Neowin News Feed for: Websites

AI to build websites with a new tool from Wix

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:30:01 +0000

Wix has announced a new AI tool called AI Site Generator. Now users can say what they want their website to do and the AI will do its best to generate a website that matches the user's needs. Read more...

Cloudflare announces invisible alternative to CAPTCHAs

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:32:01 +0000

Cloudflare has announced the open beta of Turnstile, an invisible alternative to CAPTCHAs. It uses browser telemetry to determine if a website visitor is legitimate, rather than annoying puzzles. Read more...

How to view mobile version of websites on desktops

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 07:00:01 +0000

Are you looking to test out your website for phones and tabs? If you need to view the mobile version of any site on desktop computers for any reason, then this step-by-step guide can show you how. Read more...

Cloudflare's Web Analytics gains three most requested features

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:22:02 +0000

Cloudflare has released three new features to its Web Analytics solution that it opened up to the world last December. The update brings support for Single Page Applications and adding multiple sites. Read more...

Lazy loading now available in Chrome Canary builds, allows faster page loading

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:44:01 +0000

Google is currently working on built-in lazy loading capabilities in Chrome, which allow for significantly faster page load times, as only specific website elements will be loaded instead of all. Read more...

'Pay with Google' starts rolling out to consumers

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:22:02 +0000

If you've ever used a website, and a sense of dread set upon you when you hit the check-out process, you're not alone and Google has set out to make this process seamless with Pay with Google. Read more...

Donald Trump has thousands of domains registered to his name

Daniel Hull — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:20:02 +0000

Donald Trump has a collection of 3643 websites registered to his name, adding 490 websites in the 18 months before his inauguration. TrumpisFired.com and ImBeingSuedByDonaldTrump.com are two examples. Read more...

Here's what to do if Chrome isn't allowing you to view Microsoft websites

Usama Jawad — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:46:01 +0000

An issue that has recently popped up disallows users from viewing several official Microsoft websites on Chrome - throwing a "site cannot be reached" error, however, there's an easy fix. Read more...

External traffic falls, internal traffic rises as Google News withdraws from Spain

Usama Jawad — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:08:01 +0000

With Google News now shut down in Spain, publishers in the country are experiencing a sharp decline in their sites' external traffic. However, the internal traffic has surprisingly increased. Read more...

Some websites could go offline if US government shuts down Tuesday

John Callaham — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:31:40 +0000

A number of websites run by the U.S. government, including the Library of Congress and the Federal Trade Commission sites, could go offline Tuesday if Congress can't approve a budget. Read more...

Microsoft: Malicious websites are the biggest threat to businesses

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:02:33 +0000

Microsoft has released its latest Security Intelligence Report which states, among other things, that websites that deliver malware are now the biggest threat among enterprise Internet users. Read more...

Turn your favourite sites into a game with Google's Chrome World Wide Maze

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:46:25 +0000

Ever wanted to turn your favourite website into a giant maze around which you can roll a ball and collect gems for points? Of course you have - and now you can, with Google's Chrome World Wide Maze! Read more...

DNS change puts 284 Pakistani websites at mercy of hackers

Paul Ferson — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:16:04 +0000

A DNS change has put 284 webpages at a weakness to hackers. Among the pages defaced by a group of seemingly Turkish hackers are the eBay, Microsoft and Google sites. No groups claim responsibility. Read more...

FTC could be knocking at Google's door over antitrust allegations

Paul Ferson — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:10:58 +0000

After more than a year of investigation, it seems that the FTC feels Google has been exploiting its position at the top of the market to ensure that rival services do not get a chance to oppose. Read more...

Wikipedia goes down in Russia in protest at new law

Paul Ferson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:13:11 +0000

Due to a controversial law being considered by Russia's State Parliament which could allow the blacklisting of websites, Wikipedia has closed itself for a one-day protest again. Read more...

Hacking group UGNazi takes credit for Twitter outages

Paul Ferson — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:10:48 +0000

After Twitter suffered a 'cascaded bug' yesterday the site was down for a considerable period of time. Hacking group UGNazi have stepped up and taken credit for the actions leading to the outage. Read more...

Proposed UK law would monitor all emails and web access

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:30:31 +0000

The UK government could propose a new law beginning in May that if passed would allow intelligence groups a way to monitor emails, website visits, texts and calls. Read more...

Access to all foreign websites banned in Belarus

Andy Weir — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:28:39 +0000

In a triumph of stupidity, short-sightedness and political self-interest, the Government of Belarus has made it a crime for its citizens to access, visit or even attempt to use any foreign websites. Read more...

