Neowin News Feed for: Safe

Microsoft makes Minecraft safer for online players

Usama Jawad — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:50:02 +0000

Microsoft has introduced some changes to make Minecraft safer for online players. This likely follows a comment from Sony saying that it has to be "mindful" of its responsibility to its install base. Read more...

'Google for kids' reportedly in the works

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 02:52:49 +0000

According to reports, Google is working on a new initiative which would give children under the age of 13 their own accounts on Google services like YouTube and Gmail -- with parental guidance. Read more...

Samsung keeps us SAFE from the Unicorn Apocalypse

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:38:49 +0000

With a little help from the impending Unicorn Apocalypse, Samsung show that it is ready for the enterprise with security and workflow features of the Galaxy S III and Note 2 offered out of the box. Read more...

Facebook to help users tell friends they're safe during disasters

Andy Weir — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:18:32 +0000

The Disaster Message Board is a a new initiative from Facebook, which aims to make it easier for people stuck in disaster zones to let their friends and family know that they're safe and well. Read more...

Password Safe 3.25

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:28:05 +0000

Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and... Read more...

Youth "cannot live" without the Internet

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:44:56 +0000

A survey published by online charity YouthNet, has found that 75 percent of 16-to-24 year-olds feel that they "couldn't live" without the Internet. The report also found that 82 percent would look online for advice... Read more...

Password Safe 3.18

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:32:58 +0000

The Pirate Bay: The Site is Safe, Even If We Lose in Court

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:57:31 +0000

In an few hours from now The Pirate Bay team will probably be charged with aiding or facilitating copyright infringement. If they are found guilty, they could receive sentences of up to 2 years in... Read more...

Webroot Child Safe 4.2

Razvan Serea — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:55:36 +0000

Child Safe is a comprehensive and easy-to-use solution available to keep children safe on the Internet. Child Safe offers comprehensive and flexible parental controls that block access to objectionable sites, restrict PC access and keep... Read more...

Family Safe Computing & Microsoft

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:16:24 +0000

Nick White has taken a short break from his Vista Coach Tour to hook up with David George, Director of Trustworthy Computing for Windows Vista. A short blurb from the article and link below: Hi... Read more...

'Grand Theft Auto' publisher plays it safe

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:07:31 +0000

Take Two Interactive Software, a game publisher with such portfolio entries as "Manhunt," "State of Emergency," and the massively popular "Grand Theft Auto" series, has decided to cancel development on another controversal game, "Snow." The... Read more...

Microsoft: Bitlocker key to safe disk disposal

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:03:32 +0000

Microsoft claims that businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. The software giant said on Tuesday... Read more...

Apple FairPlay DRM Safe From French Legislation

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:32:16 +0000

As reported earlier this week, French legislatures tried to get a bill passed forcing interoperability between all digital DRM systems such as those used in purchases from the Windows Media Player music store as well... Read more...

AOL: AIM Conversations Are Safe

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:26:26 +0000

America Online Inc. on Sunday moved to quell public criticism of the terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause does not pertain to user-to-user instant messaging communication. A section of... Read more...

Safe XP 1.5.1.25

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:24:41 +0000

Safe XP improves system performance and makes your Windows to run faster, more secure and more stable! Suitable for beginners and experts. Disable Spyware-like activities of Windows XP (also 2000&ME&98) Operating System, Media Player, Internet... Read more...

AOL Shows Safe Chat Rooms

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:15:03 +0000

America Online is showing a "safe chat room" for children and teenagers that uses so-called "multifactor authentication" technology from VeriSign to verify a child's age. Equipped with secure tokens that plug into computer... Read more...

Safe XP 1.4.10.20 Released

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:43:19 +0000

Safe XP allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option... Read more...

Safe XP v.1.4.8.20

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:38:27 +0000

Safe XP is a *FREE* software to allow users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.),... Read more...

Safe XP version 1.4.7.25

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:37:25 +0000

Safe XP version 1.4.5.15

Fri, 14 May 2004 13:06:34 +0000

Safe XP version 1.4.4.20

Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:43:58 +0000

Macs and viruses -- are we as safe as we think?

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:52:35 +0000

Windows users live under a constant threat of attacks from writers of viruses or worms that exploit security flaws in their system. Outside of the annoyance of receiving infected e-mails, however, Mac users are immune... Read more...

Safe XP version 1.4.2.1

Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:22:32 +0000

How safe are clean rooms?

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:55:24 +0000

Sometime in the next month or two, the jury in the IBM toxics trial will render a verdict. But despite exhaustive testimony from a battalion of scientists, a fundamental question will go unanswered: Do the... Read more...

Safe XP version 1.3.12.27 is released.

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:10:47 +0000

Safe XP is a *FREE* software to enable users to improves their system performance and makes their Windows to run faster, more secure and more stable! Suitable for beginners and experts!... Read more...

Safe XP - Antispy, antispam and much more...

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:31:43 +0000

Safe XP improves system performance and makes your Windows to run faster, more secure and more stable! Suitable for beginners and experts! - Disable Spyware-like activities of Windows XP (also 2000&ME&98) Operating System,... Read more...

Intel set to launch safe on a chip

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:19:34 +0000

CHIPMAKER, INTEL, is set to launch a new motherboard that includes a super-secure little box it calls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Intel says the TPM provides hardware-based protection for the encryption and digital signature... Read more...

Reality Check: How Safe Is Linux?

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:43:42 +0000

It is not enough for an operating system to be low cost, reliable and capable of handling mission-critical applications. At some point in every OS's cycle of life, the question comes down to security and... Read more...

Proposal: Webcams to keep homeland safe

Wed, 28 May 2003 14:42:35 +0000

Jay Walker jump-started an online shopping craze by inventing Priceline.com, the Web site that lets people bid on airplane tickets and hotel rooms. Now Walker is hoping his newest brainchild revolutionizes a... Read more...

ICANN plays safe with new domain plans

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:56:33 +0000

The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers is proposing that three new top-level domains be added to the internet, but plans currently under discussion call for a limited roll-out that would focus on niche... Read more...

Password Safe 1.9

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 05:54:04 +0000

Thanks MickeyChen Password Safe is a tool that allows you to have a different password for all the different programs and websites that you deal with, without actually having to remember all... Read more...