Neowin News Feed for: Sparks

Auction of videogame sparks online debate

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:48:47 +0000

A Canadian man who said he sold his 15-year-old son's prized video game on eBay after catching him smoking marijuana has sparked an online debate on who is wrong -- father or son. The unidentified... Read more...

Cheaper Blu-ray Player Sparks Speculation of PS3 Price Cuts

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:39:22 +0000

These days, literally the smallest whisper about falling costs of blue-violet laser diodes will set off speculation about a PlayStation 3 price drop. Yesterday, Sony announced that it would be shipping its second-generation Blu-ray Disc... Read more...

'$100 laptop' sparks war of words

Mon, 21 May 2007 20:24:42 +0000

According to the $100 laptop initiative founder Nicholas Negroponte, Intel Corporation "should be ashamed of itself" for selling the "Classmate" below cost to drive him out of markets. Both Intel and Professor Negroponte's not for... Read more...

"BlackBerry Thumb" sparks new form of hand massage

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:55:08 +0000

Many BlackBerry users feel the "BlackBerry Thumb" affect after spending hours on a hand-held e-mail device. This thumb effect results in sore thumbs, but there is a possible solution. The Hyatt hotel chain found so... Read more...

Microsoft Vista undelete sparks more facts

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:36:26 +0000

OUR RECENT examination of the 'undelete' technology in Windows Vista has become more important since Apple formally announced 'Time Machine' in Leopard, the next iteration of OSX. Unfortunately Apple's Time Machine requires a separate disk,... Read more...

Apple Invite Sparks iPod Video Rumors

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:38:19 +0000

Thanks to oddcrap for his submission Apple started the rumor mill churning once again today after a flurry of email invites depicting a red curtain with the words "One more thing..." inscribed... Read more...

PayPal Glitch Sparks Customer Anger

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:09:14 +0000

Online payments company PayPal is working to fix a glitch that has been causing duplicate debit card withdrawals and deposits on some customer accounts since the beginning of September. The problem first... Read more...

Blogger Fired, Sparks Online Fiasco

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:51:45 +0000

A variety of news outlets are reporting the departure of Mark Jen from Google. Jen, previously a member of the Adsense team, left Google earlier this month; a Spokesperson for the company confirmed the... Read more...

AIM add-on sparks privacy concerns

Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:34:09 +0000

America Online began offering games along with the latest version of its instant messenger, and now some customers are worried that the company is playing with them, too. People who use AOL... Read more...

MyDoom's spread sparks antivirus critique

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:18:30 +0000

Antivirus technologies need to change because they fail to limit viruses during the crucial first hours of an epidemic, experts say. MyDoom could spell the end of some security technologies. The virus, which has combined... Read more...

Water sparks new power source

Tom Warren — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:47:37 +0000

A new way to generate electricity from water which could be used to power small electronic devices in the future has been developed by Canadian scientists. The researchers have harnessed what happens... Read more...

CD Copy Protection Sparks Gaming Furor

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:54:06 +0000

The use of physical copyright protection technology on compact disks has again created controversy -- this time creating headaches for retailers and customers of a PC game distributed in Australia by Atari Corp. Atari (formerly... Read more...

End of support for Windows 98 sparks IE 6 scare

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:27:18 +0000

Don't panic, says Microsoft, after a UK bank tells its customers that the software giant is about to end downloads of IE 6 The end of support for Windows 98 sparked alarm... Read more...

Free AOL use sparks new worries

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:50:41 +0000

Free Internet access may be a bygone perk of the dot-com bubble, but it appears to be alive and well at the world's largest Internet service provider, America Online. AOL offers a... Read more...