Neowin News Feed for: Corruption

The "Windows bug" that mysteriously crashed File Explorer

Usama Jawad — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:08:02 +0000

An old debugging tale reveals how mysterious File Explorer crashes on Windows were not related to the OS or Microsoft at all. Read more...

Your Cyberpunk 2077 save file will be irreversibly damaged if you collect too many items

Usama Jawad — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 07:48:01 +0000

If your save file in Cyberpunk 2077 becomes too big due to excessively collecting and crafting in-game items, it will become irreversibly corrupted and you will lose all progress contained in it. Read more...

Microsoft launches ACTS - an initiative to detect and curb corruption

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:00:01 +0000

Microsoft is launching ACTS, which is a long-term initiative to use new and emerging technologies like cloud, AI, machine learning, and data visualization to detect and curb corruption. Read more...

Glenn Greenwald accused of cyber-crimes by Brazilian authorities

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:16:01 +0000

Brazil is looking to bring charges against Glenn Greenwald, the journalist famous for publishing the Snowden leaks, over his latest work where he revealed corruption in the Bolsonaro government. Read more...

DJI will post a loss of $150 million due to internal corruption

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:30:01 +0000

The worlds largest drone maker, DJI, will post a loss of $150 million for 2018 after internal corruption was discovered. The cases of corruption came to light during routine checks in 2018. Read more...

Samsung head tied to South Korean corruption scandal, being sought for arrest

Joel Shedroff — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 06:54:01 +0000

Samsung Group, still reeling from the Note 7 debacle, is now finding itself in legal trouble, with the company's head being pursued in relation to the corruption scandal that rocked South Korea. Read more...

"Biased" judge: retrial for Pirate Bay Four?

James Hall — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:32:07 +0000

According to the Local, it appears that Tomas NorstrÃ¶m, the judge who presided over the case against the Pirate Bay Four, may have had a conflict of interest which could have led to bias and... Read more...

Symantec tool cleans up Windows XP SP3 registry corruption

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:39:58 +0000

Symantec Thursday released a free tool that wipes spurious entries from Windows' registry that had crippled some PCs running the company's security software after they were upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or... Read more...

No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:23:00 +0000

Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix. The latest update to its knowledgebase entry essentially says, "still workin' on it".... Read more...

Star Wars Empire At War: Forces of Corruption Ships Out

Todd Tanner — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:25:51 +0000

LucasArts and Petroglyph today announced that Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, the highly-anticipated expansion for Star Wars: Empire at War, has shipped to retail stores in North America. ... Read more...

Buffer Overrun in Windows Could Lead to Data Corruption

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:07:01 +0000

An identified security issue in Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to compromise a Microsoft Windows-based system and then take a variety of actions. For example, an attacker could execute code on the system. By... Read more...

MSKB Q817287 - Catalog Database Corruption in Windows

Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:13:46 +0000

This update resolves issues associated with the catalog database Windows uses to ensure the integrity of installed binaries. Update 817287 allows the database to repair itself if corruption occurs. This update also improves performance of... Read more...

Patch: Directory Corruption Disables XP Search Companion

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 09:27:35 +0000

After you connect to a Web site, you may receive an error message. After you receive the error message, you cannot use Search Companion to search for files or folders, or to search the Internet.... Read more...

Cache Corruption on Microsoft DNS Servers

Sat, 01 Sep 2001 22:13:35 +0000

NTCompatible had this up on their site. Cache Corruption on Microsoft DNS Servers Release Date: August 31, 2001 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000... Read more...