Neowin News Feed for: Heat

This incredible tech could make ACs obsolete and finally solve Global Warming forever

Sayan Sen — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:36:01 +0000

Science, with the help of AI, has recently made some incredible progress in the field of cooling and this technology could one day get rid of ACs entirely and solve global warming. Read more...

Heat from fingertips can be used to crack passwords: Study

Justin Luna — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:50:01 +0000

A study by cybersecurity experts in Scotland found that passwords can be cracked by analyzing the traces of heat left by a person's fingertips when they enter their password on a keyboard or phone. Read more...

YouTube clashes with iOS 11 causing heat and battery drain, fix incoming

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:08:01 +0000

The YouTube app is apparently causing battery drain and Apple devices to heat up unnecessarily. Luckily, the firm is aware of the problem and has publicly stated that it is actively working to fix it. Read more...

Microsoft is aware of the Surface Pro 3 i7 heat issues, fix coming soon

Brad Sams — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has acknowledged that there is an issue with a small number of Surface Pro 3s that have an i7 and that a fix is coming soon but you should not worry about the thermometer screen. Read more...

Some Surface Pro 3 with i7s are overheating with fans running excessively

Brad Sams — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:40:54 +0000

Earlier this month, Microsoft started shipping Surface Pro 3s with Core i7 processors in them but some users are now reporting that the device gets excessively hot and is overheating. Read more...

Microsoft blames heat for Outlook.com, Hotmail, SkyDrive outage

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:18:59 +0000

Microsoft has laid the blame on an overheating data center for the recent outage to Outlook.com, Hotmail, Calendar and SkyDrive, which caused service disruptions for nearly 16 hours Read more...

Apple MBP 17inch overheating?

Brad Sams — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:10:50 +0000

Proud new owners of Apple's latest laptop are being plagued by possible overheating problems. The picture (below) shows what is happening to some new owners of Apple's MacBook Pro 17" model. The MacBook Pro... Read more...

Microsoft Takes Heat for Office 2003 SP3 File Format Block

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:11:17 +0000

Microsoft is facing criticism from a competitor and some customers for its decision to block some older file formats with Office 2003 Service Pack 3, which it released last September. The only non-Microsoft file format... Read more...

Sun increases heat against MS, promotes OpenOffice via Java

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:07:03 +0000

Windows users who have an older version of Java SE Runtime Environment and have yet to install Update 3, which was released earlier this month, will be getting the usual "on the 26 of each... Read more...

Fraunhofer Institute Powers Electronics With Body Heat

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:16:45 +0000

It's no secret that longer battery life and safer ways to power mobile devices is what the industry is striving for. Researchers from many divisions of the Fraunhofer Institute have teamed up to devise a... Read more...

Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users

Steven Parker — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:29:47 +0000

With the recent release of Microsoft's newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality. But what if you're not looking... Read more...

MacBook Shutdown Caused by Heat Sink?

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:23:17 +0000

Apple has faced temporary problems sourcing spare parts for MacBooks affected by intermittent random shutdowns. Some users have complained that their MacBooks have developed a penchant for this problem. In essence, the fault is... Read more...

Macbook Verses Dell Notebook Heat Test

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:43:59 +0000

MacBooks run at a slightly higher average temperature than an similarly specified Dell Latitude D620, a set of independent tests claim. Both machines seemed to run warmer at the bottom of their chassis, observes... Read more...

Apple Blunder Blamed for MacBook Heat Issues

Brad Sams — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:29:11 +0000

In a new article on its support Web site this week, Apple acknowledges that some 13-inch MacBooks may run warmer than normal due to a small oversight where some of the notebooks shipped with a... Read more...

Dell, AMD Rumors Heat Up Again

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:29:08 +0000

Hot on the heels of Dell's quad-SLI XPS 600 Renegade introduction at CES 2006 come new rumors that Dell is stockpiling AMD processors for use in its systems later this year, possibly even in the... Read more...

Microsoft Faces Late Heat over Visual Studio 2005 Quality

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:20:00 +0000

On day of its official launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp. is finding itself facing some tough questions around its bug fixing policies and plans. According to some bloggers, the much anticipated release of... Read more...

GPL Could Put Heat on Microsoft

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:59:24 +0000

Efforts under way to revise the popular GNU General Public License could put additional pressure on Microsoft Corp. by the time it tries to push its long-awaited Windows upgrades out the door. As eWEEK reported... Read more...

Heat Turned Up on Streaming Video Patents

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:21:19 +0000

After a recent legal setback, a California company that claims its patents cover the streaming video technology used by adult Web sites is boosting efforts to collect money from a very different group of streaming... Read more...

AOL puts heat on Sunshine State spammers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:19:46 +0000

America Online reported Wednesday that it has filed a civil suit against four Florida-based individuals who the company believes are responsible for sending massive amounts of spam e-mail to its members. The giant Internet service... Read more...

AMD turns heat on Intel with Athlon 64 FX

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:49:43 +0000

On the back of AMD's recent launch of Athlon 64 3400+, Intel has confirmed it might launch its 3.4GHz ExSpensive Edition of the XEON MP on the 2nd February, but as the quarter runs on,... Read more...

Prescott to Dissipate 100W+ of Heat

Sat, 26 Jul 2003 06:29:41 +0000

A Japanese web-site revealed some information about heat-dissipation of Intel Prescott processors due to come this November at $637 price-point. The chip will be extremely hot and hungry and in general this is a reason... Read more...

IBM turns up the heat on Taiwan's chip makers

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:24:05 +0000

The rise of Chinese chip makers, like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., was expected by some observers to mark the beginning of a shift in the center of contract chip... Read more...

RIAA turns up heat on file-trading at work

Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:50:58 +0000

An attack on corporate use of peer-to-peer software is under way, as companies face increasing pressure from record labels and other copyright holders to stop employees from file trading. The latest salvo... Read more...

Shuttle wing lost sensors, maybe heat tiles

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 23:42:49 +0000

As federal investigators begin to look into why the space shuttle Columbia broke apart, NASA officials said the left wing lost hydraulic sensors, lost tire pressure and then experienced intense heat before the shuttle broke... Read more...

Gateway turns up the heat with summer PC deals

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:00:11 +0000

Gateway said this friday that it will offer $100 mail-in rebates on its namesake 300SE and 500SE desktops and its Solo 1450SE notebook, dropping prices to $599, $699 and $999, respectively. The... Read more...

Intel, AMD in a dead heat for cheap chips

Thu, 16 May 2002 13:28:51 +0000

Both AMD and Intel proudly claim they can make chips cheaper than the other guy, but after going through the math and examining the two companies' divergent strategies, analysts conclude it's a dead heat. ... Read more...

Next-Gen Windows Rumors Heat Up

Steven Parker — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:22:59 +0000

Thanks ShOcKz1104 for posting this in the BPN on the forums. This from Wininformant: Two interesting but uncorroborated looks at future Windows versions had the rumor mills working overtime this weekend. (Thanks to Eric... Read more...

Socket-A Heat Sink Comparison

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:02:11 +0000

Thanks NTCompatible for the heads up on this Socket-A Heat Sink Comparison @ Extreme Overclocking, below a blurb. What's on the platter?: In this November roundup we have a lot of... Read more...

NASCAR Heat (XBox) shots.

Marcel Klum — Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:18:44 +0000

Sportplanet has some nice screenshots of the upcoming XBox racer, NASCAR Heat. Drop into a 200-mph traffic jam! This is NASCAR HEAT. Door-to-door racing with some of the best drivers in the world... Read more...