Neowin News Feed for: Split

Daybreak rebrands H1Z1: Just Survive alongside massive new update to the game

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:04:01 +0000

H1Z1 was introduced in 2015 as another Zombie survival game based in a post-apocalyptic world. Daybreak games have announced that it will rebrand H1Z1: Just Survive in a new update. Read more...

Samsung might split itself in two, continuing recent restructuring efforts

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:20:01 +0000

Samsung Electronics will answer on Tuesday an official proposal to split the company in two. The move, pushed for by a US hedge fund, would come as Samsung is dumping underperforming divisions. Read more...

Motorola split-up to be completed on January 4th

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:04:45 +0000

As a company, Motorola has had its ups and downs. Between the success of the super-thin RAZR, and its first Android smartphone (the Droid), the company's status was held in question. Things were so bad... Read more...

YouTube and Warner split

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:29:48 +0000

Today marked the start of something that could potentially be crippling to YouTube's new revenue endorsements. YouTube and Warner Music failed to reach an agreement to keep their content on the most popular video... Read more...

Intel launches probe into AMD's spin-off plans

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:16:43 +0000

Intel's lawyers are evaluating whether a new manufacturing business spun out of AMD could end a long-standing cross-licensing agreement between the firms. On Tuesday, AMD announced plans to spin off its manufacturing operations into a... Read more...

AMD split into two operations

Tom Warren — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:26:43 +0000

In a move to compete with Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will announce a split of operations today. AMD will form two companies, one focused on designing microprocessors and the other manufacturing them. Investment for... Read more...

ASUS announces plans to split company and brand

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:02:55 +0000

AsusTek Computer Incorported has announced its intention to split in order to maximize competitive performance and minimize potential conflicts of interest. As things currently stand, it's possible for a company that competes with the AsusTek... Read more...

Microsoft to Split Ad Money With Casual Developers

Joe Cashman — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:44:54 +0000

Microsoft Casual Games today announced a new plan to split revenue from in-game advertising on its Web-based games with developers. Simply referred to as Ad-Share Program, the initiative allows developers to reap up to 20... Read more...

European Union Could Split Sony BMG

Steven Parker — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:23:35 +0000

A day after announcing it was fining Microsoft 280.5 million euros for not complying with an antitrust ruling, the European Commission on Thursday said it planned to reevaluate the merger between Sony Music and BMG,... Read more...

Linux Group Proposes Desktop / Server Split

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:51:14 +0000

eWeek is reporting that the Free Standards Group (FSF) have announced plans to split Linux specifications in two. The FSF is a body that certifies Linux OS distributions. It has decided to change its current... Read more...

HP Discussed A Split

Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:34:25 +0000

The Register is reporting that at a meeting of financial analysts, Carly Fiorina, CEO of HP, admitted to discussing breaking HP up at board room level. Fiorina commented "The board looked at this analytically and... Read more...

Blockbuster to split from Viacom parent

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:08:52 +0000

After a split off financial exchange deal, Blockbuster and Viacom will no longer be together. The terms of the deal will give Blockbuster a $5 dividend, with a total payout to all shareholders of over... Read more...

Eclipse to split from IBM

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:19:38 +0000

Eclipse, an open source development tools organization backed by IBM, plans to transition to an independent foundation by next month, a representative said on Tuesday. The Eclipse consortium has filed papers to change... Read more...

Will Nvidia, Microsoft Split On Xbox 2?

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 02:39:06 +0000

One of the more interesting takeaways from Nvidia's upbeat analyst meeting yesterday is the possibility that the company will not pursue a "design win" for the second generation of Microsoft's Xbox videogame console. ... Read more...

Microsoft Announces Two-for-One Split on Common Stock

Steven Parker — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:02:09 +0000

Thanks robinmthomas for this alert sent in yesterday (it got stuck in my "In Tray" :P .. sorry) Despite the news of Job Cut's in Ireland, Microsoft still seem to be riding that... Read more...

NTL to file for Chapter 11, split in twain

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:14:10 +0000

Thanks nexty for this. NTL inc plans to file for Chapter II and split its operations into two, in a deal to rescue the cable company. The lifeboat has been agreed by... Read more...