-state drives (SSDs) and said it would plug the technology into portable storage devices by mid-to-end 2008. Micron's new RealSSD hard drive, announced at an... Read more...

Live Earth Global Concerts Reach More Than 10 Million Online

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:34:28 +0000

At 3 p.m. EDT on July 7, Live Earth concerts on MSN reached a total of more than 10 million video streams and achieved the most simultaneous viewers of any online concert ever. Live Earth's... Read more...

Jack Thompson and Take-Two Reach Settlement

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:54:07 +0000

Jack Thompson, Florida attorney and anti-video game critic, has a storied history against Take Two Interactive's games, including an effort to ban and block the sales of the company's games. In October 2006, Take Two... Read more...

Internet users expected to reach 1.35 billion in 2007

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:36:36 +0000

The global population of Internet users is expected to reach 1.35 billion in 2007 and this increased access to and use of the Internet is driving the growth of online channels for businesses, according to... Read more...

Apple, Cisco reach agreement on iPhone name

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:11:40 +0000

Thank you to Tech_Dude_5000 for submitting this to our front page. It seems Apple Incorporated has successfully evaded a particularly problematic trademark issue with network equipment maker Cisco Systems Incorporated. Cisco sued Apple for trademark... Read more...

Apple Inc. & Beatles Apple Corps. Ltd. Reach Legal Agreement

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:27:22 +0000

Apple Inc. and The Beatles' company Apple Corps Ltd. are pleased to announce the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name "Apple" and apple logos which replaces their 1991... Read more...

Microsoft shares reach 6-month high

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:48:44 +0000

MSFT rose 1.5% to $27.79, the highest price seen since April 5. The stock, a component of the Dow industrials, has now gained 17% over the last 3 months. Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund reiterated... Read more...

Online Music Sales To Reach $47.9 Billion by 2010

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:43:26 +0000

Analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers expect digital content consumption to explode as broadband expands its reach. The analysts expect that growth in digital distribution and mobile music will offset declining spending on physical music formats. "Globally, recorded... Read more...

Email Viruses Reach New Low While Spam Reaches New High

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:04:20 +0000

May of 2006 gave us not one, but two new email records. The first record may surprise you a bit. Emails containing malicious programs (viruses) reached an all time low, accounting for a minute 0.73%... Read more...

iPod Sales to Reach 85 Million in 2006

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:55:21 +0000

According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple has once again attained an 'outperform' stock rating and as a result, gaining a target price of $99 for company stock. With that, the report continues... Read more...

BitTorrent Creator and MPAA Reach an Agreement

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:55:38 +0000

In a deal aimed at reducing illegal Internet traffic in pirated films, Hollywood reached an agreement Tuesday with the creator of the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent. The agreement requires 30-year-old software designer Bram Cohen... Read more...

Microsoft, Daum Reach $30 Million Dollar Settlement

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:40:00 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has reached a $30 million settlement with South Korea's Daum over an antitrust suit, but regulators will continue to review their case against the world's largest software maker. Shares in Daum Communications Corp.,... Read more...

Inexpensive Skype Handsets Reach US

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:10:54 +0000

A Taiwanese start-up began selling handsets used with Skype's popular Internet phone calling software in the U.S. early this month for about half the price of rival products. Ipevo Inc., which is based... Read more...

Google Balances Privacy, Reach

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:46:07 +0000

Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn't reveal much about himself on his home page. But spending 30 minutes on the Google search engine lets one discover that Schmidt, 50, was worth an estimated... Read more...

Self-Destructing DVDS to Reach More People

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:56:26 +0000

The Christmas-themed movie "Noel" most likely won't be coming to a theater near you — but if you miss it on cable, there's always the self-destructing DVD. The movie's producers hope its "trimultaneous" roll... Read more...

GAME extends online reach with Gameplay purchase

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:59:12 +0000

Leading UK videogame retail chain GAME has made an aggressive move into the online retail space with the acquisition of online retailer Gameplay, which is expected to continue to operate as a separate brand. The... Read more...

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16X

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:13:19 +0000

BenQ's latest product can burn DVDs at 16x, which means you can burn a DVD in less than eight minutes. Best part is that this burner only costs $149. Compared to the price... Read more...

Microsoft Mobility Partners Reach New Heights

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 19:40:06 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today recognized the success of Microsoft® Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) members, systems integrators and independent software vendors that deliver innovative services and applications on the Windows Mobile (TM) software platform. Pharos Science... Read more...

Linux Extends Reach With Real-Time Capabilities

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:48:10 +0000

On its continuing march to the mainstream, Linux is now approaching the frontier of real-time computing. Linux vendors last week forged partnerships and rolled out products that move the open-source operating system into new territory.... Read more...

Microsoft Corp. and Be Inc. Reach Agreement

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:19:46 +0000

Be Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced that the parties have reached a mutually acceptable mediated settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Be Inc. in February 2002, which is currently pending in the United... Read more...

Microsoft Extends SQL Server Reach

Tom Warren — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:47:05 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will extend the distributed capabilities of its SQL Server 2000 database to over 50 popular, proprietary databases and packaged applications, such as SAP R/3, SAP BW, J.D. Edwards, Siebel and PeopleSoft. The Redmond,... Read more...

Software, music reach antipiracy pact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:16:52 +0000

The music and software industries have reached a "landmark consensus" in a divisive debate over copy protection, trade groups representing both sides said in a statement. Details of a policy road map, endorsed by the... Read more...

Next generation UltraSPARC V to reach 3GHz

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:32:36 +0000

With the looming menace of the Itanium from Intel the future of server-oriented processors seemed set to be in Intel's hands, but now Sun have started fighting back with their new range of UltraSPARC processors.... Read more...

Xeons to reach 3.06GHz this time next year

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 07:46:16 +0000

Thanks John for sending this in. Intel is performing its usual conjuring trick by offering Xeon processors at megahertz speed a few quarters after desktop Pentium 4s, its latest roadmaps have revealed. ... Read more...

Intel's 2003 capital spending to reach $5.6-to-$6.5 billion

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:12:04 +0000

Intel Corp. announced its 2002 capital spending plans only a few months ago, but analysts are already making some educated guesses about the company's expenditures for 2003. The first prediction of the year... Read more...