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New Mozilla name rises from ashes
News Ten months after landing in a fierce trademark dispute with a fellow open-source organisation, the Mozilla Foundation has changed the name of its standalone browser from Firebird to Firefox. The original name "Phoenix" encountered trademark...
[February 10, 2004, 7:30]
New Web Video User Interface Company Establishes Powerful Brand Identity With .TV Domain Name
White Papers He turned to VeriSign Naming Services, operator of the .tv Domain Name Registry - and after researching many .tv names selected Click.TV as a succinct, memorable identity for the new company. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco...
[January 5, 2007, 0:00]
Network Associates adopts new name
News Security specialist Network Associates is changing its name and selling one of its product lines in a move to boost profitability. The company announced on Thursday that it is changing its name to McAfee, the name of its most prominent product line...
[April 23, 2004, 10:40]
Microsoft inspires new Lindows name
News The company last week acknowledged that lawsuits by Microsoft challenging the Lindows name would force it to adopt a new moniker for Europe and other foreign markets. The name change had been expected, following recent court rulings in Europe.
[April 15, 2004, 13:00]
Lindows looks for new name
News In a statement posted on the Lindows Web site on Tuesday, company founder Michael Robertson said ongoing overseas lawsuits by Microsoft that challenge the company's name would force Lindows to adopt a new moniker for Europe and other foreign markets.
[April 8, 2004, 13:00]
Mandrakesoft gets a new name
News By adopting a new name, we eliminate the liability attached to the Mandrakesoft name and we can focus on what is important to us," developing software, the company said in a statement Thursday. In the wake of a trademark lawsuit and its acquisition...
[April 8, 2005, 17:40]
Lindows adopts new name for Low Countries
News The software company, in the midst of a wide-ranging dispute with Microsoft regarding trademark rights to the Windows name, announced on Tuesday that it is now doing business in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg as Lin- - -s(pronounced...
[February 18, 2004, 7:20]
S3 relaunches: New name, new focus
News S3 stood for "sight, sound, and speed", while Leising termed the Sonicblue name an "empty vessel", to be filled with new products. It recently spun off its Internet appliance division, frontpath, while still containing a controlling interest -- and...
[November 2, 2000, 8:57]
Exclusive: Borland announces new name and new strategy
News Alan Bannon, director of developer relations at Symantec believes it will take more than a change of name to assure customers the new company knows what it is doing. Stephens added: "It doesn't surprise me that Borland has changed its name and...
[April 29, 1998, 16:09]
Napster to name new chief
News Napster is expected to name a new chief executive as early as Tuesday, according to sources close to the company, bringing current chief executive Hank Barry's tumultuous term to a close. The search for a new chief executive has been ongoing...
[July 24, 2001, 9:07]
Gator looks for new image with name change
News Gator, the controversial advertising software and e-wallet company, has changed its name to better reflect its business in behavioural marketing. The company will provide more details on Thursday of its decision to adopt a name that better reflects...
[October 30, 2003, 8:25]
Leading Independent Media Production and Distribution Company Leverages .tv Domain Name as a Catalyst for New Business Initiative
White Papers The challenge was to create innovative branding strategy for launch of six new high-definition channels that reflect video-centric focus and availability across multiple platforms, to ensure that each channel name intuitively reflects its specific...
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
New name needed for the geek elite
Talkback How about the word 'digicrat'? This is a derivation of the word 'technocrat,' which has been used at various points in history to describe individuals who have a deep understanding of technology and its implications in society.
[January 19, 2006, 15:30]
New name needed for the geek elite
Talkback "Techie" is fine for those primarily working with hardware. But what about us software people?
[January 19, 2006, 14:50]
New name needed for the geek elite
Talkback Techie is not a bad alternative surely?
[January 18, 2006, 15:21]
Lindows adopts new name for Low Countries
Talkback The obvious reason for Microsoft to pursue all these expensive legal battles in so many countries (escpecially in places like Luxemburg where Lindows market share is extremely small) is to expend all of Lindows capital so that it can't market its...
[February 18, 2004, 16:07]
Microsoft inspires new Lindows name
Talkback Microsoft is not being fined and punished simply "for being the best company in the world". It's the anti-competitive practices that are being punished. You see, Microsoft has a worldwide monopoly. And they're misusing it by forcing people to use...
[April 21, 2004, 16:35]
Microsoft inspires new Lindows name
Talkback I very much agree with the last post. And, after 20 years in the IT game I know Microsoft products are only the best solution when Microsoft bought the said product from someone else . But in a 95% monoploy market this is a situation which wont...
[April 21, 2004, 19:20]
Microsoft inspires new Lindows name
Talkback it is just totally wrong that ms are being fined and punished for being the best company in the world.if they want to bundle office with windows or media player with windows or a firewall or zip software or whatever it doesn't matter, it is their...
[April 20, 2004, 11:20]
Mandrakesoft gets a new name
Talkback Trying to appeal to the mass market, that doyen of the road, white mandriva.
[April 11, 2005, 15:48]
