Neowin News Feed for: Measures

FBI issues confidential reports to US businesses warning them of destructive malware

Usama Jawad — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:12:01 +0000

The cyber attack on Sony last week by the hacking group #GOP has caused alarm among US businesses. The FBI has reportedly been sending 'flash' warnings to many companies regarding destructive malware. Read more...

War on terror security measures overblown: Microsoft

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:02:07 +0000

The endless security measures imposed on society as a result of the "war on terror" have become overblown and intrusive, according to Microsoft Redmond senior security analyst Steve Riley. He made the comments in a... Read more...

Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:17:09 +0000

In response to an addiction to computer games by Chinese gamers, that has caused some deaths in the past, China's government brought in a system to prevent gamers from playing for more than three hours... Read more...

ELSPA plans measures to improve ratings awareness

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:12:29 +0000

British videogame publisher association ELSPA has confirmed that it is developing a number of proposals to improve consumer awareness and understanding of the games rating system, following a meeting with the UK government. ... Read more...

HP printers have anti-piracy measures built in?

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:29:55 +0000

After the disclosure that Adobe's latest and greatest has measures built in to prevent currency copying, it would appear that other companies also have this. With a bit of prodding, M Smith found that HP... Read more...

Yahoo Mail delivers new spam measures

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:52:42 +0000

Yahoo on Monday launched new antispam tools for its Web-based e-mail service as part of an ongoing effort to curb the Internet's most reviled by-product. The Web portal said that as a way... Read more...

Ebay to Take Measures against Online Fraud

Wed, 08 May 2002 11:02:41 +0000

In response to recent security breaches on their website, Ebay has decided to take a step forward in protecting customers from on-line fraud. The new system would involve a two tier consumer fraud protection developed... Read more...