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CloseAll 3.1

Razvan Serea — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:48:01 +0000

Close all running programs with just a single click. CloseAll doesn't use any system resources at all and unloads right after completing its task. Read more...

Best Buy to shutter all its mobile phone stores by May

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:02:01 +0000

The retailer is closing about 250 mobile stores in the U.S. by the end of May. Best Buy claims that the operating costs for the smaller stores were difficult to overcome relative to the bigger stores. Read more...

AOL to cut over 1000 jobs and shut offices

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:18 +0000

AOL is to shut down many of its European offices after failing to cut a third of its international workforce through voluntary redundancy. Although 1,100 of the company's staff have taken voluntary redundancy, a further... Read more...

Lycos Europe to close down services

Damien Reynolds — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:41:41 +0000

I am a proud member of Lycos Web Hosting but was a bit shocked today to receive a message through informing me I am being transferred due to the failure of gaining investment for Lycos... Read more...

France close to 3 strike piracy law

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:41:30 +0000

Plans by the French government to require Internet service providers to throw persistent pirates off the Internet are now closer to becoming law. The French Senate voted 297 to 15 in favour of the law,... Read more...

Police close file on BT's trials

Tom Warren — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:43:24 +0000

The City of London Police have said there will be no formal investigation of BT over its secret trials of an ad monitoring system. BT trialled the Phorm system - which monitors web browsing... Read more...

Philadelphia's citywide WiFi close to shutting down

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:48:24 +0000

It'd be absolutely spectacular to actually see one of these admittedly ambitious municipal WiFi projects actually work out every now and then, but instead, we're seeing the nails start to sink into yet another citywide... Read more...

Firefox and Safari updates close security holes

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:05 +0000

Version 2.0.0.14 of the Firefox web browser has been released by the Mozilla organisation. The update closes a security hole that developers opened up when patching a previously identified bug. Apple has also released an... Read more...

Apple, Fox close on iTunes movie rental deal

Simon Andrews — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:18:44 +0000

Apple is reportedly planning to get into the movie rental business and license its digital rights management technology, and it could announce a deal within the next few weeks. Both the Financial Times and The... Read more...

CompUSA to Close Shop

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:37:18 +0000

CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, announced yesterday that it had been sold to the Gordon Brothers Group, a restructuring and investment firm, for liquidation. The firm will close... Read more...

Time Inc. to Close Business 2.0 Magazine

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:03:14 +0000

Time Inc. is closing high-tech magazine Business 2.0, abandoning efforts to salvage a publication that survived the dot-com bust only to be doomed by the rise of Internet advertising; the publication will release a final... Read more...

EarthLink to Cut 900 Jobs and Close Four Offices

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:50:14 +0000

Internet service provider Earthlink announced today that it will cut more than 900 jobs and close four offices in an effort to reduce operating costs. The company will also repurchase $200 million of its stock... Read more...

Software Lobby Warns Microsoft Too Close to BBC

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:56:55 +0000

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based open source software lobby group, is planning to petition British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to highlight the role of software giant Microsoft Corp. in the British Broadcasting Corporation's... Read more...

VMware Windows-on-a-Mac product close to launch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:34:10 +0000

VMware Inc. is pricing its upcoming new software to run Windows on a Mac similar to rival Parallels Inc.'s software announced last week. VMware said that its Fusion software for Macintosh computers can be pre-ordered... Read more...

Google CEO expects DoubleClick deal to close this year

Tom Warren — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:38:59 +0000

Internet search leader Google is open to new acquisitions and remains hopeful it can close the $3.1 billion purchase of Web ad supplier DoubleClick by end-2007 despite a U.S. federal probe, its CEO said Wednesday.... Read more...

Sources: eBay to Close Chinese Site

Steven Parker — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:34:04 +0000

eBay is reportedly pulling out of the Chinese market, instead opting to replace it with a new site that would be run by Bejing-based Tom Online, sources told the Wall Street Journal Monday. So far,... Read more...

Winamp TV channel forced to close doors

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:20:34 +0000

Popular streaming internet service, ESS.tv (EveryShowSucks.tv) has today emailed all of its subscribers, explaining that due to mouting legal pressures the 50+ channels it provided will no longer be available. ESS.tv streamed popular and niche... Read more...

Report: Microsoft-AOL Close to Deal

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:50:09 +0000

Time Warner and Microsoft are reportedly close to hammering out an online advertising alliance to challenge search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, according to a published report. The Wall... Read more...

Universal and Fox Close to 'Halo' Movie Deal

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:57:38 +0000

After seemingly over the top demands for their hit franchise's big screen debut, Microsoft may have just found a suitor for its Halo movie. Reports now indicate that Universal and Fox are close to... Read more...

Intel Close to Release Pentium 4 570J Chip

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:25:22 +0000

Intel Corp. maybe hours away from releasing its latest and last Pentium 4 processor based on the original Prescott core, according to various reports over the Web. The processor that will be clocked at 3.80GHz... Read more...

