Neowin News Feed for: Information

Wikipedia adds watchlists to mobile web app

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:59:04 +0000

WIkimedia has updated Wikipedia's web app to allow users to log in, view and add pages to their watchlists, making it even easier to protect articles from spammers and troublemakers. Read more...

Facebook seeks to hunt down pseudonyms

Paul Ferson — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:10:00 +0100

A new pop-up window appearing on Facebook accounts in Germany encourages users to inform if their friends are using pseudonyms, leading to comparisons to the East German "Stasi" within the country. Read more...

Microsoft and Google visionaries look ahead together

Tyler Holman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:48:20 +0000

Leading futurists from Microsoft, Google and Twitter are going to be joining forces to discuss the future of information and talk to students at the University of Maryland. Read more...

Game Informer's information on Borderlands 2 now online

Paul Ferson — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:21:49 +0100

Information originally exclusive to the Game Informer magazine has rapidly spread online for Gearbox Software's Borderlands 2. The sequel to the 2009 title features revamped AI and other features. Read more...

Hackers accessed information from 200,000 Citi cardholders

Denis Wong — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:20:44 +0100

In recent months, hackers have been targeting high profile institutions in society. The most prominent target of the bunch are Sony and its properties, starting from the PlayStation Network breach and continuing with attacks on... Read more...

Comcast support gives out private details before verification

Brad Sams — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:35:07 +0100

Information security is always going to be a hot topic. When it comes to personal details, corporations are entrusted to secure that data. But if you are a Comcast subscriber, you may have another reason... Read more...

HWiNFO32 3.72-1200 Beta

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:30:31 +0100

HWiNFO32 (Hardware Information) is a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. It's targeted to recognize and extract the most possible amount of information about computer's hardware which makes... Read more...

HWiNFO32 3.71

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:51:28 +0000

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...

McDonald's customer database hacked

Alan Cone — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:16:54 +0000

Following the previous week of DDoS attacks and the database leak of Gawker, McDonald's has fallen victim to a similar fate. McDonald's is now warning customers that signed up for any promotions or registered at... Read more...

Facebook Update: New Dashboard, Download Your Info, and Groups

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:23:49 +0100

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, spoke today at an event at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, CA. He explained what the company has been working on over the summer during their "intense" employee lockdown period.... Read more...

New information revealed about Microsoft's new anti-malware product

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:33:44 +0100

Liveside has reported some new information about Microsoft's new anti-malware product codenamed "Morro", formally named Windows Live OneCare. According to Liveside, Microsoft considering the following names for it's new anti-malware program: Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft... Read more...

More information surfaces on Microsoft's SkyBox and SkyMart

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:17:35 +0000

Last month we exclusively revealed that Microsoft is due to unveil some exciting new services for Windows Mobile in a couple of weeks time. Mary Jo Foley has done some digging and has discovered... Read more...

Windows 7: The information lockdown continues

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:49:52 +0100

When is Microsoft finally going to start sharing information on Windows 7? After all, if the Redmondians stick to their own oft-quoted ship target of 2010 for the operating system, that is just two years... Read more...

Top 10 Jobs in Information Technology

Steven Parker — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:37:15 +0000

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The next time you poke fun at the techies, consider that IT workers can expect starting salaries to increase an average of 5.3 percent in 2008, according to the "2008 Robert Half Technology Salary Guide."... Read more...

EU Official: IP Addresses are Personal Information

Slimy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:11:00 +0000

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IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday. Germany's data protection commissioner,... Read more...

Microsoft Hires Tony Scott as Chief Information Officer

EL1TE — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:11:09 +0000

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REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 17, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the appointment of Tony Scott to the role of chief information officer (CIO) and corporate vice president of Microsoft. Scott, 56, will manage Microsoft's... Read more...

Auslogics System Information 1.1.7.184

EL1TE — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:28:04 +0000

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Auslogics System Information provides comprehensive and easy to understand information about your system configuration. It will show hardware configuration, video-card information, OS details, list of running processes, and other information. This information can be saved... Read more...

IBM to Acquire Solid Information Technology

Slimy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:51:40 +0000

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IBM has entered into an agreement to acquire Solid Information Technology, a privately held company based in Cupertino, California, and Helsinki, Finland, that provides in-memory database software. Financial details were not disclosed but the acquisition... Read more...

Microsoft Fires Chief Information Officer

Sagittarius — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:37:33 +0000

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Microsoft Corp. announced today that it had fired its chief information officer due to alleged company policy violations. Unfortunately, a spokesman declined to give the exact reason for the dismissal, so we're as much in... Read more...