Neowin News Feed for: Lock

How to set up FaceID lock for your Notes app on iOS

Hemant Saxena — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:16:01 +0000

you can keep your most important notes private and make them accessible to you only by setting up the FaceID lock for your Notes on iOS. Just make sure, you're using an iPhone that supports FaceID. Read more...

Microsoft might replace the HTTPS lock icon in the Edge address bar to avoid confusion

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:22:02 +0000

It appears that Microsoft is exploring the idea of replacing the HTTPS lock icon in the Edge address bar. Google had noted that some people mistakenly think that it indicates a site's trustworthiness. Read more...

Cortana could open unencrypted websites while your system is locked

Gurkaran Singh — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:44:01 +0000

Two independent Israeli researchers have found a loophole with Microsoft's digital assistant- Cortana. The assistant can be used by anyone with malicious intent to bypass a locked PC. Read more...

Kensington follows the laptop market by making thinner locks

Christopher White — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:54:01 +0000

Have a gorgeous laptop but a big, bulky lock on it? Kensington heard your complaints and has released a thinner lock that offers the same protections of the older model in a sleeker package. Read more...

Twitter responds to massive leak by locking potentially millions of accounts

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 08:34:01 +0000

Following the leak of over 32 million user credentials, Twitter has now responded by locking an indeterminate number of users out of their accounts pending a password reset. Read more...

Microsoft attempts to lock down Office

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:31:32 +0000

Microsoft is touting a new set of security features designed to lock down Word and Excel. The software giant said it hopes the move will end Office's run as a favourite target of malware authors... Read more...

Microsoft to Lock Pirates Out of Vista

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:02:21 +0000

Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on piraters of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days.... Read more...

New specification to lock down mobile phones

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:03:27 +0000

A new set of security standards designed to lock down mobile devices has been hammered out and is set to be unveiled at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show being held in Los Angeles... Read more...

Google, Brazil Lock Horns Over Social Networking Data

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:12:43 +0000

Google's presence in Brazil might be threatened by a dispute with that government's law enforcement agency over user data. Brazil's public attorney has filed suit against Google demanding information on users of its social networking... Read more...

'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:04:38 +0000

Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen has cracked the lock on Google's new in-browser video player. Johansen, also known as 'DVD Jon' for his work on decrypting DVD security codes, has created a patch for the... Read more...

Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 21:38:57 +0000

Hope they don't get any ideas from this at any other unis... "The University of Florida has developed a tool to help extricate the school from the morass of peer-to-peer file trading, and... Read more...

Lock On: Modern Air Combat demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:33:42 +0000

A bit earlier than planned, the playable demo for Lock On: Modern Air Combat is now available, offering the chance to take off in this eagerly anticipated modern combat flight simulation by Flying Legends/Eagle Dynamics... Read more...

Yahoo IM may lock out third-party clients

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:10:34 +0000

Yahoo Inc. seems to have taken a hint from Microsoft Corp. and is planning changes to its instant messaging (IM) service that could lock out users of third-party IM clients. The Sunnyvale,... Read more...

Latest Windows 2000 patch can lock system

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:17:47 +0000

A software patch that fixes a serious security vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows 2000 can cause systems running the operating system to fail, Microsoft said Tuesday. The patch, announced Monday in security bulletin... Read more...

A Lock Occurs Between Two Threads of System GDI in Win2k

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:43:25 +0000

Thanks prasanth again for this. Please note that SP2 for Windows 2000 must be installed before you can setup the patch. Symptoms: If a user process saves or makes EUDC with the... Read more...

Lock On: Modern Air Combat Screenshots

Marcel Klum — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 12:26:21 +0000

Feel the power of commanding a modern jet fighter. Fly a variety of combat aircraft in the most graphically rich, audio intense game environment ever created for a combat flight simulator. Lock On: Modern Air... Read more...

Lock My PC 1.25 Beta

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:35:03 +0000

Lock My PC allows you to lock your computer with a password while you leave it for a time. It shows a lock screen, disables Windows hotkeys and mouse. You can use a hotkey or... Read more...