Neowin News Feed for: Call

Man who paid $150 to a magician in Biden deepfake robocall campaign faces $6 million fine

Martin Hodás — Sun, 26 May 2024 07:06:01 +0000

The man who ordered a malicious robocall campaign with a fake voice of Joe Biden was charged with 26 felony counts. The Attorney General hopes this will be a strong deterrent for anyone else. Read more...

Twitter launches live video powered by Periscope for better follower engagement

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 May 2019 12:10:01 +0000

Twitter has just launched a new live video feature which users can use to engage with their follower base. Optionally, users can take audio calls from approved guests during the call. Read more...

Facebook's first ever earnings call is today, 2PM PT

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:35:42 +0000

After an IPO that had analysts in a kerfuffle for a while, Facebook prepares to explain the last few months to shareholders. Read more...

Microsoft survey reveals emerging Internet scams conducted over phones

Denis Wong — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:18:10 +0000

A recent Microsoft survey reveals that scammers are turning to traditional telephone landlines for baiting their victims to hand over money, instead of relying solely on phishing emails or fake advertisements on websites. The survey... Read more...

Google Voice down for outgoing calls

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:16:53 +0000

Users are reporting that Google Voice is having issues making outbound calls. According to TechCrunch, when people make outbound calls, it just rings incessantly even if the recipient picks up. For users who use Google... Read more...

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Mod Tools Available

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:03:03 +0000

As had been expected, Infinity Ward had released the mod tools for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The 603mb download includes everything required to make levels, models and mods for the game. To get... Read more...

Blogger claims 10-year wait for Microsoft tech support call

Steven Parker — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:46:05 +0000

The semi-anonymous blogger whose account earlier this week about getting a tech support callback from Microsoft Corp. a decade later generated heavy interest and conspiracy theories among techies posted a follow-up late Wednesday, in which... Read more...

Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ Coming to MAC

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:41:20 +0000

Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ for Mac, a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world's most treacherous hotspots. Call of Duty... Read more...

Pizza Ordering goes Mobile, no Phone Call Necessary

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:39:29 +0000

In 2001, Louisville-based Papa John's International Incorporated debuted an online pizza ordering system, which now accounts for nearly 20% of its U.S. sales. This week, however, the pizza maker has rolled out its text message... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3: Fight!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:49:32 +0000

Not much to say about this story, other than the story is by Gamepro - and they are pitting two of the biggest games of the year against each other. Comparing graphics, story, multiplayer and... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 to outsell Halo 3? Could be...

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:44:33 +0000

Nollenberger Capital Partners' analyst Todd Greenwald has stated that Call of Duty 4 could outsell Halo 3. Straight from the horse's mouth: "Thus far, the game has an average score of 9.5/10 on Metacritic.com,... Read more...

Get a hotfix -- without having to call Microsoft...

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:50:20 +0000

You now can obtain a hotfix without having to interact with a single soul ( no phone calls etc.. ) Easy and convenient. Take for example my previous post for the netlogon DCR -... Read more...

HBO Exec: Don't call it DRM

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:30:49 +0000

People don't like DRM, perhaps that's just because it's such a smelly word. HBO's chief technology officer Bob Zitter thinks so, he wants to ditch the term DRM in favor of "DCE," or, "Digital... Read more...

Phishers Use Call Forwarding to Mask Fraud

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:54:45 +0000

Researchers at Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks have uncovered a new type of phishing attack that circumvents a bank's attempt to detect fraud by tricking victims into forwarding their telephone calls to the attacker. The attack... Read more...

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to be revealed this Saturday!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:42:23 +0000

After several sites (Neowin included) reported that Call of Duty 4 was to possibly be revealed this Saturday by Infinity Ward, people have been eagerly waiting to find out any information. Well now we have... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 to be announced soon?!

Todd Tanner — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:23:05 +0000

As per this story on Voodoo Extreme, one can guess that Infinity Ward aka Call of Duty guys will announce next Saturday a new Call of Duty tidbit. Whether or not that means Call of... Read more...

New Call of Duty 3 map pack announced

Todd Tanner — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:23:00 +0000

Activision continues to support the virtual troops with the Bravo Map Pack, set to hit Xbox Live Marketplace toward the end of May. Like the previous Valor pack released in January, Bravo will also feature... Read more...

Google issues rallying call to developers

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:42:59 +0000

On May 31, Google plans to host a series of ten developer events around the world to further advertise its application programming interfaces and developer tools. Google is offering several APIs that allow third party... Read more...

Should Foreign Call Center Workers Disclose their Location?

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:34:45 +0000

If freshman Congressman Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania has his way, foreign call center employees would be required to disclose their physical location when U.S. consumers call them. The congressman, a Democrat, has filed legislation called... Read more...

