Facebook had to disable a messaging feature after a Welsh student revealed he could access strangers' messages.
An episode or two like this can permanently disable a retirement account.
When Microsoft first learned of Scob, it advised users to disable a part of Internet Explorer because it couldn't stop the new virus.
Microsoft learned of Scob last June, and at first it advised users to disable a part of Internet Explorer because it couldn't stop the new virus.
In tests on macaque monkeys, the vaccine produces potent antibodies that disable a variety of HIV strains from around the world, something previous vaccines have generally failed to do.
What's neat is that users can manually disable a connection with these apps anytime they want, and when they do, these third-party developers are required to delete user data from their servers.
However, for technical reasons, it can't disable a cookie until the user gets back online and goes to a relevant Google site, so full disabling of the tracking files could be a long process.
The Ting web page for businesses previews some new tools in the control panel, such as user-level alerts, which will email or text an account administrator or even disable a device when a particular user hits specified usage levels.
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Thankfully, there's a helpful option to disable the background and replace it with a yellow sticky-note backdrop. (You can also save and share these jottings, of course.) Basically, the company's crafted this as a shortcut, albeit a convoluted one, that's meant to bypass the lack of any function keys on the actual stylus.
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We'd like to see a setting to disable face detection (it's always on) and a fix for the gallery, which is stuck in landscape when accessed from within the shooter.
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And to add complexity, a second button can disable the outer screen altogether, turning the expensive machine into a non-touch, standard notebook.
Last week the US government advised users to disable it because of a bug that leaves computers vulnerable to being hacked.
Theoretically it's possible that EA may release a patch to disable the DRM at some later time.
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DoCoMo has tackled this by making it possible to disable the FeliCa chip on a stolen handset remotely.
Instead of quickly sending out a signal to disable pirated access cards, DirecTV management waited for the company's weekly disabling blast.
The Japanese automaker also designed the battery pack to sense a crash and disable its electrical charge when involved in an accident.
Microsoft even slipped in a mechanism to disable pirated copies.
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When you find out that your Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen or that a bug in Java lets malicious websites take over your computer, the fix is in your hands: You send in your lock for a replacement or disable Java in your browser.
It now offers an option for website owner to disable pinning to Pinterest website with a metatag function.
The High-Powered Microwave, as it is called, is reported by Aviation Week to be powerful enough to disable all of the motors in a swarm of up to 30 speedboats.
Tell them that it was a mistake for Google not to put a red light indicating that a photo or video is being taken, and that you hope there will be one in future iterations (even though evil folk may find a way to somehow disable the light).
Sensory data can be used by built-in software to disable firing if the gun is pointed at a child or someone holding a child.
Members of Congress have introduced at least five privacy-related bills this year, including three that aim to create a mechanism that would let users disable tracking.
"We have taken immediate action to disable all applications that violate our terms, " a Facebook spokesman said.
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Microsoft suggested that users disable Internet Explorer's Active Scripting feature as a work-around.
But former leader Lord Kinnock described such a vote on Europe as "a gigantic distraction (which) would disable political and economic activity in the rest of the EU".
The web site administration for this system, a system that can be used to disable automobiles, is protected by simple password authentication that is open to brute force attack.
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The Google patent described sensors that, among other things, disable touch inputs when the product is positioned close to a person.
Further, after a few days of testing we decided to disable the setting for environmental dimming, as that just left the screen too dim for most situations.
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