Neowin News Feed for: Virginia

Linux Mint 21.3 Edge, with newer hardware support, released for download

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:54:02 +0000

Linux Mint 21.3 Edge has been released. With this ISO, you get the newer Linux 6.5 kernel which has better support for newer hardware. You should only use it if the main version doesn't work. Read more...

Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” (including upgrade) is now available

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:34:01 +0000

Linux Mint 21.3 "Virginia" is finally available to download. It has been a month since the beta version was released so this has taken longer than normal. The upgrade path is also open. Read more...

Linux Mint team shares its plans for upcoming version

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 03:00:02 +0000

The Linux Mint team has shared its plans regarding Linux Mint 21.3, the EDGE edition, and LMDE 6. The head of the project said that that 21.3 beta phase should be coming to an end this week. Read more...

Amazon announces renewable energy projects to help meet its targets

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 May 2020 11:28:01 +0000

Amazon has announced five new renewable energy projects. They will be built in China, Australia, and the United States. They will help Amazon reach its goal of using 80% renewable energy by 2024. Read more...

Amazon announces two new renewable energy projects in the U.S. and EU

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 06:42:01 +0000

Today Amazon announced two new renewable energy projects in Ireland and the U.S. One is set to be an Amazon Solar Farm and the other an Amazon Wind Farm. Both will supply energy to AWS data centres. Read more...

Virginia, U.S., becomes one of the first states to make deepfake revenge porn illegal

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:28:02 +0000

It's now illegal to share deepfake revenge porn content in Virginia, U.S. The new rule came as part of an amendment to the state's revenge porn law that was introduced back in 2014. Read more...

Amazon granted $23 million in subsidies for its planned Arlington, Virginia HQ

Jay Bonggolto — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:56:01 +0000

The Arlington County Board has approved $23 million in local and state subsidies for Amazon's plan to build its second HQ in Crystal City. But the incentives were opposed by community groups. Read more...

Amazon likely to bring second HQ to Crystal City, Virginia

Paul Hill — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:32:01 +0000

It's looking likely that Amazon will open its second U.S. headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, bringing 50,000 new jobs. The firm has been holding advanced discussions with city officials. Read more...

Virginia plans to replace voting machines by November

Usen Joshua O. — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:28:02 +0000

The Virginia State Election Board has approved plans by the Department of Elections to decertify and replace all current touchscreen machines due to hacking concerns and lack of paper audit trails. Read more...

Federal court rules politicians can't block users on social media

Mina Esapa — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:40:01 +0000

A federal court ruling in Virginia has found that a politician contravened a constituent's freedom of speech rights when she blocked him from commenting or sending her messages on her Facebook page. Read more...

Microsoft opens newest store in Arlington, Virginia

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:02:34 +0000

Microsoft opened up the latest Microsoft Store retail location in the Fashion Centre mall in Arlington, Virginia today, nearby Washington, DC. Read more...

Virginia Tech killer purchased ammunition clips on eBay

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:09:02 +0000

A spokesman for eBay confirmed that the Virginia Tech killer used the handle Blazers5505 on the auction site to buy two 10-round magazines for the Walther P22 – one of two handguns used in the... Read more...

Online scammers exploit Virginia Tech shootings

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:44:09 +0000

Less than 36 hours after the worst shooting spree in US history at the Virginia Tech University campus, scammers have already created fraudulent charity sites. The Sans Internet Storm Center is warning of at least... Read more...

Over 30 dead in Virginia Tech shooting rampage

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:10:55 +0000

A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing a confirmed 31 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman also was killed. "Today the university... Read more...

Virginia court upholds antispam law

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:34:46 +0000

The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a state antispam law on Tuesday by affirming the conviction of the first person in the United States to face prison time for spamming. Jeremy Jaynes was convicted in... Read more...

Two 360s taken in Virginia armed robbery

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:44:05 +0000

Virginia's Electronic Boutique store was the scene of an armed robbery this morning. The criminal made off with two Xbox 360 systems. The robbery was at gunpoint forcing the store manager to hand consoles over... Read more...

AOL cuts 750 jobs; most are in Virginia

Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:41:31 +0000

America Online Inc. yesterday cut about 750 employees, mostly at the Internet firm's Northern Virginia headquarters, as part of renewed efforts to slash costs due to mounting subscriber losses. The personnel cuts at the struggling... Read more...

Virginia Tech beefs up Mac supercomputer

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 04:37:57 +0000

The fastest Mac supercomputer has gotten faster, thanks to an Xserve makeover. Virginia Tech plans to announce on Tuesday that its System X now operates at 12.25 teraflops, or 12 trillion calculations... Read more...

West Virginia for sale! (kinda)

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:14:11 +0000

An attempt to auction off the state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay learned of the joke. By... Read more...

Virginia Arrests Man for Spam E-Mail Under New Law

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:36:41 +0000

Virginia authorities said on Thursday they had arrested and charged a North Carolina man for sending "spam" e-mail in the first use of a new state law that could bring penalties of up to 20... Read more...

Virginia Tech Building Power Mac G5 Supercomputer

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:51:11 +0000

Using several new technologies and more than 1,000 dual-processor Power Mac G5 computers, Virginia Tech University is building a supercomputer cluster that is likely to rank among the fastest in the world. In addition... Read more...

West Virginia drops Microsoft appeal

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:44:00 +0000

West Virginia's attorney general said Monday he would drop the state's appeal of the landmark Microsoft antitrust settlement, leaving Massachusetts as the final hold-out pushing for stricter sanctions. West Virginia Attorney General... Read more...

West Virginia joins fight against Microsoft

Tue, 03 Dec 2002 01:18:11 +0000

Thanks to Tony Fernando for mailing us in. WASHINGTON--West Virginia's attorney general said on Monday that the state will join Massachusetts in appealing a judge's decision to endorse a settlement of the... Read more...

W. Virginia Files Suit Against Microsoft

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 11:41:24 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - West Virginia's attorney general filed suit against Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O in state court on Monday, alleging the company's business tactics violated state antitrust and consumer protection laws. State Attorney... Read more...