Neowin News Feed for: Troll

Samsung trolls Apple ahead of iPhone 14 launch with a "Galaxy" pun

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:04:01 +0000

Samsung has launched a brand new commercial to troll Apple, showing off features from its latest Galaxy Ultra and Flip smartphones and saying that the best features "are already here in the Galaxy". Read more...

Twitter adds the ability to share lists of blocked users

Jett Goldsmith — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:32:01 +0000

In the latest effort of its mission to make the site safer, Twitter has introduced the ability to share lists of blocked users, allowing easy blacklisting of common trolls. Read more...

Federal Judge smacks down porn copyright trolls: IP addresses are not people

Steven Johns — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:06:03 +0000

Judge Ursula Ungaro dismisses a case by notorious copyright trolls Malibu Media, establishing that having IP addresses isn't enough to identify who the alleged pirate is. Read more...

4chan strikes again; trolls Pepsi "Dub the Dew" campaign

Steven Parker — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:25:59 +0000

Pepsi Co. are the latest to be trolled by 4Chan, with a campaign called "Operation: Gushing Grannies. Commence." the site aimed to takeover the "Dub the Dew" online vote for a name for their new drink Read more...

Apple defends its App Store devs against Lodsys's patent claims

Denis Wong — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:39:01 +0000

You may recall the events which unfolded over a week ago, when a company by the name of Lodsys went after developers in the App Store who offered in-app transactions in their application by using... Read more...

Patent troll sues iOS App Store developers over in-app transactions

Denis Wong — Sat, 14 May 2011 08:19:41 +0000

Another day, another mess in the perilous world of software patents. In this case, however, it appears to be more of a David versus Ants case instead of David versus Goliath, Goliath being Apple. Apple's... Read more...

Woz: Microsoft co-founder is a "patent troll"

Denis Wong — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:14:07 +0000

Call it the war of co-founders of two of today's technology giants, if you will between Steve Wozniak, Apple's colourful and often quirky co-founder, and Paul Allen, Bill Gates' BASIC-coding roommate at Harvard. Wozniak has... Read more...

'Google Stalkers' troll for lost acquaintances

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:25:48 +0000

Savvy Web users are using Google and other powerful Web search tools to track down or keep tabs on long-lost acquaintances -- be they former lovers, classmates, friends or enemies. These searches, which... Read more...

Web Site Sues Annoying Pest Troll

Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:23:58 +0000

Be warned people - and be afraid :D "A local pest-control Web site is trying to exterminate what it believes is a specimen of one of the Internet's most bothersome creatures: The Message... Read more...