Neowin News Feed for: Woman

Woman ordered to pay for file-sharing will appeal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:18:21 +0000

A woman ordered to pay $222,000 for downloading and sharing music files has decided to appeal the case. A happy Jammie Thomas said on her Myspace.com blog that the appeal was announced by her lawyer,... Read more...

First Woman named Winner of Prestigious Computing Award

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:01:45 +0000

For the first time since its debut in 1966, the A.M. Turing Award, which is granted by the Association for Computer Machinery, has been awarded to a woman. Frances Allen, a 74-year-old IBM Fellow Emerita... Read more...

Woman Targeted by Web Hackers

Dave Legg — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:11:20 +0000

A Nurse from Greater Manchester was targeted by a group of hackers with a new breed of malware. Titled 'Ransomware' by security experts, the software, after entering a victim's PC encrypts the My Documents folder... Read more...

Web cam watchers help woman kicked by horse

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 06:11:41 +0000

People around the world watching live on a Web cam as a horse gave birth called for help when the mare -- in pain and confused -- kicked her owner after delivering her foal. ... Read more...

Woman sentenced for reading e-mail of husband's ex-wife

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:02:06 +0000

A judge sentenced an Arizona woman to 60 days home detention for intercepting her husband's ex-wife's e-mail, saying the penalty is a warning to others who might be tempted to do the same. ... Read more...

Robber attacks woman with Playstation

Marcel Klum — Sun, 29 Dec 2002 15:02:15 +0000

A 69-year-old woman was hit on the head with a computer game console as she tried to stop her son being attacked by a burglar. Maureen Palmer, 69, found her 41-year-old son wrestling... Read more...

Woman claims she's allergic to Pentiums

Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:31:25 +0000

OK, now i've heard everything... A Dutch Woman who claims she is allergic to Intel Pentium processors is continuing to fight for compensation. The woman has filed a lawsuit against the... Read more...

Woman sues Nintendo for death of son

Marcel Klum — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:15:55 +0000

Came across this over at gamers.nl. BATON ROUGE, LA. A Louisiana woman is suing Nintendo, alleging her 30-year-old son suffered seizures after playing video games for eight hours a day, six days a... Read more...

Woman sues record company over Charley Pride CD and wins!

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:06:44 +0000

California resident Karen DeLise sued Music City Records, Fahrenheit Entertainment and digital rights management company Sunncomm in Marin County Superior Court in September, alleging that actions they took to exert control over the album "Charley... Read more...