Neowin News Feed for: Israel

Microsoft uses headlines to read the future

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:34:35 +0000

Microsoft Research, in cooperation with the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel, is working on a system to potentially divine the future from newspaper headlines and other sources. Read more...

Xbox 360 goes on sale in Israel and Argentina this month

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:42:39 +0000

Better late than never? Seven years after the Xbox 360 made its debut in the US, Microsoft's game console is finally set to get an official local release in Israel and Argentina later this month. Read more...

Iranian nuclear program hit by virus, plays AC/DC

Paul Ferson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:27:02 +0100

Iran's nuclear program has been infected with a new virus which seems to play excellent music at inopportune times, and has spread across two different Iranian facilities already. Read more...

Apple set to purchase Israeli NAND flash firm

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:33:41 +0000

Apple is set to acquire Israeli NAND flash design firm Anobit for an estimated $500 million dollars, according to a report by Reuters. Apple also plans to invest in a new R&D facility in Israel. Read more...

Israel uses Facebook to blacklist airline passengers

Christopher White — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:29:56 +0100

Maybe Julian Assange was onto something when he called Facebook an “appalling spy machine.” The social media site that is used for sharing personal tidbits of information is also used to bring groups of... Read more...

Researcher claims stuxnet was a US/Israel joint venture

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:11:05 +0000

A German researcher is claiming that the United States and Israel Intelligence and Special Operations department (Mossad) were behind the 2010 malicious Stuxnet worm which attempted to attack Iran's nuclear program. During the TED conference... Read more...

Hotmail in Israel defaced by Turksec [Updated]

Steven Parker — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:47:50 +0100

The popular email service Hotmail has been defaced in Israel by a Turkish hacker going by the name of TurkGuvenligi of Turksec. It appears the site has been subject to a DNS hijack, the practice of... Read more...

Israel bans iPad imports due to Wi-Fi

Matt Blowes — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:02:12 +0100

Importing the newly released iPad has been banned by Israeli authorities because of fears the Wi-Fi capability can broadcast at a higher power level and may interfere with other wireless connections. The U.S., unlike Europe... Read more...

Israeli Supreme Court makes Internet anonymity a constitutional right

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:56:09 +0100

In a recent Supreme Court ruling, Israel has ruled that anonymity on the Internet can only be forcefully removed "where a cause of action against the anonymous commenter exists and where the anonymity was used... Read more...

Gaza propaganda war takes place online

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:49:32 +0000

Branded by some as "hacktivism", the conflict between Israel and Palestine has spilled onto the web, with activists from both sides defacing websites, taking over computers and shutting down Facebook groups, according to a report... Read more...

Syria Suspicious of Israel, Blocks Facebook

Sagittarius — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:16:40 +0000

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Syrian authorities have blocked Facebook, the popular Internet hangout, over what seems to be fears of Israeli "infiltration" of Syrian social networks on the Net, according to residents and media reports. Residents of Damascus said... Read more...

Google descends on Israel

Timmah — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:38:42 +0000

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The internet search giant has promised that all of its services will be translated to Hebrew and moved into Israel within 18 months as the company's grip on the web tightens. ... Read more...

Israel to suspend Microsoft buys

malebolgia — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:55:17 +0000

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Israel became the latest government to embrace the open-source movement in software, saying this week that it would suspend purchases of Microsoft's productivity software and explore less costly, open-source alternatives. Though the full impact remains... Read more...

Israel slams the door on Microsoft

Tom Warren — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:47:52 +0100

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In a bold assertion of independence, Israel has thrown the full weight of its antitrust legislation at Microsoft. The Israeli Ministry of Commerce has suspended all governmental contracts with Microsoft, and indicated... Read more...