Neowin News Feed for: Brother

Hundreds of printer models with weak password algorithms exposed, no firmware patch possible

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:46:01 +0000

Several security flaws - including one that exposes your default admin passwords - are affecting over 700 printer models. There is no fix in sight. Read more...

Like HP and Canon, Brother now under fire over alleged third-party printer ink manipulation

Sayan Sen — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:04:01 +0000

Brother has denied the recent accusations and allegations that it is manipulating firmware to harm printers using third-party ink. Read more...

Google founders defend website after Big Brother claims

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:17:58 +0000

Google has tried to dismiss fears it is becoming the "Big Brother of the internet" by storing details of people's personal searches. The founders of the world's largest search engine said that those who were... Read more...

Protecting IM From Big Brother

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:05:58 +0000

Ian Goldberg, leading security researcher, professor at the University of Waterloo, and co-creator of the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) protocol recently gave a talk on protecting your IM conversations. He discusses OTR and its importance in... Read more...

Virtual Big Brother is unveiled

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:18:01 +0000

Big Brother maker Endemol is to launch a virtual world where people can take part in familiar games and shows. Three dimensional worlds such as Second Life, which allow people to create online... Read more...

Warez And Big Brother Will See You

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:55:29 +0000

Stop, hold the presses! The RIAA is not the evil spying corporation that we've been reading about the past year. No contrary to popular belief it is not the RIAA who... Read more...

Microsoft's Charm Offensive: From Big Brother to Big Buddy

Sun, 06 Jun 2004 04:03:32 +0000

What more could Microsoft ask for? It has market share, cash reserves and brand recognition that most competitors could only dream of. But one prize still eludes the Redmond software giant: better customer-satisfaction ratings. To... Read more...

Big brother under the bumper

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:20:39 +0000

On Sunday, July 6, three Boulder residents discovered sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS) devices attached to the bottom of their cars, apparently used by someone to track the whereabouts of their vehicles. ... Read more...

US govn. TIPS a nod to Big Brother

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:12:21 +0000

The U.S. government is again turning to technology to monitor suspicious activity in the name of fighting terrorism. The government has unveiled more details of its Terrorist Information and Prevention System (TIPS),... Read more...

EU goes all Big Brother

Fri, 31 May 2002 14:40:31 +0000

Thanks to Bob D for the heads up ;) The European Parliament has [as was expected] voted in favour of controversial data retention regulations. The vote reverses the Parliament's... Read more...

Big Brother III

Wed, 29 May 2002 17:12:37 +0000

Thanks Nick Day for this great piece. On Friday 24 May, Big Brother 3 was launched. In previous years Channel 4 have provided free access to live streams from the house on... Read more...