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Facebook is shutting down tbh, Hello and Moves due to "low usage"

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 08:38:01 +0000

Facebook has announced that it is axing three of its little known services within the next 90 days. The firm decided on the closures because it felt it was spreading itself too thin. Read more...

Facial recognition on Windows 10 can be tricked by a simple printout

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:40:02 +0000

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in the implementation of facial recognition with Windows Hello on some versions of Windows 10 that allow an attacker to use a printout to unlock PCs. Read more...

Intel's Kaby Lake powers exciting new PCs at CES 2017

Adrian Potoroaca — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 23:00:01 +0000

The PC is interesting again, and although Intel no longer plays the most important role in the story, it certainly brings enough to the table to enable manufacturers to come up with creative designs. Read more...

Microsoft wants to log you in with your phone, body and wearables - just not a password

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:24:01 +0000

Microsoft is opening up the Windows Hello platform to other OEMs. They'll now be able to build wearables and devices to sign you into your PC securely and conveniently, without a password. Read more...

Kinect v2 now works with Windows Hello

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:52:01 +0000

Windows Hello requires specialized hardware to work but users can now emply their Kinects for this very purpose. Follow the tutorial on how to sign in to Windows 10 with your Kinect v2. Read more...

Microsoft's firmware update for the Surface Pro 4 and Book brings 'Windows Hello'

Timi Cantisano — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a firmware update for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book that will enable 'Windows Hello'. 'Hello' will allow users to log in via facial recognition. Read more...

Windows Hello can identify twins apart, preventing unwanted logins

Justin Luna — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:46:01 +0000

Twins were used to test Windows Hello's accuracy. One twin was to register her face in the system, while the other tried to login as the former. Hello was able to tell twins apart, for its results. Read more...

Windows Hello: Microsoft is making the password obsolete in Windows 10

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:27:59 +0000

Microsoft has just unveiled Windows Hello and Passport, two systems designed to make passwords obsolete in Windows 10. They rely on biometric signatures and secondary devices for authentication. Read more...

Move over iPhone say hello to the HiPhone!

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:44:01 +0000

Cheers kraized for this post in our forums, he has found a manufacturer selling an iPhone clone called the "HiPhone". Not too much unlike the Chinese clones that were cropping up shortly after... Read more...

Will Google say Hello to IM?

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:20:21 +0000

Google watchers abuzz about the search darling's new desktop tool are already betting on its next product: instant chat. Such speculation isn't new, but it's gained legs as some intriguing facts have... Read more...

VU saying hello to Scarface: The Game

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:46:30 +0000

Ultraviolent 1983 crime epic to provide basis for new third-person shooter, due in 2005. Film fans who played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City picked up on numerous references to the classic film... Read more...

Hello Sempron; AMD's ''Always-Ron'' CPU

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:22:19 +0000

AnandTech has the latest information about AMD's Sempron processor. Sempron won't have 64-bit capabilities as previously thought. Sempron has 256k of L2 cache, and Sempron runs at 62W. As it... Read more...

Good-bye PCI, hello PCI Express

Sat, 22 May 2004 03:04:57 +0000

One of the most comprehensive refreshes of Intel architecture will start rolling out this summer. The PCI Express bus will replace current I/O interfaces, such as PCI for device interconnects and AGP8X for graphics, on... Read more...

Goodbye, PC; hello, PS (Personal Server)

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:06:07 +0000

Intel's vision of the future of mobile computing is a hard drive with built in wireless. That, at least, is the concept the company chose to present to journalists at its Developer Forum, this week.... Read more...

Hello World Developer Release v 1.0

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 09:03:23 +0000

Thanks Lloyd for this one. HelloWorld provides a fresh, visual approach to connecting people, online messaging, search and transfer operations, and personal publishing, in a decentralized network environment that is owned and operated by the... Read more...

Hello WinXP SE: Microsoft reshuffles roadmaps, again

Steven Parker — Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:30:04 +0000

Thanks Jon for posting about this in our forums. Microsoft has reshuffled its roadmaps once again, and begun briefing partners and customers to expect an interim upgrade to Windows XP, dubbed XP "SE", in the... Read more...

Hello All...

Darren Bolton — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:17:52 +0000

I'd like to start of by introducing myself. I am Darren or Sleeper as I am known as on the boards. A lot of you may have noticed lately that my name has... Read more...

Hello to my fellow Neowinians

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:49:37 +0000

I am DavidXP also known as Frodo. I am happy to be a member of Neowin staff as a writer for this great site. I look forward to a great future with Neowin... Read more...