Neowin News Feed for: Taking

Amazon is now taking OS X Snow Leopard pre-orders

Kevin Weiner — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:44:46 +0000

According to MacRumors, Amazon is now taking pre-orders for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Amazon is offering Snow Leopard at $29 and is slated for a September release as announced by Apple earlier this year... Read more...

Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:50 +0000

Microsoft has been quick to explain why the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista DVD includes a microscopic picture of three men who just so happen to be members of the team... Read more...

Cisco Taking on Apple TV

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:19:17 +0000

Either Cisco wants some of Apple's press mania or they have vowed to give the company some competition. Not only do both companies have products named "iPhone" but now Cisco is reportedly taking on the... Read more...

Gamestop & EBGames Taking Wii Pre-Orders Friday October 13th

Todd Tanner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:54:50 +0000

Retailer GameStop confirmed to The Wiire today that Wii pre-orders for the United States will begin Friday, October 13. While Wii games have been available for pre-order for a few weeks now,... 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...

Rootkits are taking over Windows XP SP2 Machines

Steven Parker — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:33:25 +0000

According to a recent report on eweek, more than 20% of malware found on machines are stealth rootkits. Jason Garms, architect and group program manager in Microsoft's Anti-Malware Technology Team, said the open-source... Read more...

Taking on the iPod

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:56:50 +0000

Craig McHugh remembers the late 1990s, when naysayers "scoffed" at the idea of consumers moving digital music from their computers to portable devices. It didn't go over very well, to say the least,"... Read more...

Viacom CEO Considering Taking Midway Private

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:06:15 +0000

Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone is possibly making publisher Midway private in the near future, and is currently being advised on his options once his stake in shares goes past 80 percent. Redstone personally holds 72... Read more...

Sammy taking over Sega

Tue, 18 May 2004 18:14:04 +0000

$1.45 billion deal will see the Sonic publisher become a subsidiary of a new Sammy-controlled company. In a joint statement today, Sega and Sammy announced they will be "merging operations" in October... Read more...

Sun Taking Open-Source Counsel?

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:41:51 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. appears to be seriously considering industry advocates' proposals that it should offer an open-source implementation of Java. In addition to an impending meeting with IBM—which called on Sun to think about open-sourcing... Read more...

Godzilla taking a break -- for now

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:39:33 +0000

Five decades after Godzilla first rose from the ocean, this monstrous movie star is about to take a break from show business. Hit by slumping box office sales for the iconic series,... Read more...

Oracle Taking Laid-Back Approach to Piracy

Wed, 08 Oct 2003 02:01:14 +0000

Oracle Corp. has a message for those obsessed with software piracy: relax. While most of the software industry has begun doggedly tracking down and stamping out instances of illegally copied software, Oracle's... Read more...

Where "Think Different" Is Taking Apple

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 06:44:41 +0000

Rather than accept being a niche PC maker, Steve Jobs is transforming his baby into a high-end consumer-electronics and services company. From the word go nearly two years ago, sales of Apple... Read more...

Best Buy taking pre-orders on GeForce FX card

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:27:54 +0000

But not until the 9th of march. Here's a snippet from The Inquirer's article: "WE'RE GRATEFUL to a reader for noticing an entry on the Best Buy pages for a GeForce FX BFG... Read more...

Xbox Live Beta Taking a Timeout

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:00:10 +0000

Microsoft Calls Timeout for Xbox Live Beta Xbox Live Beta E-Mail We've called a timeout, but play resumes September 27 at 1:00AM PDT. You guys rule! Your Beta feedback is... Read more...

Taking Control Of Instant Messaging

Sun, 09 Jun 2002 02:40:28 +0000

Suddenly, IT execs have multiple options for managing instant messaging. Akonix Systems Inc. is debuting its L7 software, which is designed to let IT managers wrap a layer of security around popular consumer IM apps,... Read more...

Taking the ICQ knocking sound into the offline world

Fri, 08 Feb 2002 20:14:00 +0000

Read this during my visit to Ars Technica. I don't know what I think about adding the kinds of availability designations (Available/Connect, Away, N/A, etc.) that IM clients like ICQ afford to the... Read more...

Taking Curl for a Whirl

Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:25:03 +0000

A small Massachusetts company headed up by some of the best brains at MIT, including Tim Berners-Lee, has released a new Web-building technology it says can replace HTML and Java. Named after... Read more...