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Over 1.5 billion Facebook records possibly for sale on a hacker forum

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:02:01 +0000

Facebook data scraped earlier this year is being sold on a hacker forum. The data doesn't contain any passwords but it does contain personal information. Over 1.5 billion users are affected. Read more...

The Top 10 stories that got the most reader response in 2017

John Keefer — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:14:01 +0000

We write, and you read. Hopefully what we write leads you to comment, or give your opinion. Over the course of 2017, there was a lot of reader interaction. Here's what spurred you to your keyboards. Read more...

Facebook's new Rooms app is a modern take on the message board

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:42:01 +0000

Facebook is looking to modernize forums and message boards with a new app called Rooms. Rooms will allow users to share pictures, texts and videos with moderation privileges. Read more...

Microsoft launches revamp of its MSDN forums

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:33:49 +0000

Microsoft has launched a revamp of its MSDN message boards, offering forum users a number of new features, such as adding previews of message threads, improvements to search and more. Read more...

Forums turned offline for now [Update: We're back]

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:19:53 +0000

As we prepare to upgrade to Invision Board 3.4.5 we need to make changes to our huge (8+GB) database, and that requires among other things a database conversion. Read more...

The WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) flaw explained

Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:56:04 +0000

Recently news broke about a flaw with WPS. A Neowin forum member took it up to explain what exactly the flaw is and how to protect your assets against this exploit. Read more...

[Update] We're upgrading our forums on Sunday to IPB 3.1

Steven Parker — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:03:30 +0000

Starting sometime this weekend, we will be upgrading our forums to Invision Power Board 3.1 which was released in the summer, and has since seen 4 minor updates taking our version directly to 3.1.4. Neowin... Read more...

Apple deleting Consumer Reports iPhone 4 discussions

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:25:59 +0000

On the same day that Consumer Reports changed its recommendation about the iPhone 4, Apple forum moderators started deleting threads that talked about Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports originally recommended the iPhone 4, but because of the... Read more...

Forum Highlights: Neowin member building custom Mac tablet

Brad Sams — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:42:02 +0000

Neowin’s forums are full of hidden talent and helpful insight into many things. Currently, one of our forum users Dahr is building a custom Mac tablet. What started out as a 2007 model... Read more...

Neowin Forums currently being upgraded

Simon Andrews — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Neowin is currently upgrading its forums to Invision Power Board 3. During this time, the forums will be inaccessible. This upgrade started at 8:30 GMT, and we expect it to continue well into tonight. By... Read more...

Neowin forums return

Simon Andrews — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:43:05 +0000

The Neowin Forums have returned to their online status. Despite a weekend of almost nonstop work by myself, Dave, Tim, Rob, and multiple outside sources from Invision and elsewhere, we were unable to make Invision... Read more...

Neowin Forums get a Mobile skin

Dave Legg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:01:57 +0000

As part of Neowin's 8th birthday celebrations, we are proud to announce the launch of a forum skin specifically for our members who like to surf on the go. The new skin has been tested... Read more...

NVIDIA Accused of hiring actors to post on forums

Steven Parker — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:03:06 +0000

The Consumerist, an online editorial blog has claimed that NVIDIA hires actors to post on gamer enthusiast forums in order to raise positive awareness of its products. The website claims that employees are expected to... Read more...

Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a threatens Internet forums

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:07:36 +0000

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, has detected a new worm, Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a. This worm infects certain web sites by exploiting a vulnerability in phpBB, a popular package used to create Internet... Read more...

Xbox Live Beta Locks Beta Forums

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:36:19 +0000

"IMPORTANT! Newsgroup Access Update: We are pleased to inform you that we are making the Xbox Live Beta "private" newsgroups truly private. Once security is enabled, you will be asked to enter a password each... Read more...

Neowin News - Forums updated

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:01:26 +0000

Nope not a new version of vbulletin this time but a massive Forum shakeup and re-order. If you noticed sections moved around I hope that we have been able to place the ever growing number... Read more...

Attachments disabled on Forums

Steven Parker — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:31:12 +0000

Some people may of noticed that some posts refer to attachments that are not actually there anymore. After conversations with both the site operator and Redmak we have decided that it is in the best... Read more...