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Command & Conquer mobile game, Rivals, hitting Android and iOS December 4

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:26:01 +0000

The upcoming Command & Conquer Rivals mobile game will be releasing on December 4. The free-to-play title will be available on both Android and iOS devices, with a beta running right now. Read more...

EA looking into Command & Conquer remasters and bringing franchise back to PC

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:40:01 +0000

The Command & Conquer franchise may finally be coming back to the PC side, with an EA representative revealing today that plans are being formed behind the scenes for remastering old titles. Read more...

BlackBerry: We're still “a leader in mobile”, despite what everyone else says

Andy Weir — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:54:43 +0000

BlackBerry has accused its rivals of spreading "fear, uncertainty and doubt" about the company, and says the media have "crowded the airwaves" with "sensationalized reports" about its performance. Read more...

Report: Microsoft killed Surface Mini last minute because it 'wouldn't be a hit'

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 20 May 2014 19:28:14 +0000

According to Bloomberg the Surface Mini did exist but was scrapped due to the lack of differentiation between it and other small tablets. A source claimed it "wasn't different enough" to be a success. Read more...

Wii outselling rivals in UK

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:48:54 +0000

A rise in the number of Wii units dished out to retailers has lead to chocolate-like popularity of the console this Easter, with Nintendo telling GamesIndustry.biz it had sold more than 25,000 last week in... Read more...

Google Issues Subpoenas to Rivals

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:03:03 +0000

Google has issued subpoenas to some of its biggest competitors, including Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Amazon, as part of its defense against the copyright lawsuit it faces over its library project. Earlier, McGraw Hill and the... Read more...

Oracle links database developer tool to rivals

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:44:43 +0000

Oracle on Monday is shipping an upgrade to its free database development tool, adding a number of enhancements, including the capability to access competing databases such as Microsoft Access and MySQL. Oracle SQL Developer Release... Read more...

European rivals turn wary eye on Microsoft

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:15:34 +0000

European security software makers are closely, but quietly, watching as Microsoft enters their turf. Companies such as F-Secure, Panda Software and Sophos are taking a low-key approach, unlike their U.S. counterparts. Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec, in... Read more...

Adobe Program Rivals Apple's Aperture

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:10:32 +0000

Adobe Systems has launched a test version of Mac software that is seen as a rival to a professional photo program that Apple Computer launched last year. Adobe on Monday... Read more...

Rivals Palm, RIM team up on e-mail service

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:40:00 +0000

In a surprising partnership announced Monday, Research in Motion Ltd. and Palm Inc. are going to work together to offer RIM's Blackberry wireless e-mail service over Palm's Treo 650. The product should see store... Read more...

Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit

Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:11:01 +0000

The judge considering Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew from... Read more...

Microsoft, Rivals Spar on XML

Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:34:39 +0000

The European Commission is caught in the middle of the latest standards battle between Microsoft Corp. and chief rivals IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. This time it's over XML. At the XML Conference & Exposition... Read more...

IBM Says It Swamps Rivals in Key UNIX Computer Test

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:09:18 +0000

IBM said on Thursday its workhorse commercial computers have smashed the industry's most demanding tests, which analysts said creates a performance gap that could put further pressure on Hewlett-Packard or Sun Microsystems to recalibrate their... Read more...

Microsoft mocks software rivals with dual-core chip embrace

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:22:58 +0000

Microsoft has bucked most of the major software makers by agreeing to count multicore processors as a single chip in its product pricing schemes. Rightly recognizing an opportunity to boast, Microsoft today dedicated an entire... Read more...

Rivals thwart Nokia's bid for Symbian control

Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:49:46 +0000

Nokia's attempt to win a majority stake in Symbian has been blocked by three fellow shareholders that have increased their holdings in the company. Symbian announced Wednesday that Panasonic, Sony Ericsson and... Read more...

Bill Gates embraces rivals, Linux

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:09:27 +0000

It's not often that Bill Gates is associated with the free Linux computer operating system, Netscape's Web browser or royalty-free software, but on Wednesday he embraced all three. Gates, chairman of Microsoft... Read more...

Rivals Ready to Take a Bite of Apple

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:02:27 +0000

Like a faded rock star determined to make a comeback, the record industry is looking to return to the online music stage in a very big way in coming months. Spurred by the runaway success... Read more...

Microsoft losing market grip as rivals go on the offensive

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 May 2003 03:08:33 +0000

AFTER years at the cutting edge of technology, Microsoft seems in danger of falling off the pace. According to Nomura analyst Richard Windsor, in the short-term Microsoft is going to have difficulty... Read more...

Cisco rivals team to sell network gear

Mon, 05 May 2003 18:58:01 +0000

Lucent Technologies and Juniper Networks have teamed up to challenge Cisco Systems' dominance in selling network equipment to major North American telephone companies. In their first-ever deal together, Lucent and Juniper on Monday... Read more...

Cisco rivals see price as key

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:46:53 +0000

Cisco Systems reigns as the biggest seller of machines used to direct Internet traffic, but new rivals want to eat into its meat-and-potatoes business with lower prices--cutting into fat profit margins. Computer maker Dell Computer... Read more...

eConnections failure will test rivals

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:53:08 +0000

The stunning demise of eConnections has sent shock waves through the broader supply chain services market, where more casualties may be imminent. The same factors forcing eConnections to throw in the towel-the slumping... Read more...

MS targets Linux, Mac rivals with IIS astroturf

Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:03:21 +0000

When we revealed the delightful bulletin yesterday that Microsoft has sent its salesforce, defending its Internet Information Server (IIS), we rather deviously kept one section under wraps. It's a list of vulnerabilities in rival products,... Read more...

Microsoft to open Passport to rivals

Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:05:34 +0000

Sept. 20 — Microsoft Corp. is modifying plans for its Passport service, inviting rivals and other companies to create a common way to use a single user name and password at sites across the Internet.... Read more...