Neowin News Feed for: Sting

Guitar Hero World Tour touring with Sting, and Tool

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:05:01 +0000

For the first time in the Guitar Hero franchise, last year's Legends of Rock allowed gamers to play as (or against) likenesses of real-life axe-men. Unfortunately, the lineup of legends was rather slim, consisting of... Read more...

5 Million Pirated Discs in Asia-Pacific Sting

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:18:16 +0000

Operation Trident consisted of 1,874 raids which resulted in the seizing of nearly 5 million pirated discs and the arrest of 870 people during a two-month anti-piracy operation. The large-scale operation targeted pirate production facilities,... Read more...

Rootkit malware has double sting in its tail

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:20:13 +0000

Security experts have warned of newly intercepted malware which loads a rootkit onto compromised PCs. The rootkit blocks search engines by changing local DNS settings, and installs additional malicious code.According to Panda Software, the Zcodec... Read more...

Secret Service Nabs 28 in Online Fraud Sting

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:13:35 +0000

An undercover investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service has led to the arrests of 28 individuals suspected of being part of a global organized cybercrime network. Charges against the suspects include identity theft, computer... Read more...

Wollongong man arrested in global child porn sting

Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:34:38 +0000

A Wollongong man is to appear in court next months after being arrested at the Australian end of an international child internet porn operation. A spokeswoman for the Australian Federal Police said warrants... Read more...

Sting to perform free concert for Windows XP launch

Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:16:31 +0000

Microsoft today announced that as part of its worldwide launch of Windows XP in New York, it would host a public concert dedicated to the people of New York City on Thursday, Oct. 25.... Read more...