Neowin News Feed for: Reject

FTC dismisses Amazon's request to not force Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy to testify

Usama Jawad — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:26:01 +0000

The U.S. FTC has rejected Amazon's request to forego the testifying process for Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy. The company had previously claimed this order to be needlessly burdensome on the executives. Read more...

Here's why Sony rejected Microsoft's request for cross-platform play in Minecraft

Usama Jawad — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 05:52:01 +0000

An upcoming update to Minecraft introduces 4K visuals and cross-play. Sony has revealed why it rejected Microsoft's offer to allow PlayStation users to play with gamers on all other platforms. Read more...

Online shoppers reject advertising

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:44:12 +0000

Online shoppers are not taken in by online advertising, and are turning to customer reviews, forums and blogs to help shape their decisions. New research by More Computers found that 66 per cent of UK... Read more...

ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be... Read more...

Dutch reject USB flash drive tax

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:32:16 +0000

Dutch justice minister Hirsch Ballin has rejected calls for a copyright tax on USB Flash drives. The tax was proposed by Dutch industry group SONT, which two years ago also wanted to levy a tax... Read more...

S.Korea to ask U.S. to reject Micron's charges

Sat, 09 Nov 2002 15:23:55 +0000

South Korea said on Saturday it would ask the U.S. government to reject an application for trade penalties by Micron Technology Inc, which accused South Korean computer-chip makers of receiving state subsidies. The... Read more...

UPDATE: AMD's Opteron won't reject unlicensed content

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:23:37 +0000

AMD's Opteron won't reject unlicensed content afterall... According to an AMD UK representative, AMD's Opteron products will run any kind of content in the future -- contrary to the report in The Age,... Read more...

AMD's Opteron to reject unlicensed content

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:48:32 +0000

AMD's FORTHCOMING Opteron processor will support Microsoft's trusty "security" initiative, Palladium. Both AMD and Microsoft are members of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA), a body set up essentially to ensure the management... Read more...

Nobel prize winners ask judge to reject Microsoft settlement

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:23:25 +0000

Two Nobel Prize-winning economists have reviewed Microsoft's antitrust settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine US states and have subsequently urged Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to reject the deal. The... Read more...