Neowin News Feed for: Hands

Intel's newest solution to passwords: wave your hands

Rob Schorman — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:33:30 +0000

Researchers at Intel think they have found a a replacement for passwords by waving your hands in front of the screen, after which the system recognizes the pattern of veins in the palm of your hand Read more...

Appeals court hands Google patent case setback

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:10:28 +0000

Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC and Hyperphrase Incorporated had filed lawsuit in Wisconsin saying that Google Incorporated infringed on four patents used to make AutoLink and AdSense. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said... Read more...

Microsoft Hands out XP SP3 beta – Final SP for XP

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:47:26 +0000

In an email sent to selected testers telling them they have been accepted to begin testing XP SP3, Microsoft has also informed them that this will be the final Service Pack for the now aging... Read more...

Firefox hands out cookies from strangers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:58:09 +0000

Firefox suffers from a flaw that allows attackers to manipulate the authentication cookies of virtually any website, a vulnerability Bugzilla has deemed severe. It's the second major security lapse for the open-source browser in as... Read more...

Microsoft hands Vista code to security vendors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:28:50 +0000

Microsoft has taken the first step toward addressing complaints made by security vendors Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc., which had feared that the software giant's upcoming Vista operating system would harm their customers. On Monday,... Read more...

MSN Beta Program Closes, Hands Thanks Out To Testers

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:43:25 +0000

Microsoft have drawn to a close on one of the largest and most public beta programs in its history. The final result, MSN Messenger 7, was released officially yesterday, and offers several improvements over previous... Read more...

Microsoft hands out antidote to poisoned URLs

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:45:42 +0000

In response to a heightened security alert, Microsoft has updated its customer advisories for protecting its server software against DNS cache poisoning attacks. The software giant revised its recommended settings for some... Read more...

Hands on with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Multiplayer

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 19:49:29 +0000

GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl seems to have been in development for ages, but it's still looking to be one of the more interesting, nay intriguing PC games scheduled for next year.... Read more...

Hitachi and NEC joined hands to take on Cisco

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:15:27 +0000

Thanks rumbleph1sh. On Friday, Hitachi announced that they will set up a joint venture with NEC to make mid-range and high-end routers and switches. Although the demand for these devices are constantly growing, competing with... Read more...

New technology could detect dirty hands

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:11:49 +0000

With just a flicker of blue light, little Johnny's mother one day may know for sure whether her son washed his hands before dinner. New light-scanning technology borrowed from the slaughterhouse promises... Read more...

Sony hands make a new console

Tue, 13 May 2003 19:17:57 +0000

After winning the battle for the living room, Sony now wants your pockets. The electronics giant, whose PlayStation 2 games console has outsold rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo three-to-one, announced plans Tuesday for a handheld... Read more...