Neowin News Feed for: Secrets

Leaked Media Defender e-mails reveal secrets

Tom Warren — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:11:59 +0000

Peer-to-peer (P2P) poisoning company MediaDefender suffered an embarrassing leak this weekend, when almost 700MB of internal company e-mail was distributed on the Internet via BitTorrent. The e-mails reveal many aspects of MediaDefender's elaborate P2P disruption... Read more...

Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config

Tue, 29 May 2007 17:10:18 +0000

Ever since its debut, Firefox has garnered a reputation for being an enormously customizable program, both through its add-on architecture and its internal settings. In fact, many of Firefox's settings aren't exposed through the Tools... Read more...

AMD Reveals More 'Barcelona' Secrets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:38:47 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices will pull back the curtain a little more on its first quad-core processor the week of Feb. 12. At the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, which kicks off Feb.... Read more...

Windows Vista Secrets for Tablet PC

Steven Parker — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:38:53 +0000

TabletPC Blog: Tim Sneath has been posting a wonderful series of "Windows Vista Secrets". (The ability to start Quick Launch items with the [Win+] keys has changed my life -- thanks Tim) I have... Read more...

HP Wants to Boot Board Member Who Leaked Secrets

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:06:01 +0000

HP is seeking to remove a member of its board of directors after an internal investigation showed he was responsible for leaking confidential board-level discussions to the media. The company said it will not renominate... Read more...

Don't keep secrets on a cell phone!

Steven Parker — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:32:43 +0000

Thanks Synthetic Girl for posting this in Back Page News. Don't tell your cell phone any secrets. It might not keep them. Second-hand phones purchased over the Internet surrendered credit card numbers and bank account... Read more...

Yahoo Claims Start-up Stole Trade Secrets

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:06:15 +0000

Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma, charging the San Francisco-based company and a group of ex-Yahoo employees there with theft of trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which... Read more...

Secrets of Mirage 0.9.3 released!

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:08:18 +0000

Scorpware has releasedversion 0.9.3 of Secrets of Mirage! Secrets of Mirage which is also known asSoM, is a highly addictive 2D Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Newfeatures include: ... Read more...

Playstation 3 Secrets Revealed

Joe Cashman — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:26:01 +0000

A US Playstation magazine, PSM has apparently come to know some of the main features that the PS3 will be sporting when it is released to the public next year. There has been much question... Read more...

Seagate Files Lawsuit over Trade Secrets

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:24:24 +0000

Seagate Technology has filed a complaint in a Minnesota court attempting to prevent one of its ex-employees from joining Western Digital, a competitor.Pete Goglia recently left Seagate Technology LLC to join Western Digital Corp., where... Read more...

MS chief reveals Xbox 2 development secrets

Wed, 19 May 2004 20:40:45 +0000

On the morning after Microsoft's exclusive E3 drinks reception in Hollywood, where the likes of Allard, Peter Moore, Shane Kim and the European Xbox team mixed with a handful of sweaty hacks, the Xbox creator... Read more...

Invisible Secrets 4.0.6

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 07:59:25 +0000

Invisible Secrets not only encrypts your data and files for safe keeping or for secure transfer across the net, it also hides them in places that on the surface appear totally innocent, such as... Read more...

AMD Athlon 64 roadmaps show Victoria's Secrets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:06:04 +0000

FRENCH LANGUAGE web site X86 secrets appears to have got hold of an AMD June roadmap and has gone and published the whole shooting match. And the mysterious "Thorton" core, which AMD has publicly denied,... Read more...

Windows Explorer secrets exposed

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:48:06 +0000

Software group opens up hidden interfaces only seen by Microsoft developers Secret software interfaces hidden in Windows and previously only available to Microsoft's own developers have been exposed to the wider developer... Read more...

Insider Secrets for PC Buyers

Sun, 16 Mar 2003 17:15:29 +0000

52 smart tips for getting exactly the right machine at a price you'll like. Before you buy a car, you probably talk to your trusted mechanic about which models are really reliable. If... Read more...

DirectTV secrets leaked by 19 year-old student

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 08:02:57 +0000

Federal prosecutors charged a college student Thursday with distributing on the Internet hundreds of secret documents that could help television owners steal signals from a leading satellite TV provider. Igor Serebryany, 19,... Read more...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets released

Marcel Klum — Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:33:43 +0000

Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Electronic Arts, the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, announced today it... Read more...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Marcel Klum — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:50:22 +0000

Just in time for the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Electronic Arts has today unleashed the video game of the same name on several platforms including the Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation... Read more...

Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets screenshots

Marcel Klum — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:40:36 +0000

Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! Based on J.K. Rowling's second... Read more...

The secrets of the magic eight ball and more

Sun, 26 May 2002 15:24:17 +0000

Ever wondered as to the intricate mysteries of the magic eight ball? Well, now you, yes you can find out how it works. Check below. Also, if you ever start to smell a really bad... Read more...

Project Will Protect Top-Secret Secrets

Sat, 23 Feb 2002 04:20:42 +0000

Defense communications firm L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and data security systems vendor Kasten Chase Applied Research have won a $6 million contract with the U.S. government to develop a system that provides secure remote access... Read more...

Victoria Secrets to deal up for online gamblers...

Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:02:15 +0000

The online casino of Macau gambling king Stanley Ho has teamed up with well-known lingerie maker Victoria's Secret to spice up its dealers. DrHo.com said on Wednesday the U.S. based intimate apparel... Read more...