Neowin News Feed for: Concerns

Report: Microsoft has received a list of EU concerns regarding its Activision purchase

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 07:36:01 +0000

The EC has reportedly sent its statement of objections regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. It contains potential reasons to block the deal unless concessions are made. Read more...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attempts to alleviate concerns at factory site after protests by locals

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:10:01 +0000

Elon Musk sought to alleviate the locals' water concerns relating to Tesla's plan to construct a factory in Germany, saying that the plant would use less water than the original expectation. Read more...

Microsoft stresses that Windows 10 does not breach your privacy

Usama Jawad — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:50:01 +0000

Microsoft's Terry Myerson has offered a statement on the privacy concerns faced by some users in Windows 10, claiming that "unlike some other platforms", Microsoft does not collect personal data. Read more...

Attorney General questions the security of health data on the Apple Watch

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:43:08 +0000

Attorney General George C. Jepsen has raised his own concerns around the security of health data used by the Apple Watch, suggesting a meeting in which he and Apple can discuss those concerns. Read more...

‘Google Barge' plans in hot water, project said to be ‘on hiatus'

Andy Weir — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 06:08:27 +0000

Google's plans for a floating showroom in San Francisco Bay appear to be on hold, with construction on the barge having been put "on hiatus" shortly after an inspection by the US Coast Guard. Read more...

Microsoft under the EU microscope again

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:12:54 +0000

Microsoft is being investigated by EU data protection regulators for potential privacy issues, this time for changing the policies around Internet based services such as Hotmail and Bing. Read more...

Privacy Concerns Prompt Google Reader Tweaks

Steven Parker — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:51:49 +0000

Amidst a user backlash regarding changes to its Reader application, Google on Wednesday made slight adjustments to the service to enable more control over sharing capabilities. Reader users can now separate shared newsfeeds into categories... Read more...

Paul Thurrott: Serious Windows Home Server concerns

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:30:45 +0000

As is the case with my problems with the Xbox 360's Fall 2007 Dashboard Update, where I am having many issues that no one else seems to be having, I'm sort of hoping that what... Read more...

Password-cracking chip causes security concerns

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:48:07 +0000

A technique for cracking computer passwords using inexpensive off-the-shelf computer graphics hardware is causing a stir in the computer security community. Elcomsoft, a software company based in Moscow, Russia, has filed a US patent for... Read more...

Internet security makes top 10 list of child health concerns

Mon, 07 May 2007 03:05:07 +0000

A March 2007 national poll by a Michigan hospital has concluded that parents are increasingly concerned about the safety of the Internet. Smoking and drug abuse still top the list, with respectively 40% and 39%... Read more...

Microsoft Responds On RSS Security Concerns in Windows Vista

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:39:56 +0000

After a Black Hat presentation called the potential of RSS feeds as an attack vector into question, Microsoft described steps they have taken to mitigate this. RSS offers some distinct advantages over email. Being an... Read more...

Apple Tweaks iTunes Following Privacy Concerns

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:41:48 +0000

Following a wave of privacy concerns last week, Apple Computer has begun prominently notifying customers about a new recommendation feature in its iTunes software, as well as spotlighting a simple way to turn it off.... Read more...

Survey: Security concerns over IP convergence

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:20:00 +0000

As viruses and malicious software bloom, senior executives across a range of industries see security as their top concern in implementing converged IP (Internet Protocol) networks, according to a joint study released Tuesday by the... Read more...

Privacy concerns over Yahoo IM upgrade

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:35:45 +0000

The newest free version of Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM) boasts advanced Internet phone calling in an upgrade that comes "highly recommended" by Yahoo. By clicking "yes" to the update, a user can expect to get... Read more...

Rockstar pushes ahead with "Bully" despite concerns

Steven Parker — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:16:47 +0000

Any PR, even bad, is good PR it seems with Rockstar. The game publisher has announced another controversial title due to hit the shelves October this year. Rockstar Games describes the upcoming title... Read more...

Yahoo Shuts Chat Rooms Amid Child sex Concerns

Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:52:42 +0000

Yahoo Inc., the most-used Internet site, has shut down all its user-created Internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults were using the sites to try to have sex with minors. The giant Internet media company... Read more...

Microsoft's Beijing win raises concerns in China

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:00:08 +0000

There is growing disquiet about public sector IT contracts being awarded to Western vendors in China, a country long known for its fondness of open-source and homegrown companies. According to reports following... Read more...

TiVo Pop-Up Ads Raise Consumer Concerns

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:55:31 +0000

Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. has long promised "TV Your Way." But the company's plans for pop-up ads and restrictions on copying have sparked worries that the service may be eroding consumer control in... Read more...

