Neowin News Feed for: Experts

Experts warn against taking selfies on Friday's solar eclipse

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:24:01 +0000

Nearly 80% of Europe will experience a solar eclipse this Friday, where the moon will blot up to 98% of the sun's disc - but experts have strictly warned against taking selfies during the phenomenon. Read more...

Obesity experts condemn Nintendo's Wii 'Fit' game

Marcel Klum — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:56:54 +0000

Obesity experts today slammed Nintendo after its Wii Fit game told a 10-year-old girl she was fat. They fear the game could damage children's body image and called on the company to warn parents it... Read more...

Experts warn of hacking 'cold war'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:42:02 +0000

Government groups around the world are becoming increasingly involved in efforts to launch and defend against web-based attacks, security experts warn. A new report from McAfee, conducted in association with several law enforcement and security... Read more...

Security Experts Brace for September Spam Deluge

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:05:51 +0000

Security firm Softscan is predicting a 40 per cent surge in junk email during September as spammers target students returning after the summer break. The company has already seen a "dramatic rise" in the past... Read more...

Toronto blogger embarasses NASA climate experts

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:07:11 +0000

Stephen McIntyre, amateur meteorologist from Toronto, has embarrassed NASA scientists by catching an error in recent climate-change data: climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Science (GISS) in New York now concede that 1934, not... Read more...

Experts oppose video game addiction designation

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:28:59 +0000

Doctors backed away on Sunday from a controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should study the issue more. Addiction experts also strongly opposed the... Read more...

Experts warn of satnav hacking

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:36:20 +0000

Security experts are warning that mischievous hackers could send bogus signals to satellite navigation systems via the radio. The problem centres on the Radio Data System, which allows FM broadcasters to include data in radio... Read more...

Bill to restrict internet wrong approach: experts

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:59:22 +0000

Joy Smith, a Conservative MP representing Kildonan-St. Paul, introduced her proposed clean internet act, or Bill C-427, which would allow the government new powers while imposing restrictions and penalties on internet users and operators. The... Read more...

Nokia-Palm Buyout Reports Baffle Some Experts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:23:26 +0000

Recent reports that Nokia Corp. is in talks to buy Palm Inc. surprise some analysts, who nonetheless said some type of buyout might make sense and could even be a good thing for customers. According... Read more...

Security Experts Warn of Increased SQL Injection Attacks

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:56:15 +0000

Managed IT security services provider SecureWorks announced Tuesday that they have seen a significant rise in the number of attempted SQL injection hacks aimed at some of its financial and utility company clients over the... Read more...

Web Experts Advise Switch to Macs

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:47:36 +0000

Sophos security said that the 10 most commonly found pieces of malicious software all targeted Windows machines. In contrast, it said, none of the "malware" were capable of infecting the Mac OS X operating system.... Read more...

U.S. Poultry Experts Use Google Earth to Help Fight Bird Flu

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:30:40 +0000

With the dreaded bird flu expected to hit the United States this coming summer, poultry experts are already making plans on how to quarantine the virus as quickly and effectively as possible. By mapping out... Read more...

Experts Warn of Critical Word Vulnerability

Sun, 21 May 2006 21:28:14 +0000

Security experts are warning of a critical vulnerability affecting users of Microsoft Word XP and Word 2003. To quote the SANS Internet Storm Center report: Quote - Emails were sent to... Read more...

Security Experts to Microsoft: SP2 Has Critical Flaws

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:01:17 +0000

German Internet security experts Heise Security have discovered what it calls two "flaws" in Service Pack 2. Microsoft has said its Service Pack 2 offers users the latest security "innovations," but Internet security experts said... Read more...

Experts Worry About Tech Retaliation

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:01:52 +0000

In war, politics and sports, it's often said that the best defense is a strong offense. But the foot soldiers of computer security work differently: They scramble to build virtual walls that can blunt the... Read more...

Experts question Microsoft's Caller ID patents

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:37:58 +0000

Just a week after Microsoft Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled his company's plan for securing e-mail communications, leading e-mail authorities, legal experts and at least one Internet service provider (ISP) are... Read more...

Apple IBM G5 leads AMD, Intel, experts say

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:48:38 +0000

Apple's move to G5 processors from IBM is giving the company a clear advantage against manufacturers using chips from Intel or AMD, an industry expert has said. "The 970FX", (the G5 chip that powers Apple's... Read more...

Video Games Make Kids Fat, Violent, Swedish Experts Say

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:58:13 +0000

Video games can make children fat and, in the case of violent games popular among teenage and younger boys, aggressive and even criminal, Swedish experts said on Monday. The games industry, estimated at $200 million... Read more...

Experts Warn of Microsoft 'Monoculture'

Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:34:50 +0000

Dan Geer lost his job, but gained his audience. The very idea that got the computer security expert fired has sparked serious debate in information technology. The idea, borrowed from biology, is that Microsoft... Read more...

Experts question Windows patch policy

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:06:07 +0000

Microsoft will release a series of security patches after midnight tonight in line with its new policy of releasing patches on a monthly schedule. Industry sources anticipate the disclosure of multiple... Read more...

Security experts find open-source flaws

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:22:40 +0000

Although Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities get most of the headlines, researchers this week identified vulnerabilities in two commonly used open-source software products. The more serious of the vulnerabilities affects Sendmail, an open-source program for... Read more...

Nolor worm not as bad as experts thought

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:55:58 +0000

Experts such as Symantec claimed the Nolor worm was a high risk, yet the number of infections are relatively low. This is down to many factors, and isn't necessaritly a reflection of the risk the... Read more...

Experts try to track vicious 'Slammer' worm

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:48:01 +0000

Computer experts are trying to determine if a virus-like attack on the Internet over the weekend originated in Hong Kong as the president of South Korea, the hardest hit nation, ordered officials to safeguard that... Read more...

Security experts divided on Slapper's threat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:32:00 +0000

The APACHE/MOD_SSL, or "Slapper" worm that is fast infecting Web servers worldwide marks a new milestone in the evolution of computer worms, experts say: the creation of a peer-to-peer network by a worm for the... Read more...