Neowin News Feed for: Fixed

The mystery of Alexa's eerie laugh has been solved

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:26:01 +0000

Amazon claims that the digital assistant sometimes mistakenly hears the phrase, "Alexa, laugh", which leads to her laughing - an occurrence that several users have experienced over the past few weeks. Read more...

Microsoft has finally fixed the freezing issue in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has finally resolved the freezing issue impacting a fraction of users on the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The fix arrives with a Windows Update released on August 31. Read more...

Google fixes bug which caused 64-bit Chrome to crash on Windows 10 Insider builds

Usama Jawad — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:08:01 +0000

Google has now resolved a problem which previously caused 64-bit Chrome to crash instantaneously on Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10525, stating that there will be "no future work on it". Read more...

Here are the issues Microsoft has fixed in Windows 10 preview build 10051 for phones

Usama Jawad — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:32:01 +0000

While Microsoft has released build 10051 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones with many new features, it has fixed some annoying issues that were present in the previous build as well. Read more...

The Windows Phone Store is currently facing some search-related issues [Update]

Usama Jawad — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:18:01 +0000

The Windows Phone Store is facing issues in several countries, not displaying categories or search results. The extent of the problem is yet unknown but we expect it to be fixed soon. Read more...

Teen Exposes Google Security Flaw, Partially Fixed Overnight

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:07:31 +0000

Acting very quickly, Google fixed the security hole on Jan. 1 after being notified of its existence on Dec. 30. According to reports online, however, the flaw was only partly corrected. The flaw can exploit,... Read more...

Sony Says All PS3 Manufacturing Problems Fixed

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:24:57 +0000

Sony has happily announced that all manufacturing problems in relationship to the PS3 are resolved. Fans were rejoicing everywhere when they heard the news. Sony fanboys want the PS3 but many have turned to other... Read more...

PowerPoint Flaw To Be Fixed August 8th

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:49:15 +0000

Microsoft issued an advisory Monday, warning customers of a security vulnerability in PowerPoint that was disclosed last week. The Redmond company plans to make a fix available as part of its monthly security updates on... Read more...

Genuine Windows Validation fixed

Steven Parker — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:20:36 +0000

Seemed to of missed this one, the fix was implemented a few days ago and now requires users to enter a code before being able to download. One can only wonder if the less tech-savvy... Read more...

Netscape Releases Version With XML Fixed

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:01:06 +0000

A problem with XML rendering that hindered Internet Explorer on systems with the new Netscape browser installed has been fixed. Netscape has released version 8.0.2 of its browser, fixing an XML issue... Read more...

Firefox Flaws Flagged, Fixed

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:20:04 +0000

Just one day after the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0, the group has revealed that prior versions of the open-source browser pose a security threat to users. According to information released by Mozilla, multiple security... Read more...

Flaws in Mozilla's Handling of Security Certificates Fixed

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:43:29 +0000

Thanks supernova_00 for informing me about News.com mistake. Always on top of things The Mozilla Foundation released a patch yesterday for two security bugs, but the updated end-user releases of Mozilla products are not... Read more...

Microsoft Windows XP WiFi quirk easily fixed

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:58:41 +0000

It seems we were a bit ahead of the curve on Microsoft's "by-design" Windows XP SP 1 WiFi quirk. This article at Wired details the myriad problems users are experiencing with Microsoft's Wireless Zero Configuration... Read more...

Half-Life 2 AA Fixed

Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:52:09 +0000

The HL2DB forums have a recap of a recent Half-Life 2 IRC chat event. Among the many things mentioned (and there's some good stuff), one of the Valve guys mentions the anti-aliasing problem which had... Read more...

MS Beta newsgroups security flaw fixed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 17:39:38 +0000

As we posted early yesterday, we received information that there was a security hole in MS beta newsgroups, which let anyone with a valid beta account view all the newsgroups on the server. This issue... Read more...

Nforce 2 BIOS problems confirmed and fixed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:33:00 +0000

A SHORT WHILE AGO WE REPORTED that there could be a serious problem with Nforce 2 chipset motherboards. No sooner had the article gone up than Nvidia got in contact wanting to know all of... Read more...

Nvidia Detonators v29.40 RefreshRate Fixed

Steven Parker — Sat, 18 May 2002 10:58:25 +0000

Thanks DigitalDJ for the heads up in back page news (forums) that NVchips-fr have put up the latest 29.40 drivers that are refresh rate fix compatible. These appear to be for Windows 2000... Read more...

Another hole found in AOL IM, gets fixed, but caution remains

Mon, 06 May 2002 21:37:28 +0000

In January 2002, a hole was discovered in the AOL Instant Messaging client. After many attempts to contact AOL about the hole, w00w00 (the group who discovered the hole) eventually managed to... Read more...

Wireless to top fixed line revenue in Mexico in 2006

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:08:14 +0000

Mexico residents will be spending more on wireless services than on traditional fixed-line services by 2006, a study predicts. Wireless voice and data revenue will grow at a compound rate of 21 percent... Read more...

Neowin News - Server speed fixed

Steven Parker — Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:19:06 +0000

Yep! Thats been on my MSN contact list for the past 14 hours or so to inform the staff and contacts that the server speed seems to be fixed. Lemme explain what happened. ... Read more...

AMD 760MP/Geforce problem fixed

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:19:26 +0000

PROBLEMS WITH NVIDIA 23.11 drivers that affected AMD MP systems have been fixed, the INQUIRER has learned. A big debate weeks ago over who was to blame for the problems which affected AMD 760MP machines... Read more...

Compaq and Intel claims to have fixed Itanium problem

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:31:34 +0000

The statement said: "Compaq and Intel worked together to resolve the reported issue (sighting). "Compaq expects to introduce its Itanium-based systems shortly. "A BIOS software configuration change was made to... Read more...

Asia-US undersea cables to be fixed in a week.

Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:19:18 +0000

The two impaired undersea cables, which slowed Internet traffic from Asia to the US to a crawl last Thursday, are expected to be fully repaired next week. Two Japanese repair boats arrived at the... Read more...