Facebook data scraped earlier this year is being sold on a hacker forum. The data doesn't contain any passwords but it does contain personal information. Over 1.5 billion users are affected.
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We write, and you read. Hopefully what we write leads you to comment, or give your opinion. Over the course of 2017, there was a lot of reader interaction. Here's what spurred you to your keyboards.
Facebook is looking to modernize forums and message boards with a new app called Rooms. Rooms will allow users to share pictures, texts and videos with moderation privileges.
Microsoft has launched a revamp of its MSDN message boards, offering forum users a number of new features, such as adding previews of message threads, improvements to search and more.
As we prepare to upgrade to Invision Board 3.4.5 we need to make changes to our huge (8+GB) database, and that requires among other things a database conversion.
Recently news broke about a flaw with WPS. A Neowin forum member took it up to explain what exactly the flaw is and how to protect your assets against this exploit.
Starting sometime this weekend, we will be upgrading our forums to Invision Power Board 3.1 which was released in the summer, and has since seen 4 minor updates taking our version directly to 3.1.4. Neowin...
On the same day that Consumer Reports changed its recommendation about the iPhone 4, Apple forum moderators started deleting threads that talked about Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports originally recommended the iPhone 4, but because of the...
Neowin’s forums are full of hidden talent and helpful insight into many things. Currently, one of our forum users Dahr is building a custom Mac tablet. What started out as a 2007 model...
Neowin is currently upgrading its forums to Invision Power Board 3. During this time, the forums will be inaccessible. This upgrade started at 8:30 GMT, and we expect it to continue well into tonight. By...
The Neowin Forums have returned to their online status. Despite a weekend of almost nonstop work by myself, Dave, Tim, Rob, and multiple outside sources from Invision and elsewhere, we were unable to make Invision...
As part of Neowin's 8th birthday celebrations, we are proud to announce the launch of a forum skin specifically for our members who like to surf on the go. The new skin has been tested...
The Consumerist, an online editorial blog has claimed that NVIDIA hires actors to post on gamer enthusiast forums in order to raise positive awareness of its products. The website claims that employees are expected to...
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, has detected a new worm, Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a. This worm infects certain web sites by exploiting a vulnerability in phpBB, a popular package used to create Internet...
"IMPORTANT! Newsgroup Access Update: We are pleased to inform you that we are making the Xbox Live Beta "private" newsgroups truly private. Once security is enabled, you will be asked to enter a password each...
Nope not a new version of vbulletin this time but a massive Forum shakeup and re-order. If you noticed sections moved around I hope that we have been able to place the ever growing number...
Some people may of noticed that some posts refer to attachments that are not actually there anymore. After conversations with both the site operator and Redmak we have decided that it is in the best...