World of Warcraft beta draws to a close

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:23:17 +0000

This evening, Blizzard emailed participants of its World of Warcraft beta test program, informing them that the beta period would finally be coming to a close at 3:00pm PDT on Friday, October 29, in preparation... Read more...

SpaceShipOne Close to X Prize

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:12:17 +0000

A privately built rocket plane and its mother ship lifted off into clear skies above the Mojave Desert on Monday in a bid to win a $10 million prize for the first commercially viable manned... Read more...

Judge grills DOJ at Oracle trial's close

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:51:21 +0000

The judge presiding over the Oracle antitrust trial aggressively questioned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday as the agency made its final arguments against Oracle's attempt at a hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft. ... Read more...

Taldren to close, claim forum reports

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:53:30 +0000

Starfleet Command developer halts US operations, opens Korean MMORPG office Earlier this year, publisher Majesco put Black9 on hold and then reports of Taldren closing followed. Internet posts suggesting the US Company... Read more...

321 Studios close to shutting down

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:36:39 +0000

Faced with a new set of lawsuits, prominent DVD and game copying software company 321 Studios may be nearing the end of its short and tumultuous life, Chief Executive Robert Moore said Wednesday. ... Read more...

SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Gets Close

Fri, 28 May 2004 01:07:28 +0000

Microsoft began taking sign ups for participation in the SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 program this week at its Microsoft TechEd show here as the long-awaited test version of the product gets close to availability.... Read more...

Sony and Toshiba close to sample production Cell technology

Marcel Klum — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:15:35 +0000

Industry-leading 65nm process to begin sample production in Q1 '04 Trial runs of the advanced semiconductor manufacturing process which will eventually create the much-vaunted Cell microprocessor are set to start at Toshiba's... Read more...

eBay plans to close Half.com next year

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:38:55 +0000

eBay plans to shut down its Half.com site next year and the head of Half.com will leave the company, closing an independent site for book, music and video sales that eBay once hoped would compete... Read more...

Partners To Get Up Close And Personal To Yukon

Sat, 08 Feb 2003 10:21:37 +0000

Microsoft next week plans to give a bevy of close partners, customers and ISVs an in-depth look at Yukon, its next-generation database, the company confirmed Friday. Attendees of the sneak preview will get a detailed... Read more...

Unreal 2 close to general release

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:17:57 +0000

UNREAL 2 is set for release on the 4th of February in the US and the 7th of February in Europe, it has emerged. The long awaited and much hyped game was the first to... Read more...

W2K SP4 Beta Is Close to Releasing!

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:32:11 +0000

This email was just sent out to Windows 2000 SP4 Testers ... We are pleased to inform you that the release of Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) beta is near! ... Read more...

Q329692: Explorer May Generate An Application Error When You Close a Folder

Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:52:10 +0000

Thanks prasanth for the heads up on this update. Windows may not respond when you try to open or close a folder by using Windows Explorer. When this occurs, you may be able to restart... Read more...

New DSL products could close ISPs

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 06:44:51 +0000

New, cheap 'ADSL Lite' products that separate access from content are great for incumbent telcos, but will put internet service providers (ISPs) and portals out of business, according to a report by analyst Forrester. ... Read more...

Windows Update V3 Beta to close on June 30th

Steven Parker — Thu, 30 May 2002 23:14:15 +0000

Thanks Anonymous who sent me the letter he received from Microsoft regarding the closing of Windows Update v3 Beta.This confidential letter is to inform you that the Windows Update V3 Beta Program is ending and... Read more...

Maxreboot to close -it's official

Steven Parker — Fri, 03 May 2002 11:34:04 +0000

Thanks to all the people that have pointed me in the general direction of the following statement Redmak being the first, cheers man. It seems yet another sad day in the realm of Tech community... Read more...

3dfx to close website today - forever

Steven Parker — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:03:04 +0000

Thanks BJ for sending us news that today is your last chance to pay your respects to the 3dfx.com website. I myself started on the 3d bandwagon with a 3dfx Voodoo1 (4mb) then a 2... Read more...

Ebay Identity Theft Hits Close to Home

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:32:37 +0000

Thanks to Darren Bolton for this email Imagine Melissa Perenson's surprise when a Good Samaritan suggested by e-mail last week that she withdraw her recent eBay bid for a notebook because the seller... Read more...

Beta Bites to close - It's official

Steven Parker — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 20:24:00 +0000

Thanks David for the heads up on this news. May this never happen to Neowin! :S Really tho, it is sad to see all of the "Prime" sites closing down, if they are not closing... Read more...

3DFiles to close down

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:39:15 +0000

We have been informed today (Monday 10th September) that 3DFILES.COM will be closed down. The current ad situation combined with the very expensive FTP costs makes it impossible for us to survive any longer. ZDNet... Read more...