Neowin News Feed for: Call

Facebook's first ever earnings call is today, 2PM PT

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:35:42 +0100

After an IPO that had analysts in a kerfuffle for a while, Facebook prepares to explain the last few months to shareholders. Read more...

Microsoft survey reveals emerging Internet scams conducted over phones

Denis Wong — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:18:10 +0100

A recent Microsoft survey reveals that scammers are turning to traditional telephone landlines for baiting their victims to hand over money, instead of relying solely on phishing emails or fake advertisements on websites. The survey... Read more...

Google Voice down for outgoing calls

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:16:53 +0000

Users are reporting that Google Voice is having issues making outbound calls. According to TechCrunch, when people make outbound calls, it just rings incessantly even if the recipient picks up. For users who use Google... Read more...

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Mod Tools Available

EL1TE — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:03:03 +0000

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As had been expected, Infinity Ward had released the mod tools for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The 603mb download includes everything required to make levels, models and mods for the game. To get... Read more...

Blogger claims 10-year wait for Microsoft tech support call

Steven Parker — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:46:05 +0000

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The semi-anonymous blogger whose account earlier this week about getting a tech support callback from Microsoft Corp. a decade later generated heavy interest and conspiracy theories among techies posted a follow-up late Wednesday, in which... Read more...

Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ Coming to MAC

EL1TE — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:41:20 +0000

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Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ for Mac, a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world's most treacherous hotspots. Call of Duty... Read more...

Pizza Ordering goes Mobile, no Phone Call Necessary

Slimy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:39:29 +0000

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In 2001, Louisville-based Papa John's International Incorporated debuted an online pizza ordering system, which now accounts for nearly 20% of its U.S. sales. This week, however, the pizza maker has rolled out its text message... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3: Fight!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:49:32 +0000

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Not much to say about this story, other than the story is by Gamepro - and they are pitting two of the biggest games of the year against each other. Comparing graphics, story, multiplayer and... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 to outsell Halo 3? Could be...

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:44:33 +0000

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Nollenberger Capital Partners' analyst Todd Greenwald has stated that Call of Duty 4 could outsell Halo 3. Straight from the horse's mouth: "Thus far, the game has an average score of 9.5/10 on Metacritic.com,... Read more...

Get a hotfix -- without having to call Microsoft...

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:50:20 +0100

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You now can obtain a hotfix without having to interact with a single soul ( no phone calls etc.. ) Easy and convenient. Take for example my previous post for the netlogon DCR -... Read more...

HBO Exec: Don't call it DRM

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:30:49 +0100

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People don't like DRM, perhaps that's just because it's such a smelly word. HBO's chief technology officer Bob Zitter thinks so, he wants to ditch the term DRM in favor of "DCE," or, "Digital... Read more...

Phishers Use Call Forwarding to Mask Fraud

Slimy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:54:45 +0100

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Researchers at Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks have uncovered a new type of phishing attack that circumvents a bank's attempt to detect fraud by tricking victims into forwarding their telephone calls to the attacker. The attack... Read more...

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to be revealed this Saturday!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:42:23 +0100

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After several sites (Neowin included) reported that Call of Duty 4 was to possibly be revealed this Saturday by Infinity Ward, people have been eagerly waiting to find out any information. Well now we have... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 to be announced soon?!

Todd Tanner — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:23:05 +0100

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As per this story on Voodoo Extreme, one can guess that Infinity Ward aka Call of Duty guys will announce next Saturday a new Call of Duty tidbit. Whether or not that means Call of... Read more...

New Call of Duty 3 map pack announced

Todd Tanner — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:23:00 +0100

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Activision continues to support the virtual troops with the Bravo Map Pack, set to hit Xbox Live Marketplace toward the end of May. Like the previous Valor pack released in January, Bravo will also feature... Read more...

Google issues rallying call to developers

Slimy — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:42:59 +0100

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On May 31, Google plans to host a series of ten developer events around the world to further advertise its application programming interfaces and developer tools. Google is offering several APIs that allow third party... Read more...

Should Foreign Call Center Workers Disclose their Location?

Slimy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:34:45 +0100

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If freshman Congressman Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania has his way, foreign call center employees would be required to disclose their physical location when U.S. consumers call them. The congressman, a Democrat, has filed legislation called... Read more...

The Top Reasons Users Call The IT Help Desk

Slimy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:59:34 +0000

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A new study released by SupportSoft, a provider of technology-glitch automation software, evaluated about 2 million call logs for 20 large global companies and found five problem areas contribute to 75% of the calls corporate... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 "Valor" map pack - take two

Todd Tanner — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:48:13 +0000

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So all of you who plunked down the big 800 MS points last week to buy the "Valor" map pack for Call of Duty 3 and then got a nice present when you tried playing... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 "Valor" Map Pack Doesn't Work

Todd Tanner — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:32:27 +0000

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As many of you have discovered already, the newly released (for 800 Microsoft points no less) Valor map pack for Call of Duty 3 has 5 brand new maps for you to kill each other... Read more...