Neowin News Feed for: Thieves

Thieves are using AT&T tracking data to steal iPhones after delivery

David Uzondu — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:46:02 +0000

The holiday season is here, and porch pirates are stealing iPhones using stolen tracking data, making deliveries risky. Read more...

iPhones allegedly stolen from a moving truck by crafty thieves

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:34:01 +0000

Dutch police have arrested five individuals under the suspicion of stealing iPhones worth 500,000 euros in a rather movie-esque manner by tailgating a moving truck on the motorway in a van. Read more...

New Windows Phone update will introduce anti-theft protection

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:36:48 +0000

Microsoft will bring new anti-theft protections to Windows Phone in a future update - including the ability to render the device fully inoperable - as part of an industry-wide initiative. Read more...

Sacre bleu! Over $1.6 million in items stolen from Paris Apple store

John Callaham — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:39:51 +0000

Four armed robbers stole over $1.6 millions of product from Apple's store in Paris France on New Year's Eve and hurt one of Apple's store employees in the process. Read more...

Stolen satnav guides thieves to owner's home

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:09:35 +0000

Police have warned drivers not to leave their journey home programmed into their satnav systems following the theft of a device from a car at Alton Towers theme park which directed ne'er-do-wells to the owner's... Read more...

Thieves hijack truck with lots of Xbox 360s

Mike Brown — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:14:50 +0000

Back in September, Xbox Europe launched a new TV and cinema advertising campaign called 'Cops and Robbers'. The ad, features three 'robbers' wearing ski masks running away from 'cops', holding what looks like a bag... Read more...

Notebook LCDs: Power Thieves

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:26:44 +0000

Vendors focus on CPUs to save power in notebooks, but the LCD is a far greater power sink, an Intel executive says. Displays account for over 30 percent of a notebook's power use, says Kamal... Read more...

Eidos released next generation of thieves

Sun, 11 May 2003 11:29:58 +0000

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that the next instalment in the Thief series is currently in development for Xbox and PC. The game is being developed... Read more...

Identity thieves strike eBay

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:59:28 +0000

When Deborah Fraser's credit card number was stolen, the thief didn't use it to buy a new car or a high-end laptop. Instead, the number was used to buy something potentially much more valuable--a domain... Read more...

Thieves snatch £4.5m DRAM from Heathrow

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 17:58:19 +0000

Thieves stole Â£4.5m worth of computer memory from a warehouse near Heathrow, just hours after it arrived from Korea. Police are calling on computer dealers to watch out for cheap memory chips.... Read more...

Hotmail at Risk to Cookie Thieves

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 04:32:46 +0000

Thanks Hatter for this. MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited. The trick... Read more...