Neowin News Feed for: Start-up

The UK remains Europe's tech hotspot as VC deals rise despite Brexit vote

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 09:08:01 +0000

After the Brexit vote, many predicted that Venture Capital would dry up, with the UK leaving the single market. It seems like these predictions were wrong, with a rise in technology funding. Read more...

Wheelz: a P2P car-sharing service for students

Paul Ferson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:49:41 +0000

A new service called Wheelz aims to help college students car share with other students. The service is backed by a VP from Facebook, and was unveiled as a competitor to the other similar services. Read more...

IBM lands storage start-up XIV

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:05:36 +0000

IBM has agreed to acquire XIV, a privately-held developer of software to run large enterprise storage systems. XIV's flagship Nextra platform allows multiple storage devices and applications to be managed under a single system. The... Read more...

Xerox works deal with start-up to rival Google

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:58:35 +0000

Xerox Corp. research subsidiary Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has struck a licensing deal with Powerset Inc. in San Francisco. The two are developing a search engine based on natural language processing, in hopes that... Read more...

Skype Founders Name New Video Start-Up Joost

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:04:46 +0000

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the duo that brought the world Skype and Kazaa, have chosen the name 'Joost' for their new online-video start-up. The name has no meaning in Danish, it was simply chosen... Read more...

Comcast Buys Start-up for Online Video Expansion

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:21:43 +0000

Comcast Corp., the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, has bought theplatform, a small online video start up, which has a client list including ABC and the Wall Street Journal, as part of its plans to... Read more...

Yahoo Claims Start-up Stole Trade Secrets

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:06:15 +0000

Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma, charging the San Francisco-based company and a group of ex-Yahoo employees there with theft of trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which... Read more...

Start-up claims injunction against Microsoft

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:50:44 +0000

A small San Jose, Calif., company said it has been granted a preliminary injunction preventing Microsoft from incorporating a patented networking method into future versions of Windows. Alacritech said Wednesday that the... Read more...

Start-up to use genes to build better chips

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:35:57 +0000

If start-up Cambrios is right, semiconductors and other computer parts in the future won't be built. They'll be bred. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is using methods that will allow researchers to... Read more...

Hyped start-up Procket for sale

Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:00:14 +0000

Not to long ago the company Procket was for sale, and maybe by the end of next week the buyer of Procket will be announced (if the deal finalizes by then). The two possible... Read more...

Start-up looks to add pluck to browsers

Mon, 24 May 2004 18:03:18 +0000

Start-up Pluck on Monday launched its first product, a set of tools designed to help people add capabilities to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browsing software. Pluck's self-titled package of browser add-ons promises... Read more...

Linux Start-up Secures $10 mil in funding

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:37:25 +0000

Sistina Software, a start-up with software to help numerous Linux servers collectively share a single set of data, has obtained $10 million in venture funding, the company said Monday. The Minneapolis-based company's... Read more...

Tech veteran returns to start-up battlefield

Darren Bolton — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:40:57 +0000

Indian tech guru Kanwal Rekhi has whipped himself into shape, lost 70 pounds and is returning to the start-up world after an eight-year hiatus. He has joined a Sunnyvale Web-hosting company, Ensim. ... Read more...

Start-up banks on hack-proof Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:22:35 +0000

Start-up Guardian Digital has launched an effort to sell a version of Linux that's less vulnerable to attack, a niche the company hopes will gain it a foothold in the market for the Unix-like operating... Read more...

Start-up creates futuristic 3D display

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 04:45:08 +0000

Thanks Grappa for this. The ideal computer display of today may be flat, but a start-up called Actuality Systems has gazed into the future, and what it has seen looks more like a crystal ball.... Read more...

Start-up creating Linux-Windows combo

Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:05:07 +0000

Hoping to succeed in a difficult task, a software start-up plans to sell a version of Linux designed to run popular Windows programs. Lindows.com, a 20-person San Diego company led by former... Read more...