Neowin News Feed for: Tsunami

Oxford explains what made Earth shake "every 90 seconds over nine days" in 2023

Sayan Sen — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:28:01 +0000

Back in September of 2023, the Earth shook for "every 90 seconds over nine days" and now in 2025, Oxford scientists have solved what caused it. Read more...

Elon Musk asks Tonga if it wants Starlink terminals shipped over following tsunami

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:14:01 +0000

Elon Musk has offered Starlink's services to Tonga following a devastating tsunami that knocked the country offline. He said he wants confirmation from officials before sending equipment. Read more...

Mint Update now checks for TSUNAMI backdoor [Update]

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 07:18:01 +0000

Linux Mint users have received an update to the mintUpdate package which will alert users if they're infected with the TSUNAMI backdoor. The backdoor can give hackers remote access to systems. Read more...

Japanese Apple Stores pitch in after earthquake

Matthew Jones — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:03:19 +0000

As the people of Japan struggled to comprehend the enormity of the natural disaster that struck last Friday, at least one Apple Store reportedly threw its doors open in an effort to help the public.... Read more...

AT&T, Vonage offer free international calls and texts to Japan

Matthew Jones — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:18:01 +0000

As Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster continues to unfold, telco AT&T and VoIP provider Vonage have moved to offer free calls and texts to US customers trying to get in touch with friends and family... Read more...

Warning: Vista Marketing Tsunami Looming

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:53:42 +0000

If your reaction to all of the hype swirling around the launch of Windows Vista this week is less "Wow!" and more "Whoa! Enough already!" then 2007 could be a long year. Microsoft plans to... Read more...

Tsunami E-mail Hoaxer Jailed

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:32:20 +0000

A hoaxer who e-mailed the families of people caught up in the Asian tsunami telling them their relatives were dead has been jailed for six months. Christoper Pierson, 40, from Lincolnshire, was arrested on New... Read more...

Virus Uses Tsunami to Spread

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:19:35 +0000

A new virus has appeared on the internet, trying to trick kind-hearted users into executing it by pretending to be looking for donations to the tsunami appeal for south-east Asia. The mass mailer worm, known... Read more...

Neowin Appeal : Help Tsunami Victims

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:56:22 +0000

Reuters is now reporting that 120,000+ people are dead as a result of the tsunami that hit countries on Boxing Day. There are tens of thousand of people still un-accounted for, and the real figure... Read more...

Tsunami 2265 demo and release date

Marcel Klum — Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:40:26 +0000

Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, announced that upcoming PC action game, Tsunami 2265, will ship August 5, 2002. Developed by Prograph, Tsunami 2265 promises a perfect... Read more...