Neowin News Feed for: Role

Congress to Investigate Yahoo's Role in Chinese Rights Case

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:38:21 +0000

It seems as if Yahoo, which is currently playing second fiddle to Google in many of their competing offerings including search and online video, just can't get a break these days. Today, congressional investigators have... Read more...

Lawsuit Blasts Yahoo For Role in Chinese Arrests and Torture

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:53:51 +0000

Yahoo is again under fire for turning over Internet records to the Chinese government, action that resulted in the imprisonment and torture of political dissidents in that country, according to a human rights lawsuit filed... Read more...

Samsung Exec Gets Jail Time For Role In DRAM Price-Fixing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:01:10 +0000

A Korean executive at Samsung Electronics has agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time in the United States in connection with a global price-fixing conspiracy, according to the government. Young Hwan Park, president of... Read more...

Do Video Games Have a Role in School?

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:59:04 +0000

Research comissioned by games giant EA has suggested that both students and teachers believe that games can have a positive role in the classroom. Out of a total 1000 teachers and 2000 primary and secondary... Read more...

The role of gadgets on Windows Vista

Brad Wardell — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:05:18 +0000

Over in the Microsoft development community there has been an increasing amount of concern over just what role gadgets (in the form of the Windows Sidebar) are going to take. Windows Vista is... Read more...

Bill Gates Leaving Daily Role at Microsoft, Remains Chairman

Rob Wright — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:48:39 +0000

Bill Gates will be transitioning out of a day-to-day role in the running of Microsoft by July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work with the Bill & Melinda Gates... Read more...

Sam Fisher is taking an opposite role

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:22:35 +0000

Ubisoft has publically announced that Sam Fisher is going to work for the bad guys, in a sense. Ubisoft made it public that the fourth Splinter Cell series may lead Sam Fisher (main character) to... Read more...

Disney's Eisner Loses Chairman Role

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 05:19:53 +0000

Embattled Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Wednesday was stripped of his role as chairman, but kept his position as chief executive even after 43 percent of shareholders voted against him in an... Read more...

IBM Internet guru takes a role at Opera

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:51:17 +0000

John Patrick, who was credited with bringing the Internet to IBM, joined Web browser company Opera Software on Friday. Patrick spent 35 years at IBM, during which he was part of the... Read more...

Novell eyes role of Linux champion

Darren Bolton — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:40:21 +0000

Conference delegates told how vendor wants to be the 'catalyst' for desktop Linux. Novell will be the "catalyst" for desktop and enterprise Linux, according to its chairman and chief executive Jack Messman. ... Read more...

Microsoft Struggles with Role as Top Hacker Target

Tom Warren — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:53:28 +0000

New software, such as Windows Server 2003, slated for release in April, should be more hacker-proof than any other version, Microsoft's Steve Lipner said, just as Windows XP is considered Microsoft's most stable PC operating... Read more...

IBM enlisted for defense role

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:49:18 +0000

Uncle Sam is calling on IBM to help prevent enemy missiles from ever reaching U.S. soil. IBM plans to announce Monday that it has won a deal to supply the Defense Department... Read more...

Morpheus seeks new role in music biz

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:57:42 +0000

Thanks Anonymous for emailing us. StreamCast Networks, the creator of the popular Morpheus file-trading software, is set to unveil a plan Thursday that it hopes will help it become a more legitimate means... Read more...