Neowin News Feed for: Swedish

Swedish ISPs ignoring requests to block The Pirate Bay

Sam Symons — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:06:05 +0100

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After the recent Pirate Bay lawsuit and sentence, there has been a lot of noise made about the questionable attitude of the website, regarding complying with their fines. It seems Swedish internet service providers aren't... Read more...

Swedish Agency Develops Underwater Wireless Technology

Slimy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:48:02 +0100

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The Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, employs 800 full time research scientists to develop innovations in technology and research as well as defense and security. FOI has developed an underwater wireless technology that has been... Read more...

IBM offers $745 million for Swedish tool maker

Slimy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:59:52 +0100

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IBM Corporation has agreed to buy Telelogic AB, a Swedish developer of software development tools, for about $745 million in cash. If shareholders and government agencies approve the deal, Telelogic would become part of IBM's... Read more...

Swedish Bank Struck by Huge Online Phishing Heist

Slimy — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:00:28 +0000

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Swedish bank Nordea, the target of one of the largest online heists, has lost between 7 to 8 million Swedish kronor (a little over $1.1 million USD) over the course of 15 months. Security officials... Read more...

Swedish Pirate Party launches Commercial Darknet

davemania — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:58:33 +0100

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Today, the Swedish Pirate Party launched a new Internet service that lets anybody send and receive files and information over the Internet without fear of being monitored or logged. In technical terms, such a network... Read more...

Swedish teen suspected in Cisco source code theft

malebolgia — Wed, 11 May 2005 17:02:45 +0100

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Authorities in Sweden had detained a person for stealing Cisco Systems Inc.'s source code, the basic instructions for the machines that direct Internet traffic around the globe, the company said yesterday. Police in Uppsala, a... Read more...

Swedish Army To Use Battlefield 2 for Training

Marcel Klum — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:28:40 +0100

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The Battlefield 2 game is a first-person shooter game taking place on the modern-day battlefield. AerotechTelub is purchasing a development license for the technology powering the game with the intention of developing training simulators and... Read more...

Swedish video game banned for harming China's sovereignty

Marcel Klum — Sun, 30 May 2004 10:53:32 +0100

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China has banned a Swedish-made computer game for "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Ministry of Culture (MOC) said Friday. The PC game, "Hearts of Iron", was accused of... Read more...

Video Games Make Kids Fat, Violent, Swedish Experts Say

malebolgia — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:58:13 +0000

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Video games can make children fat and, in the case of violent games popular among teenage and younger boys, aggressive and even criminal, Swedish experts said on Monday. The games industry, estimated at $200 million... Read more...

Swedish firm to offer 100Mbit/s broadband for £70/month

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:47:21 +0000

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A SWEDISH SUPPLIER will introduce an amazing 100Mbit/sec broadband connection for 895 kroner in April next year. That's about Â£70 a month, and that speed is in both directions. Bredbandsbolaget will cap downloads to 300GB... Read more...

Windows XP SP1 Languages, IE6 SP1 Dutch & Swedish

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:53:18 +0100

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Here a couple of links for our European friends thanks to Vla and WindowsXP.nu. So if you happen to use Dutch or Swedish Windows XP & Internet Explorer you can now update to the latest... Read more...

IE6 Dutch & Swedish versions available

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:03:21 +0100

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Thanks Vla for this. Internet Explorer 6 lets you control how your personal information is used by Web sites you visit, so you don't have to worry about security or privacy. By providing simple tools,... Read more...