Neowin News Feed for: Withdraws

U.S. Withdraws Subpoena Seeking Amazon Customers

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:06:23 +0000

Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the... Read more...

Adware Purveyor Withdraws PC Tools Complaint

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:56:58 +0000

Zango, a controversial maker of adware software, has withdrawn its legal complaint against PC Tools. The adware maker had previously demanded that PC Tools' security software stop removing its software as these removals allegedly happened... Read more...

Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:49:30 +0000

Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders. The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised... Read more...

Sony Withdraws "Racist" Ad

Joe Cashman — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:52:17 +0000

Sony has bowed to pressure against them caused by a recent advert in Holland. The advert depicted a white woman grabbing a black woman by the jaw, and was being used to advertise the new... Read more...

Elevation Partners withdraws its offer for Eidos

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:13:44 +0000

US private equity firm Elevation Partners has formally withdrawn its cash offer for Wimbledon-based publisher Eidos, leaving the way clear for SCi's strongly supported acquisition bid to proceed. The company, which is headed up by... Read more...

Intel withdraws open source license, receives applause

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:22:07 +0000

In a message posted to the OSI license-discuss email list on March 29, Intel attorney McCoy Smith wrote, "Intel has been studying internally the issue of license proliferation. One step Intel would like to take... Read more...

Level 3 withdraws VOIP petition before FCC

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:32:10 +0000

Level 3 Communications on Monday withdrew a petition before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that sought to reduce access charges paid to telecommunications carriers when calls originated over VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) end... Read more...

EA withdraws Tiger Woods PS2 title from retail

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:29:32 +0000

Purchasers to be offered refunds or replacements over PS2 performance issue Publisher Electronic Arts has recalled copies of the English language version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 from European retailers, following... Read more...

Airbus Withdraws Petition In Microsoft EU Case

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:40:07 +0000

European plane maker, Airbus, has withdrawn its petition in the on going European Union investigation into Microsoft's activities. The withdrawal has been viewed with some suspicion by Microsoft and analysts, as it comes very close... Read more...

Cisco withdraws Huawei lawsuit

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:41:25 +0000

Cisco the leader in network technology has dropped its copyright lawsuit against rival network manufacturer Huawei Technologies. Huawei Technologies agreed to modify its products after admitted it had inadvertently obtained a small amount of... Read more...

MS withdraws SharePoint 2001 servicepack 2

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 09:25:42 +0000

SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is not available for download at this time. Please check back soon for further availability information. On January 13, 2003, Microsoft released Service Pack 2... Read more...

Microsoft withdraws free web fonts

Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:06:00 +0000

I first saw this story over on OSNews, and now over on ExtremeTech. Microsoft withdrew its free TrueType Web fonts on the eve of LinuxWorld, leaving some Linux advocates upset about the decision.... Read more...

W.House Withdraws Documents on Germ Warfare

Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:52:17 +0000

The Bush administration has begun withdrawing from public release more than 6,000 documents that deal primarily with the manufacture of chemical and germ weapons, according to Sunday's New York Times. "We're working... Read more...