The Top Reasons Users Call The IT Help Desk

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:59:34 +0000

A new study released by SupportSoft, a provider of technology-glitch automation software, evaluated about 2 million call logs for 20 large global companies and found five problem areas contribute to 75% of the calls corporate... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 "Valor" map pack - take two

Todd Tanner — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:48:13 +0000

So all of you who plunked down the big 800 MS points last week to buy the "Valor" map pack for Call of Duty 3 and then got a nice present when you tried playing... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 "Valor" Map Pack Doesn't Work

Todd Tanner — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:32:27 +0000

As many of you have discovered already, the newly released (for 800 Microsoft points no less) Valor map pack for Call of Duty 3 has 5 brand new maps for you to kill each other... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 "Valor" Map Pack Released

Todd Tanner — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:54:03 +0000

Five new multiplayer maps for Call of Duty 3 are now available (or should be available today) over Xbox Live! for a measly 800 Microsoft points. The new maps take the multiplayer back to "the... Read more...

Free Call of Duty 3 Map On Xbox Live Marketplace!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:50:00 +0000

Time to return to battle! Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the release of a brand new Call of Duty® 3 multiplayer Bonus Map, available for download free of charge in the Xbox... Read more...

Google Maps Call Feature Ripe for Abuse

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:55:30 +0000

Google has added a new feature to its Maps product. Now upon locating a business on Google Maps, you are given the option of calling the phone number listed in the directory. As Google explains... Read more...

Call of Duty 4 In The Works

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:41:28 +0000

A reliable source close to the Call of Duty development teams has revealed not only the existence of Call of Duty 4, but vital details surrounding the game as well, including the fact that it... Read more...

Call of Duty 3 Ships Out

Todd Tanner — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:21:17 +0000

Santa Monica - Nov. 7, 2006 - Get closer than ever to the fury of combat with Call of Duty® 3, as you fight through the Normandy Breakout, the Allied campaign that paved the way... Read more...

Call of Duty on Steam? Call of Duty 2? Gun? Yup.

Todd Tanner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:51:48 +0000

Activision and Valve announced today that Steam will now offer 4 of Activisions popular games very soon, in fact later this month though an exact date wasn't given. The 4 titles that will be offered... Read more...

Activision sells almost $1 Million in Call of Duty 2 maps

Todd Tanner — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:04:08 +0000

According to an article on Gamespot, Activision must be very happy right now. This past Monday during Activision's quarterly earnings report, it was revealed that Call of Duty 2 multiplayer map pack downloads are being... Read more...

Activision Reveals Call Of Duty 3 Details

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:06:32 +0000

Activision has today confirmed the first details of Call of Duty 3, which is in development by Treyarch for Xbox 360, PlayStation3, Wii, Xbox and PlayStation2. The game, which is set for release in the... Read more...

More new maps for Call of Duty 2

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:35:10 +0000

Activision today confirmed the release of the Infinity Map Pack on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Expanding the original experience with five new multiplayer maps, CoD fans can expect locations as diverse as Antonville, France (Crossroads),... Read more...

Call of Duty 2 PC patch released - finally!

Todd Tanner — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:30:15 +0000

Yes that's right folks, the fine people at Infinity Ward and Activision finally got around to patching the PC version of Call of Duty 2 - months and months after this patch was originally promised.... Read more...

Call of Duty 2 PC patch still missing in action

Todd Tanner — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:34:27 +0000

Months and months since Activision and Infinity Ward promised a Call of Duty 2 patch for PC (and X-Box 360 users), we have yet to see it. And news comes now that the patch is... Read more...

AMD's Lawyers Call on Skype

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:53:33 +0000

As part of its ongoing antitrust case against Intel, Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday served Skype with a subpoena demanding documents related to its deal to make one feature in Skype 2.0 available exclusively to... Read more...

Call of Duty 2 launch trailer

Todd Tanner — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:47:17 +0000

Activision has released a 2 minute trailer showing off the soon to be released Call of Duty 2. The trailer is extremely well done, and very intense. If the Call of Duty 2 single player... Read more...

Call of Duty 2 Gold

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:57:32 +0000

Call of Duty 2 has gone gold and will ship for the PC on October 25th according to Infinity Ward's Grant Collier. Activision and Infinity Ward's sequel to the wildly successful Call of Duty... Read more...

Call of Duty 2 Demo

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:38:57 +0000

A single player demo for Infinity Ward and Activision's much anticipated Call of Duty sequel has been released today as promised. The demo contains a single mission from the SP campaign that takes place... Read more...

Activision Sued by Call of Duty

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:31:26 +0000

Spark Unlimited seeks $10m in damages over alleged breach of contract A lawsuit has been filed by Spark Unlimited, creators of Call of Duty: Finest Hour, accusing publisher Activision of breach of... Read more...

Asheron's Call 2 to be Shut Down

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:33:54 +0000

The MMORPG Asheron's Call 2 will be permanently shut down on December 30th, says developer and publisher Turbine Entertainment, citing a lack of profitability. With the annoucement, the original Asheron's Call will outlive its... Read more...

Do Not Call list under attack, Activists say

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:05:35 +0000

They're back. Or they might be, those pesky telemarketing calls, after nearly two years of peaceful, interruption-free dinners. That's the warning a consumer protection group is about to issue. Legal wrangling threatens... Read more...