Neowin News Feed for: Trick

Microsoft tricks people into Bing by making it look like Google Search

Taras Buria — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:28:01 +0000

Microsoft's latest trick to force users to stick with its Bing search engine is making it look like Google Search. Read more...

This simple trick bypasses New Outlook for Windows install on your PC

Sayan Sen — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:12:01 +0000

A user has discovered a simple yet effective trick to stop the installation of the New Outlook for Windows app on your PC. Read more...

This Registry trick lets you seamlessly upgrade to Windows 10/11 Pro from Home

Sayan Sen — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:46:02 +0000

The Windows Registry is a cool thing to play around with provided you know what you're doing. This little trick helps to switch editions and upgrade from Windows 11 and 10 Home to Professional. Read more...

Memory trick breaks PC encryption

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:02:46 +0000

Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown. Scientists have shown that it is possible to recover the key that unscrambles data from a PC's memory. It... Read more...

Google adds More Shortcuts to Gmail, trick to check them all

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:07:23 +0000

Everyone loves things that save them time. Seeing the success of the current shortcuts, Google has decided to add even more Gmail shortcuts to its email service - the only problem now is remembering them... Read more...

Googlewhack trick used to slip junk mail past spam filters

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:45:08 +0000

Advanced features in Google's search engine are being used by spammers to disguise the URLs of spamvertised sites. Hackers have been using Google search functions to hunt for vulnerabilities. Now their peers in the junk... Read more...

Apple's Leopard Launch: Halloween Trick Or Mac-toberfest?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:01:37 +0000

Apple is typically keeping the market guessing on the launch date for its next-generation Mac OS X, code-named "Leopard" -- software that is still being beta tested even though it has now reached the month,... Read more...

Google Health possibly coming this week, try it using trick

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:36:42 +0000

Google has been quietly testing a new service called Google Health. Rumours about this service started at the end of March, when Google informed about Adam BosworthÂ´s hiring, with the title "Architect, Google Health." As... Read more...

XP/2003 Trick - Bootlogo boot.ini switch

Steven Parker — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:00:43 +0000

This is cool! Mark Russinovich just "discoverd" a new boot.ini switch for winXP and 2003. /BOOTLOGO Use this switch to have Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 display an installable splash... Read more...

Eudora users warned over 'reply to all' trick

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:26:19 +0000

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Eudora, the popular email client, creates a mechanism for crackers to compromise targeted PCs. The problem stems from a failure to properly verify the "From:" and "Reply-To:" when users... Read more...

Old game machine learns hack trick

Tue, 06 Aug 2002 08:34:48 +0000

Sega's defunct Dreamcast gaming console, which has long fallen out of favour with gamers, has surprisingly gained a new lease on life. Two security researchers on Friday showed attendees at the Defcon hacking conference... Read more...

GoDaddy.com warns its users of Verisign trick

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:27:36 +0000

Thanks Joe for sending this in. Jail has put up an interesting article at NewsGeek. This is a snip of what he said: "I received this email from GoDaddy.com. If you haven't... Read more...

OT: Copperfield Says German Lottery Forecast No Trick

Steven Parker — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:26:19 +0000

American illusionist David Copperfield said Sunday he was bombarded by requests for tips on the winning numbers in Germany's national lottery Saturday night -- numbers he said he had predicted seven months ago. ... Read more...