Neowin News Feed for: Useless

FBI bringing anti-piracy logos to everything

Tyler Holman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:51:33 +0000

That totally inaffective and annoying little logo you see at the start of movies is about to become a lot more common: the FBI is about to let anyone use its anti-piracy seal for anyone to use. Read more...

Vista's Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:30:16 +0000

This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its knees. Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov,... Read more...

Supreme Court rules 'obvious' patents are useless

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:13:13 +0000

The US Supreme Court found that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which handles patent appeals, had not been using a stringent-enough standard to determine whether a patent was infringing. During a... Read more...

Pirated Vista may be useless, Microsoft says

Steven Parker — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:14:34 +0000

Microsoft said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system "will be of limited value" to those who use them. Microsoft responded Tuesday to reports that some Web sites have been circulating pirated... Read more...