Neowin News Feed for: Tracks

NORAD tracks Santa Claus thanks to Google, others

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:55:25 +0000

Starting on Monday, December 24th, at 1 am PST, you can watch Santa Claus fly making his yearly world round trip. Thanks to NORAD and partners Google, AGI, Verizon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Official Santa Mail,... Read more...

Anger Over DRM-free iTunes Tracks

Joe Cashman — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:36:33 +0000

The launch of the DRM-free music store from Apple has been overshadowed by news that tracks purchased from the store contain information of who bought the songs embedded into the files. Some fear that should... Read more...

If you let it, Google happily tracks your every online move

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:22:10 +0000

Google's latest project, Web History, offers registered Google Account users a chance to keep track of not just their account history, but their surfing history. The data is available only when the user logs on... Read more...

Xerox tracks your photocopies

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:41:17 +0000

Giant photocopying firm Xerox has admitted designing its color photocopiers so that they put a hidden code on your copy that will help the US government identify you According to Peter Crean, a senior research... Read more...

Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1 Tracks Announced

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:50:30 +0000

Following the announcement of a soundtrack, Bungie has revealed the full soundtrack listing for Halo 2: Original Soundtrack Volume 1. Released under the Sumthing Else Music Works label, the soundtrack will include a total of... Read more...

NPD study tracks online gamers by platform

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:33:56 +0000

Online study states the obvious: online gamers prefer to play online via their PCs, even if there's a networked console nearby. Research mavens The NPD Group, those folks who tally weekly and... Read more...

New Tracks and Online Feature Announced for Gran Turismo 4

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:50:45 +0000

SCE has delivered a couple more details surrounding its next installment of the critically acclaimed Gran Turismo series. Additional announced tracks include a metropolitan Hong Kong course, a Nurburgring race circuit, and a seaside Italian... Read more...

Zoo tracks children with Bluetooth tag

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:26:59 +0000

Denmark's Aalborg Zoo is setting up a system that lets parents use their cell phones to keep tabs on their children's whereabouts. BodyTags, developed by tracking specialists BlueTags, are small Bluetooth pods that clip to... Read more...

Apple Music Store sells 275,000 tracks its first 18 hours

Thu, 01 May 2003 20:21:37 +0000

Accordng to Billboard magazine, Apple's new Music Store sold a whopping 275,000 tracks during first 18 hours of operation... That works out at over four tracks sold every second... Billboard bases the... Read more...

Microsoft denies Israeli software tracks Arabs on Internet

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:33:44 +0000

A ROW HAS BROKEN out in the Middle East over whether Microsoft has special software designed for the Israeli government which tracks Arabian users of the Interweb. Earlier this month, we reported on a deal... Read more...

Sony allows you to download music tracks for their CD's

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:57:06 +0000

Good find Warp2Search! Looks like Sony wants to satisfy consumers who are not able to play any of their CD in their computers by using a system called "Key2audio", from a company called eSquare4U.... Read more...

CIA web site tracks visitors with cookies

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:08:51 +0000

A Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency is marking visitors with a unique identification tag or "cookie" that violates federal privacy guidelines and the agency's own privacy policy, according to Public Information Research,... Read more...

Microsoft Program Tracks User Info

Thu, 21 Feb 2002 03:12:56 +0000

This was posted in our Forums by DgtlShdw Microsoft's new version of its popular Media Player software is logging the songs and movies that customers play. The company changed its... Read more...