India now blocking file sharing websites

Brad Sams — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:28:50 +0000

If you live in India and visit file sharing websites, you may be out of luck: It is being reported that India is now blocking sites such as Megaupload, Putlocker, and Rapidshare. When a user... Read more...

O2 brands food shop app 'adult' for iPhone users

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:49:44 +0000

The Telefonica-owned mobile network O2 has branded lovefre.sh, a UK start up website selling farmer market foods by location, an adult site. When a user installs the app on their iPhone and tries to access... Read more...

Libya taking down .ly websites not in line with Islamic law

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:02:36 +0000

URL shorteners are known for their clever use of domains to look like an actual word. Google has Goo.gl. Techmeme has Techme.me, and Neowin has neow.in. The list is practically endless. One of the top... Read more...

Top 25 common coding errors that brought down websites

Brad Sams — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:36:02 +0000

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has released a list of the top 25 coding errors that have landed coders and webmasters into hot water. The SANS institute located in Maryland reported... Read more...

Google targeted in Chinese Internet crackdown

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:02 +0000

Google, alongside other popular web portals, was warned on Monday that they must do more to block pornographic content from reaching Chinese users, in the latest in a series of crackdowns on Internet content by... Read more...

Microsoft IE 8 Beta 2 Coming! Are your websites ready?

Mon, 26 May 2008 18:54:55 +0000

Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default. Giving top priority to Web standards... Read more...

Websites sell secret bank data and PINs

Steven Parker — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:35:53 +0000

Security breaches that are allowing the financial details of tens of thousands of Britons to be sold on the internet are to be investigated by the country's information watchdog. Without paying a single penny, The... Read more...

Websites could be required to retain visitor info

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:04:18 +0000

A series of legal events means that companies that have no business reason to retain documents or records may be compelled to create and retain such records just so they can become available for discovery.... Read more...

China tells 'dating' websites to stop selling sex

Sun, 27 May 2007 18:32:56 +0000

The Beijing Online News and Information Panel has accused 12 dating websites in Beijing of being a cover for prostitution and has ordered them to clean up their act: "The outrageous pimping content in some... Read more...

Universal sues video-sharing websites

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:04:54 +0000

Universal Music, the world's largest record company, has launched the established media industry's first legal action against user-generated internet sites in the wake of its distribution deal last week with YouTube, the most popular video-sharing... Read more...

Websites 'leaked' Microsoft Zune details, blurry pics

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:29:53 +0000

Details of Microsoft's Zune digital music player have leaked out overnight to a variety of websites hot on the heels of EMI's announcement it will supply music and video content for the software giant to... Read more...

Time's 50 Coolest Websites of 2006

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:18:53 +0000

Time Magazine have today announced their 50 coolest websites for 2006, with some big name dot coms featuring on this year's list. The dangerously addictive video website YouTube and insanely popular networking site MySpace both... Read more...

Google warns on 'unsafe' websites

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:25:55 +0000

Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage that could harm their computer. The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host... Read more...

Google forced to reveal websites, but not search terms

Joe Cashman — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:35:11 +0000

In the battle of Goliath vs. Goliath, aka The US Government vs. Google the search engine has been told that they should reveal 50,000 URLs on Google's database. This was only a half win for... Read more...

Net strike brings down major websites

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:27:27 +0000

Don't worry folks, your friendly tech news source Neowin was not affected. *wink* An early morning Internet attack on Tuesday took down the Web sites of Microsoft, Google, Apple Computer and Yahoo,... Read more...

Take Steps to Avoid Getting Tricked by Spoof Websites

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:02:26 +0000

During the hectic holiday season, many shoppers rely on the convenience and speed of shopping online. If you're among them, be sure to use the same level of caution on the Web that you would... Read more...

Iraq conflict hits websites hard

Tom Warren — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:58:43 +0000

The war in Iraq is testing the ability of many websites to cope with record numbers of visitors. Net users eager for news of the conflict are turning to the web to... Read more...

Health websites gaining popularity

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:55:44 +0000

Women use the internet to look for health information for themselves and their family significantly more than men, research has found. The study, by independent research company Datamonitor, says that for this... Read more...

Planet Internet erases 20000 websites

Marcel Klum — Thu, 11 Oct 2001 07:57:05 +0000

Cheers Vla for this newsbyte: The incident was discovered this week during a software routine check-up Ghislane Werner of the Dutch ISP Planet Internet stated 'because of a bug in the software a script has... Read more...

US websites pull military data

Mon, 08 Oct 2001 11:09:32 +0000

BEFORE September 11, you could have visited the Federation of American Scientists' website for diagrams and photos of US intelligence facilities. You could have gone to another website and learned of gatherings... Read more...