Neowin News Feed for: Text

OpenAI confirms having a text watermarking tool that could expose cheating

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:48:02 +0000

OpenAI has officially confirmed that it is sitting on a text watermarking tool that could negatively impact some groups, which is reportedly the reason OpenAI is hesitant to release the tool. Read more...

Google begins roll out of Rich Communications Services for Android handsets

Mina Esapa — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:18:01 +0000

In partnership with mobile networks and businesses, Google has announced plans to incorporate an updated messaging standard, Rich Communications Services into a unified app for Android devices. Read more...

Founder of texting technology Matti Makkonen passes away

Justin Luna — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:58:01 +0000

Matti Makkonen, who was dubbed as the father of the texting service which has undeniably revolutionized the messaging system of the world, has passed away due to an illness at the age of 63. Read more...

Windows 8.1 to let Bing search for text inside photos on SkyDrive

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:18:48 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 will be able to find text found inside photos through its Bing search feature if the image has been uploaded to the SkyDrive service. Read more...

Happy Birthday! The SMS turns 20

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:43:47 +0000

Lots can change in 20 years in the technology space. 20 years ago Windows 95 was in its design and planning stages and in December of the same year the first SMS, or text, was born in the UK. Read more...

Review: Matias Tactile Pro 3.0

Paul Ferson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:20:11 +0000

Paul Ferson takes a look at the Matias Corporation's Tactile Pro keyboard; a mechanical keyboard aiming to improve on the formula Apple showed the world in 1987, as well as adding new touches. Read more...

SwiftKey 3 leaves beta today

Paul Ferson — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:41:16 +0000

One of Android's most popular keyboards has been updated today, exiting from its ongoing beta phase and entering as the new standard version. Read more...

CintaNotes 1.6.1

Razvan Serea — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:17:14 +0000

CintaNotes is a small and easy to use personal note management application. It is designed to be your indispensable assistant in the daily task of collecting numerous pieces of information, whatever Read more...

T-Mobile announces Full Monty plans: unlimited everything

Andy Weir — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:32 +0000

T-Mobile's new price plans offer unlimited voice calls, text messages and mobile data, including free tethering. But will these tariffs spread from the UK to Europe and the US - and is there a catch? Read more...

Cell Phone companies holding donations to Haiti

Mitchell LeBlanc — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:56 +0000

Many people have opted for the ease of donating via text messages to various charities on the ground in Haiti. Unfortunately, recent reports indicate that cell phone companies will probably be holding the funds allocated... Read more...

Scammers taking advantage of the Haiti tragedy

Mitchell LeBlanc — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:14:03 +0000

We've all seen the messages on Facebook urging us to lend a hand in the Haiti crisis by simply sending a text message. The potential trouble here is that while one of your closest friends... Read more...

Teen sends 10,000 texts with no messaging plan

Brad Sams — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:41:55 +0000

It's not uncommon for teenagers to have cell phones as it seems nearly everyone has one these days. When a loving parent gave his teenage daughter a cell phone he thought was doing the... Read more...

The truth behind the cost of text messaging

Brad Sams — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:53:06 +0000

What are you currently paying for your text messaging? Is it 20 or 25 cents or are you one of the millions of users who buy a text messaging package with your phone plan... Read more...

Alltel Feature Turns Voicemail to Text

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:22:01 +0000

Alltel Corp. is unveiling a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow wireless phone customers to read their voicemail messages as text messages. Monthly fees for the Voice2TXT service start at $4.99, and users... Read more...

London's 'SatLav' Lets You Text For a Bathroom Location

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:26:21 +0000

If you've ever found yourself in London, unable to find a toilet and furiously hopping around to contain the yellow flood whose release feels imminent, I have good news: Westminster City Council, which covers London's... Read more...

Xerox tool analyzes text to improve search results

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:07:58 +0000

Xerox researchers have developed a search tool, dubbed FactSpotter, that analyzes the underlying grammar of a text in order to infer additional information, such as whether ambiguous words are being used as nouns or verbs,... Read more...

Text bug blights Trillian

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:14:51 +0000

Users of the popular Trillian instant messaging client need to update their software following the discovery of a serious security bug. The multi-protocol chat application from Cerulean Studios is subject to a heap overflow vulnerability... Read more...

Ap Text To PDF 2.2

Razvan Serea — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:02:43 +0000

Ap Text To PDF ( text2pdf ,txt2pdf ) is a program to convert ASCII texts into PDF format with a minimum loss of formatting information. Support command line, batch convert, encryption, page orientation, font... Read more...

