Neowin News Feed for: Reported

Ofcom: A third of users found hate speech on video sites in the last 90 days

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:02:01 +0000

The UK's digital regulator Ofcom has published new findings about hateful content online. The statistics accompany new rules which could see adult websites introduce age-verification checks. Read more...

Spore reported to be playable at Leipzig Games Convention!

Todd Tanner — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:55:32 +0000

Will Wright's upcoming - genre bender Spore which was totally absent from E3 this year is reportedly going to be shown behind closed doors at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany sometime during August 23... Read more...

Microsoft Responds to Reported OEM BIOS Hacks

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:13:44 +0000

The WGA team have finally provided a written response to the reported OEM BIOS Hacks regarding Vista:I know many of you are aware of reports of hacks that attempt to exploit our OEM BIOS based... Read more...

Second Google Desktop attack reported

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:16:14 +0000

Google's PC search software is vulnerable to a variation on a little-known Web-based attack called anti-DNS pinning that could give an attacker access to any data indexed by Google Desktop, security researchers said this week.... Read more...

Fake Maxtor Drives Reported in Japan

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:48:45 +0000

According to local press, forged Maxtor MaXLine II hard disk drives have been making their way into the Japanese market. Alleged fakes feature a 320GB capacity while Maxtor only produces 250GB and 300GB varieties... Read more...

Microsoft probing reported flaws in Windows XP SP2

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:42:28 +0000

Microsoft Corp. Thursday said it is investigating claims that several new vulnerabilities have been found in Windows XP Service Pack 2 by security firm Finjan Software Inc. in San Jose, Calif. Finjan on Tuesday announced... Read more...

Half-Life 2 dialogue reported leaked

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:08:25 +0000

Unconfirmed reports say a file containing all of the upcoming shooter's script was accidentally released with the Counter-Strike: Source beta. The day before Valve starts preloading Half-Life 2 assets onto its Steam... Read more...

Gmail Vulnerability Reported

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:58:05 +0000

A vulnerability in Google's Gmail may give remote users access to Gmail user information. The culprit is the Gmail CheckAvailability script. Remote users can apply the '/accounts/CheckAvailability' script repeatedly until the system returns another user's... Read more...

Numerous bugs reported in Intel Prescott Pentium 4

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:21:12 +0000

A DAY AFTER Intel released five LGA 775 chips, the firm reported a list of bugs in its Pentium 4 Prescott produced at 90 nanometres. The report, dated 22nd of June 2004, show some interesting... Read more...

Thief: Deadly Shadows bug reported

Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:14:08 +0000

Reported glitch in the PC and Xbox versions of the game causes saved expert games to revert to default difficulty. Following recent reports of layoffs, the Ion Storm saga took another turn... Read more...

Cisco Still Mum On Reported Code Theft

Sat, 22 May 2004 03:06:27 +0000

It's still not commenting on a report on a Russian Web site that a sizeable portion of the code for its Internetwork Operating System has been stolen and is circulating on the Internet. ... Read more...

'Critical' Windows Hijack Flaw Reported

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:30:47 +0000

Security researchers have discovered a serious boundary error vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft's Windows platform and warned that attackers could hijack systems via Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer (IE). Rodrigo Gutierrez, a... Read more...

Another Passport Flaw Reported

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 05:55:21 +0000

Microsoft security service said to allow some account hijackings. A newly disclosed vulnerability could let attackers reset passwords and hijack older Microsoft .Net Passport accounts, according to a message on an online... Read more...

Microsoft: IE security hole worse than reported

Sun, 08 Dec 2002 07:07:49 +0000

Microsoft on Friday raised its threat rating for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser to "critical," in response to criticism of its initial assessment of the hole's danger. A... Read more...