Neowin News Feed for: Blocks

Acer unveils modular Windows 10 PC that you can build one 'Block' at a time

Andy Weir — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:12:01 +0000

The Revo Build is a Windows 10 mini-PC that you can 'build' with stackable Blocks that expand its features and abilities, including graphics, wireless device charging, audio processing, and storage. Read more...

Get around the UK's national 'porn filters' with a simple Chrome extension

Andy Weir — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:09:17 +0000

Default filters for adult content introduced by UK ISPs are blocking innocuous sites while failing to block hardcore porn - but the 'Go Away Cameron' Chrome extension offers a complete workaround. Read more...

China blocks Twitter and others

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:41:55 +0000

China has once again blocked a popular social networking web site, this time Twitter is on the latest block. China has been known in the recent past to block web sites like YouTube and... Read more...

Expiration dates for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 blocks announced

Sean Bradford — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:02:15 +0000

If you're an IT professional and currently using Microsoft's Service Pack Blocker, the software giant recently announced that the current blocks for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 are going to expire in a few months.... Read more...

Trojan, distributed over torrent, blocks torrent sites

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:58:31 +0000

A trojan named Troj/Qhost-AC, has been spotted on torrent sites labeled as a keygen for popular software. But in a strange surprise, the trojan would modify the users host file, rather than generating a... Read more...

Syria Suspicious of Israel, Blocks Facebook

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

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...

New Firefox 3.0 alpha blocks malware, secures plug-in update

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:09:36 +0000

With the release Firefox 3.0 alpha 8, the Mozilla Corporation has finally unveiled several security features it's talked up for months. Among the security provisions debuting in the new alpha of "Gran Paradiso," the code... Read more...

Turkey blocks YouTube...Again

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:44:40 +0000

It seems as if today is the day of the repeat story: a court in Turkey has banned access to YouTube after a single citizen complained that it contained clips which insulted the country. The... Read more...

TorrentSpy Blocks Searches From US Visitors

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:32:36 +0000

In what appears to be a preventative measure to protect its users, popular Bittorrent search site TorrentSpy has begun to block all search from US visitors, starting today. The site has been caught up in... Read more...

Thailand blocks YouTube for clip mocking king

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:08 +0000

Thailand's military-appointed government has blocked access to on-line video-sharing Web site YouTube after owner Google Incorporated declined to withdraw a video clip mocking the country's revered monarch. Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom ordered a block of... Read more...

Microsoft Blocks Windows Vista Rootkit Exploit

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:36:06 +0000

Microsoft has blocked the attack vector used to slip unsigned drivers past new security policies being implemented in Windows Vista, according to Joanna Rutkowska, the stealth malware researcher who created the exploit. Rutkowska, who demonstrated... Read more...

PowerUser.TV Episode 36: MySpace, Macs, Mario Blocks & More!

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:30:56 +0000

This week the team discusses MySpace (pre- & post-mortem), recovery from malware, and a software update patent. They also discuss dual boot Macs (oh yeah baby) and open source DRM. In... Read more...

BT: 35,000 Child Porn Blocks a Day

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:06:47 +0000

According to admittedly conservative reports released by British Telecom, at least 35,000 attempts to access child pornography are blocked each day in Britain. While already somewhat shocking, BT warned that the actual figures could... Read more...

PayPal Blocks Hurricane Relief Funds

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:53:00 +0000

The popular website Something Awful.com took matters into their own hands following the path of destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, by setting up a relief fund using PayPal as the middle-man. What happened next was... Read more...

Microsoft Tool Blocks Windows Server Update

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:57:41 +0000

As it did with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft is offering businesses a tool to block their machines from being automatically upgraded to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. The software tool, available... Read more...

Microsoft China blocks words 'democracy', 'freedom'

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:10:27 +0000

The users of Microsoft's new China-based internet portal were recently blocked from using the words 'democracy', 'freedom' and 'human rights' in a move by the software giant to please Beijing.Other words that are not... Read more...

Glitch blocks some iTunes music sales

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:33:06 +0000

Some users of Apple Computer's iTunes for Windows say a glitch is causing the program to crash whenever they try to purchase songs. Beginning late last week, some Apple users noticed that... Read more...

FCC Blocks Spam on Wireless Devices

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:42:48 +0000

The FCC wants to stop spam from reaching your PDA and/or cell phone. It's a step in the right direction and much appreciated, but may not protect cell phones and PDAs from forwarded spam emails.... Read more...

AOL Blocks ICQ Worm

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:21:18 +0000

America Online has taken steps to stop the spread of a worm that began attacking ICQ instant messaging users this week. The fix, which was implemented on Wednesday, was applied to ICQ's servers and does... Read more...

Glitch blocks Freeserve email to AOL

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:56:43 +0000

Some Freeserve customers are unable to email AOL subscribers because the latter's systems see the messages as spam. Emails are being bounced back, usually with a message such as: 'The connection to the server has... Read more...

US judge blocks Washington game sales law

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 04:24:08 +0000

A federal judge postpones the enforcement of the Washington state law that was to restrict the sales of certain video games starting this month. According to a Reuters report, US District Judge... Read more...

Outlook Express blocks Adobe PDF files

Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:08:32 +0000

Outlook Express now comes with an anti-viral feature which blocks access to executables – quite a nifty feature if you're bombarded by viral attack. But a side effect of the "feature" is that... Read more...

AOL blocks MS e-mail

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Jul 2002 13:11:58 +0000

Thanks prasanth America Online said Monday that it temporarily had blocked e-mail coming through servers from Microsoft's bCentral, a Web service focused on small businesses. An AOL representative said the problem cropped... Read more...

Online pirates are quick off the blocks with Spiderman!

Mon, 06 May 2002 17:00:51 +0000

While Columbia Picture's new "Spider-Man" movie was breaking box-office records over the weekend, Internet movie pirates were busily downloading free copies of the film on file-trading networks. By Saturday, pirated versions of... Read more...

Dutch Govt. Blocks Sale of Sony Playstation Ones

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:29:10 +0000

The Dutch government said on Tuesday it had blocked the sale of more than 1.3 million Sony Corp. 6758.T Playstation One consoles and accessories in November because the cables contained too much cadmium. ... Read more...

Creative BLOCKS liveware download!

Sat, 27 Oct 2001 17:33:32 +0000

My good buddy Neobond informed me of this... Looks like the LiveWire page on Creative's site has been changed, thus not allowing users to download the drivers for LiveWire. You... Read more...

Welsh Assembly blocks individual school email

Mon, 03 Sep 2001 20:29:45 +0000

Remembering when I setup one of the first school email systems in Ireland and the UK many years ago, I came across this story on ZDNet, which brings to bear the emmense issue of privacy... Read more...