Neowin News Feed for: Private

Dell can still call off its leveraged buyout plan by Nov. 5th

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:25:54 +0000

Dell's plans to take itself back to being a private company via a leveraged buyout could be called off if the company and its loan partners choose to do so by November 5th. Read more...

HP rains on Dell's private parade, should probably mind its own business

Brad Sams — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:18:43 +0000

HP has slung the corporate mud at Dell and has said that they will have significant struggles based on their debt load by going private and will upset existing customers with no innovation. Read more...

Microsoft loans Dell $2 billion to help them go private

Brad Sams — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:31:37 +0000

Dell has announced a deal that will allow the company to go private and Microsoft will soon become a significant stakeholder in the private company. Read more...

Dell nearing $23 billion privatization deal

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:53:02 +0000

Dell is reportedly nearing a $23 billion deal to buy back shares from shareholders, making the company a private entity. Microsoft is said to be contributing a $2 billion investment to see it happen. Read more...

Dell buyout talks advancing, loans being lined up

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:57:28 +0000

With talks of a Dell buyout breaking earlier this week, it looks like Silver Lakes, the private equity firm looking to complete the deal, has four major banks lined up to finance the deal. 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...

Facebook could lose millions in lawsuit over Sponsored Stories

Paul Ferson — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:24:44 +0100

A class-action lawsuit has beaten Facebook into allowing users to opt out of Sponsored Stories, and could also cause significant financial ramifications for the site as well. Read more...

Facebook may have your private phone number

Alan Cone — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:33:10 +0100

In today's cutting edge world of technology, there have been ongoing battles about privacy online, and privacy features. Facebook is no exception to this, as they have had numerous privacy related concerns. Now users will... Read more...

Debian and Ubuntu flaw leaves private SSL/SSH keys guessable

franzon — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:47 +0100

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The Debian Security Advisory posted up DSA-1571-1 openssl -- predictable random number generator issue today and strongly advised its users to take steps to avoid possible compromising of any systems running on Debian, such as... Read more...

Hulu Private Beta Goes Live

Sagittarius — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:23:26 +0000

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Hulu, a joint-venture, ad-supported online video site between Fox and NBC, has officially gone into beta today with the launching of a test page at Hulu.com. According to officials from both companies, the final version... Read more...

Office Live Store Manager Private Beta

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:17:10 +0100

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Office Live Store Manager is currently in private beta with a few of our select small business customers and one of the first implementations has emerged on the web from Larouex Gourmet Foods. They... Read more...

Google backs private Moon landing

Lt-DavidW — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:59:33 +0100

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Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon. The competition to send a robot craft to the Moon is being run with the... Read more...

ICANN is considering becoming a private entity

Slimy — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:18:23 +0100

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ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is considering a change in the way the Internet's governing body is organized that could allow it to skirt some potential legal issues. In late March, a... Read more...

Google Antiphishing Site Exposes Private User Data

Slimy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:56:10 +0000

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Google has removed a few user names and passwords posted inadvertently to a phishing blacklist it compiles and makes publicly available on the Web. The Mountain View, California-based company said it has also implemented a... Read more...

Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App

Hurmoth — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:49:30 +0100

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Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders. The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised... Read more...

Microsoft's Private Folder App Criticized

Steven Parker — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:41:49 +0100

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Microsoft has released an application that would make it possible for those who share a PC or account to store files in a separate folder that only they may access. The move has been criticized,... Read more...

Dekart Private Disk Multifactor v.1.22

Steven Parker — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:53:18 +0100

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Thanks Irky for this submission. Dekart Private Disk Multifactor: powerful, reliable and fast disk encryption software. Private Disk easily protects confidential information by creating virtual encrypted partitions (drive letters). The encrypted information can be... Read more...

MSN Messenger 7 - Private Beta, Next Week

Tom Warren — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:33:06 +0100

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According to Microsoft-watch.com and reliable sources, MSN are planning to release Messenger 7 into beta testing on BetaPlace as early as next Tuesday. We exclusively revealed the new client yesterday amongst a lot of hype... Read more...

AOL employee sells off private user information

Mr magoo — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:29:28 +0100

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If was an AOL user, asides from being majorly angry, this guy would have just made my hit list! * U.S. investigators said on Wednesday they had arrested an America... Read more...

Viacom CEO Considering Taking Midway Private

malebolgia — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:06:15 +0100

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Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone is possibly making publisher Midway private in the near future, and is currently being advised on his options once his stake in shares goes past 80 percent. Redstone personally holds 72... Read more...