Ken Kutaragi's Comments on PSP Refresh Battery Concerns

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:30:45 +0000

According to an interview with Japanese site PC Watch, SCE head Ken Kutaragi said that more hardware intensive games will consume battery life faster for Sony's upcoming PSP handheld console. "Battery consumption will greatly differ... Read more...

Game makers pursue serious concerns

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:39:19 +0000

Glucoboy, a glucose meter that can be connected to a Nintendo GameBoy, will be available for kids with diabetes this spring. SuperCharged!, released last year, helps physics students understand electromagnetism; Virtual U, released in 2001,... Read more...

Text file virus - Potential concerns or another paranoia?

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:17:23 +0000

Neowin member jorgeivan2k3 has posted about an Australian programmer, Geoff Vass, who believes that text files are no longer harmless. "So I had an email conversation with the fellas at secure@microsoft.com and they... Read more...

'Pirate Act' raises civil rights concerns

Todd Tanner — Wed, 26 May 2004 19:35:11 +0000

File swappers concerned about getting in trouble with record labels over illegal downloads may soon have a major new worry: the U.S. Department of Justice. A proposal that the Senate may vote on as early... Read more...

Intel offices raided in Japan on bad biz concerns

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 10:29:35 +0000

Intel's Japan offices have been raided by the country's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) as part of an investigation into whether or not Intel engaged in unfair business practices, El Reg has confirmed. Barbara Grimes, an... Read more...

Attack concerns slow Microsoft's pace

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:39:51 +0000

Security concerns are slowing things down at Microsoft, but the company is still chugging along with its more ambitious projects including Windows Longhorn, a company executive said on Tuesday. The need to... Read more...

AIM add-on sparks privacy concerns

Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:34:09 +0000

America Online began offering games along with the latest version of its instant messenger, and now some customers are worried that the company is playing with them, too. People who use AOL... Read more...

Gates: 'Everything' impacted by security concerns

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:44:21 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday showed off a forthcoming update to Windows designed to make the operating system more secure. During a speech at the RSA conference by Chairman Bill Gates, Microsoft previewed several new... Read more...

As security concerns ease, businesses warm to Wi-Fi

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:50:56 +0000

Security fears have kept many large companies on the wireless-networking sidelines for the past two years, but new intrusion defenses are beginning to put the worst concerns to rest, opening the door to renewed corporate... Read more...

PDC: Some concerns about Avalon, XAML

Brad Wardell — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:40:47 +0000

Today was day 2 at PDC and the developer sessions showed off some incredibly cool technologies that will be in Longhorn. Longhorn promises to be a panacea for software developers. But what about... Read more...

Antivirus Concerns in XP and .NET Environments

Tom Warren — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:05:23 +0000

After Windows NT was released, it took virus writers five years to learn how to infect it. Windows NT 3.1 and the Win32 API were released in late 1993, but it wasn't until August 1998... Read more...

New virus exploits SARS epidemic concerns

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:30:23 +0000

A new computer worm attempts to spread by taking advantage of concerns over the killer flu-like virus, SARS. Known as Coronex-A, the mass-mailer worm forwards itself to all contacts in Outlook address books and attempts... Read more...

ICANN raises concerns over VeriSign IDN change

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:04:57 +0000

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Tuesday expressed concerns regarding a service launched last Friday by VeriSign Inc. designed to handle internationalized domain names (IDNs). According to ICANN, "some... Read more...

Hotmail policy raises privacy concerns

Wed, 22 May 2002 17:23:23 +0000

Found this over on NewOrder... Hotmail users can now get a better look at their personal account settings -- but some of the service's estimated 110 million active users may not like what they... Read more...

Security and Privacy concerns litter the landscape.

Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:34:25 +0000

I thought I'd post this as a round-up of some of the latest security and privacy issues that I have seen over the past few days, most of the security issues have yet to be... Read more...

Windows XP Security Concerns

Steven Parker — Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:51:12 +0000

Got this from me101 who didn't have time to post, fortunately I do ;) The following problems listed below apply to Windows XP Professional in a Workgroup for more details and further information... Read more...

Exclusive: TGTSoft answers concerns

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:08:07 +0000

Newcomers to the skinning scene TGTSoft has seen alot of popularity lately with it's upcoming skinbuilder for XP. The problem with all of that is one small thing. They do it using a hacked version... Read more...

Microsoft Responds to Novell Concerns

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 14:37:52 +0000

Responding to allegations by Novell that it had tried to disparage the company, Microsoft yesterday said that it had already tried to address Novell's concerns by halting the shipments of the offending promotional materials and... Read more...