Yahoo Announces Text Message Mobile Web Search

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:39:22 +0000

Yahoo Inc. is rolling out a service that lets users in the United States tap the Internet media giant's Web search using text messaging, matching a service now offered by rival Google Inc. Yahoo also... Read more...

MSN Messenger 7.0 Mobile Text Messaging Beta Takes Off

Steven Parker — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:05:04 +0000

Thanks DJ Prem for the heads up on this. The Microsoft Beta Team have opened a new service for testing in the United States, which allows an MSN user to send a text... Read more...

New Year Sets New Text Record

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:38:17 +0000

More text messages were sent last weekend to usher in 2005 than ever before in Britain - and the growth of SMS is expected to continue over the coming year. In the first 24 hours... Read more...

Text file virus - Potential concerns or another paranoia?

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:17:23 +0000

Neowin member jorgeivan2k3 has posted about an Australian programmer, Geoff Vass, who believes that text files are no longer harmless. "So I had an email conversation with the fellas at secure@microsoft.com and they... Read more...

Office 2003 SP1 ADMs, OPAs, and Explain Text update

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:02:11 +0000

To support changes to Office 2003 SP1, additions and corrections to policies for administrative support of Office in corporate settings using Active Directory and Group Policy. This update includes explain text in the form of... Read more...

Text safety service targets teen party posse

Darren Bolton — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:56:44 +0000

A new service has been set up to pass on people's whereabouts in case they go missing. Safetytext users can notify others of their whereabouts by sending a text message to a preset... Read more...

Think before you text

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:01:39 +0000

A few hours after NBA star Kobe Bryant had sex with a Vail-area hotel worker last summer, the woman exchanged cell phone text messages with a former boyfriend and someone else. What's... Read more...

Text to PDF 1.10

Thu, 27 May 2004 21:20:44 +0000

Convert your ASCII text files, for example, your text reports into PDF documents for easier presentation, emailing, and sharing over the internet. You can custom the font type and size for the PDF file, set... Read more...

Word 2003: Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification, version 1.8

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:03:22 +0000

The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification provides a format for text and graphics interchange that can be used with different output devices, operating environments, and operating systems. Version 1.8 of the specification contains the latest... Read more...

Airlines plan in-flight text messaging

Darren Bolton — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:03:56 +0000

After a year-long trial of one-way SMS onboard Singapore Airlines flights, airline technology provider SITA is to launch a commercial two-way service. The company is working with several airlines to introduce two-way SMS... Read more...

Malaysia permits text message divorce

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:29:46 +0000

Getting a quickie divorce has taken on a whole new meaning in Malaysia after it was decided that a man can divorce his wife with a text message. The government's adviser on religious affairs,... Read more...

Miraplacid releases Text Driver 2.0

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:20:19 +0000

Miraplacid Text Driver 2.0 for Windows 2000/XP extracts text from any printable documents. After installation on your PC, Miraplacid Text Driver appears as a new printer in your system. All the documents you print to... Read more...

Careers decided by text message

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:54:40 +0000

Researchers conducting the study of 1,000 mobile phone users for Woolworths, say that children's text messages could hold the key to their future careers. The study examined how different professions wrote... Read more...

Remove SP1 "testing" text

Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:12:53 +0000

Thanks to scoop for sending this in. If you were wondering how to get rid of the text in the bottom right of the screen, that you get with your legitimatly obtained copies... Read more...

Anti-EULA script removes offending text

Fri, 03 May 2002 07:39:24 +0000

Cheers Marko. An imaginative person has created a VB script which will search for an End User License Agreement (EULA) in temporary files created during the installation of a program or application, and remove or... Read more...

Microsoft Password Research Looks to Images, Not Text

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:46:09 +0000

Researchers at Microsoft Corp. are working on new types of passwords that will be easier for people to remember but harder for hackers to crack. The key -- images, which tend to... Read more...

SQL Server Text Formatting Functions Issue

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 04:45:42 +0000

Title: SQL Server Text Formatting Functions Contain unchecked Buffers Date: 20 December 2001 Software: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Impact: Run code of attacker's choice on server, denial... Read more...

World's First SMS Text Messaging May Fade Soon

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:16:13 +0000

UK Mobile provider Orange has moved to pull the plug on the world's first ever text message community -- Locust Cellular Linux hacker Jon Anderson built the service, similar to wireless email and IRC chat... Read more...

Yahoo users can spruce up text e-mails with video messages

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:27:43 +0000

Yahoo has struck a deal that will allow its users to spruce up text e-mails with video messages. Under the agreement with video technology company SpotLife, people using Yahoo Mail will be able to e-mail... Read more...