Neowin News Feed for: Account

Yahoo Mail accounts continue to be hacked despite 'fixes'

Ben Buffone — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:21:29 +0000

Despite Yahoo's efforts to fix 'vulnerabilities', mail users have continued to see their accounts hacked. The company says two isolated security holes have been rectified, but the problems persist. Read more...

Xbox Live account migration tool goes live for all users

Brad Sams — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:47:21 +0000

If you have wanted to migrate regions but have held off from doing so, the process is now streamlined and should save you a few headaches as Microsoft has gone live with its account migration tool. Read more...

Xbox Live account migration may be getting a lot easier

Brad Sams — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:48:28 +0000

It looks like Microsoft may be on the cusp of releasing a new feature that will make Xbox Live account migration a lot easier with instant changes using an online service. Read more...

CoverItLive hacked, possible account info compromise

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:15:35 +0000

Popular live blogging service CoverItLive has reported an unauthorized intrusion to their data files with the possibility of stolen account information. They are requiring a user password reset Read more...

Flickr now keeps your content for 90 days after account deletion

Steven Parker — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:46:26 +0100

Earlier this year, Flickr received some bad press about a user's account that had been accidently deleted by Flickr support after Mirco Wilhelm, a German photographer, had reported another member for copyright infringement. Now Flickr has... Read more...

Windows 8 account roaming feature uncovered

Brad Sams — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:28:55 +0100

Windows 8 will come packed with many new features, while some have already been found, others are still hidden away. But, just because features are hidden/locked, does not mean that talented individuals can't find a... Read more...

Twitter account info to be released to Government in Wikileaks case

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:18:32 +0000

The ongoing Wikileaks story has taken a new turn with the US Government being given permission to obtain the Twitter account information of Icelandic Birgitta Jonsdottir, Dutch Rop Gonggrijp and American Jacob Appelbaum, all three... Read more...

Inside Bill Gates' real Facebook account

Tom Warren — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:44:55 +0100

Ever wondered what Bill Gates' Facebook really looks like? This week, reports have surfaced that Bill Gates stopped using Facebook because too many people wanted to add him as a friend. Gates told an audience... Read more...

Twitter administrator account hacked, others compromised

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:18:27 +0100

It seems Twitter is still having its share of security trouble, because according to Cnet, a person by the name of Hacker Croll was able to hack into a Twitter administrator account, by guessing the... Read more...

Facebook: please don't delete your account

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:40:42 +0000

After recent news of Facebook updating their Terms of Use to make all content posted on the web site theirs, and a follow up of removing the updated Terms of Use, and reverting back to... Read more...

Twitter suspends then re-enables fake Dalai Lama account

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:31:19 +0000

It appeared for sometime that the Tibetian spiritual leader Dalai Lama followed the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI to use the latest technology to attract the tech-savy youths and joined twitter. The twitter account was... Read more...

Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) overview

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:22:42 +0000

In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we looked into Federated Search. In part two, we look into the much criticized feature of Windows Vista - The User Account Control One of... Read more...

Microsoft: Closing your digital locker account

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:57:02 +0000

Microsoft sent out an email today to digital locker subscribers that their digital locker account is closing down on August 2009 and Windows Marketplace has now transitioned from an e-commerce site to a reference site.... Read more...

Security Glitch Exposes OS X Account Passwords

NeoFyle — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:57:55 +0000

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Apple has confirmed a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh computer gain access to the password of the active user account. The vulnerability arises out of... Read more...

Intel 45nm CPUs to account for 50% of shipments in 2Q08

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:54:48 +0100

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In reports similar to those for server platforms, Intel plans to ramp up its 45nm mobile processors (Penryn) and related platforms to account for over 50% of the company's total notebook shipments in the second... Read more...

Account Management Update for Zune.net

Slimy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:11:16 +0000

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According to MSTechToday, at 10am PDT the Zune Team will be going live with a Account Management Update for Zune.net. It is nice to see that Microsoft is actively improving the "Zune experience" for the... Read more...

Google Plugs Account Hijack Holes

Slimy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:33:00 +0000

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Had Google left the the cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability unpatched, hackers could have modified third-party Google documents and spreadsheets as well as had access to e-mail subjects and search history. According to Philipp Lenssen,... Read more...

Vista's User Account Protection: one click and it's gone

danwarne — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:06:18 +0100

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Vista's biggest security enhancement is "User Account Protection" (or "User Account Control" ) which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system. But the TweakVista utility... Read more...

HD DVD to Account 70% of High Def DVD Player Market?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:34:14 +0100

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Toshiba's commercial release of its HD DVD players in the U.S. has ignited the era of high definition videos in living rooms for the masses. The Blu-ray will commercially launch only in a couple of... Read more...

The IRS is After Your PayPal Account

voidunknown — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:01:39 +0100

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has received approval from a federal court in San Jose, California, to ask PayPal to turn over your account information. The IRS is after anyone who... Read more...