Neowin News Feed for: Data

Apple keeps your conversations with Siri for two years

Ben Buffone — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:21:57 +0100

Apple have revealed conservations you have with voice assistant Siri will be kept for up to two years. The announcement comes just days after questions were raised over users' privacy rights. Read more...

Samsung loses Apple patent suit in UK over 3G data

Stephen Robinson — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:36:47 +0000

Apple has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung which clears them of unlawfully using Samsung technology related processing and transmitting data on 3G networks. Read more...

Simple Android Backup brings backups to non-rooted phones

Paul Ferson — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:12:42 +0000

Preserving a backup from your Android handset can be a wise idea, though it has been one that has long required root access. While not the first to avoid this, SAB claims to be able to avoid rooting. Read more...

Virgin Media brings unlimited mobile data to pay-as-you-go

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:15:04 +0000

Virgin Media has completely overhauled its pay-as-you-go offerings in the UK, with unlimited data available for your smartphone from £10 a month, which also includes £10 of airtime and 300 texts. Read more...

Megaupload data might be released to owners

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:23:59 +0100

For users who lost access to files at the time of Megaupload's shutdown, there may yet be some hope that they can retrieve their data from the petabytes of data still available to the server's hosts. Read more...

Should Apple pay for iOS data usage issues?

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:24:21 +0100

Following reports that data usage for Verizon users on devices using iOS 6 was higher than normal, the question being asked by Australian iPhone users experiencing the same issue is: Who should pay? Read more...

Microsoft puts some coins in Klout's pocket, uses their data

Brad Sams — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:26:09 +0100

Microsoft has announced that it has invested in Klout and that Bing will begin using the social services data with its search results. Bing loves social and with Klout, search is getting its social on Read more...

Bing is comprised of ~300 petabytes of data

Brad Sams — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:39:02 +0100

Microsoft has just gone on stage at NA TechEd and has stated that Bing is comprised of nearly 300 petabytes of data and also reiterated that it is running on Sever 2012 RC. Read more...

FBI takes Kim Dotcom's data without courts consent or knowledge

Owen Williams — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:21:47 +0100

In a strange move, the FBI has taken Kim Dotcom's data outside of New Zealand without the knowledge of the court and sent it back to the US, despite an order stating it was to remain in the country. Read more...

Could future Windows Phones transfer apps from iOS or Androids?

John Callaham — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:50 +0100

A newly revealed patent application from Microsoft shows that the company has developed a way to transfer apps and data from one phone to another, even if that phone uses another operating system. Read more...

Verizon makes it easier to get data when abroad, lowers the price

Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:59:39 +0100

If you have plans to travel abroad and want to use a little bit of data on your journey, Verizon has lowered the cost of its data roaming package, and made it all a bit easier to understand. Read more...

Half of employees would sell work passwords for a few bucks

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:57:00 +0100

A survey finds that just under half of employees would have no problem selling their work login details for a paltry sum, with many placing a far higher value on their personal Facebook passwords. Read more...

Visa and MasterCard could be victims of "massive" data breach

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:12:06 +0100

Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard have reported that a data breach at a US-based processor has recently occurred and may have exposed up to 10 million credit card numbers. Read more...

Hackers slip into Digital Playground, steal credit card info

Christopher White — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:29:19 +0000

Digital Playground, one of the most popular pornography sites on the web, was hacked today. Over 40,000 credit card numbers and 72,000 usernames and passwords were stolen. Read more...

‘Password1' and 'password' among the most popular passwords

Andy Weir — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:40:15 +0000

A major technology security report reveals that the most common passwords used in business environments contain the word 'password', with weak passwords being blamed for 29% of security breaches. Read more...

giffgaff: unlimited data packages aren't sustainable

Andy Weir — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:59:08 +0000

The CEO of the 'giffgaff' network reveals that the carrier is reviewing the 'sustainability' of its low-cost unlimited mobile data packages, as user demand for multimedia on the move soars. Read more...

YouPorn drops the soap, massive amounts of user data stolen

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:25:38 +0000

YouPorn has accidently exposed the user names and passwords of more than one million accounts. The information was stored on a public facing server that is now offline. Read more...

Network rewards customers for downloading most 3G data

Andy Weir — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0000

A mobile network set out to prove that its data packages are truly unlimited, by encouraging its users to download as much data as possible, with one user downloading 419GB over 3G in a single week. Read more...

T-Mobile announces Full Monty plans: unlimited everything

Andy Weir — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:32 +0000

T-Mobile's new price plans offer unlimited voice calls, text messages and mobile data, including free tethering. But will these tariffs spread from the UK to Europe and the US - and is there a catch? Read more...

Verizon data outage in United States fixed

James Woodfin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:02:17 +0000

Verizon has responded and fixed the issue affecting its 3G and 4G data users that started last night. Read more...