Neowin News Feed for: Researcher

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Researcher agent can now take action with 'Computer Use'

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:58:01 +0000

Microsoft is updating the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot with a new "Computer Use" capability to move beyond public web searches. Read more...

Microsoft's new AI tools: What "Researcher" and "Analyst" mean for your work

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:52:01 +0000

Microsoft 365 Copilot license holders can now access the Researcher and Analyst agents to accelerate their work. There are usage limitations to be aware of though. Read more...

Microsoft brings OpenAI o3 to the enterprise with new Analyst and Researcher agents

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled two new AI Copilot agents, Researcher and Analyst, powered by OpenAI's latest o3 and o3 mini reasoning models. Read more...

Google security researcher reportedly discovers 'crazy bad' vulnerability in Windows

Usama Jawad — Mon, 08 May 2017 19:30:01 +0000

A Google security researcher has reportedly discovered a "crazy bad" vulnerability in Windows, which can easily spread. Although full details aren't available yet, a report is expected to follow soon. Read more...

Researcher Roots Out D-Link Wireless Bug

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:15:04 +0000

Symantec Tuesday warned of an unpatched vulnerability in a D-Link wireless device driver that could enable an attacker to create a denial of service situation or compromise an affected PC. The flaw affects the wireless... Read more...

Researcher Reveals 2-Step Vista UAC Hack

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:23:20 +0000

Robert Paveza, a senior Web application developer with Web-based marketing company Terralever, has uncovered a two-step process for exploiting Windows Vista's User Account Control. In his published paper, Paveza said that the vulnerability uses a... Read more...

Researcher to Demonstrate Vista Attacks

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:27:02 +0000

During a training session called "Understanding Stealth Malware" at the Black Hat event in Las Vegas, Joanna Rutkowska, a security researcher known for picking apart the security mechanisms built into Windows, is to demonstrate new... Read more...

Facebook 'ideal' for phishing attacks: researcher

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:22:31 +0000

Security researcher Nick Sullivan over at Symantec Corporation believes that privacy settings on social networking websites such as Facebook give people a false sense of security that could expose them to phishing attacks. "This... Read more...

Coast Guard searching for missing Microsoft researcher

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:05:30 +0000

The U.S. Coast Guard has been conducting an extensive search for 63-year-old Jim Gray, a senior manager with Microsoft's Silicon Valley research organization. Gray's wife reported him missing Sunday afternoon when he failed to return... Read more...

Universal Disc Players to Dominate the Market – Researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:04:18 +0000

Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such... Read more...

Security Researcher Goes Public with MSN and Amazon Flaws

Christopher Vendemio — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:56:31 +0000

Frustrated with what he calls a lack of response from Microsoft and Amazon.com, a security researcher has gone public with details of flaws on the two companies' Web sites. The flaws could be used by attackers... Read more...

Researcher Says Intel Macs Could Invite More Exploits

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:13:34 +0000

Apple's switch from PowerPC to Intel-based Macs could lead to more attacks and cross-platform exploits, according to some researchers and solution providers. OS X includes features that make it a target for malware, and the... Read more...

Windows CE to outship PCs in five years - researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 10:58:54 +0000

In five years' time, more Windows CE devices will be shipping than Windows PCs. So reckons PC and PDA market researcher eTForecasts. So while 2002 saw 126 million PC shipments worldwide and nine million WinCE... Read more...

Don't mess with 802.11g, researcher warns

Tom Warren — Sat, 08 Mar 2003 22:06:15 +0000

Businesses have this week been warned to steer clear of 802.11g wireless LAN technology by market research organisation Gartner. Devices based on the 802.11g specification operate in the same 2.4GHz band as... Read more...

Apple to use x86 chips by 2004, says researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:58:46 +0000

RESEARCHER, GIGA Information Group reckons Apple will start to use x86 chips by the end of next year, according to a report at Mac Central. Giga says Apple will be forced to go the... Read more...

Bell Labs fires researcher after committee finds 'fraudulent work'

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:48:56 +0000

A star researcher in electronics at Bell Labs has been fired after an outside review committee found he falsified experimental data. The committee concluded Jan Hendrik Schon made up or altered data at... Read more...

Security researcher uncovers two Office XP flaws

Darren Bolton — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 07:57:31 +0000

TWO NEW SECURITY flaws in Microsoft's Office XP productivity suite could be combined to allow attackers to take over a system, according to independent security researcher Georgi Guninski. Guninski sent an advisory about... Read more...