Neowin News Feed for: Cut

Larry Tesler, creator of copy and paste, dies at 74

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:34:02 +0000

The creator of the cut, copy, and paste functions, Larry Tesler, died on Monday at the age of 74 according to one of his previous employers, Xerox. He also worked at Apple, Amazon and Yahoo!. Read more...

Chinese lad cuts off his hand to 'cure' his internet addiction

Usama Jawad — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:46:01 +0000

Internet addiction is becoming a problem in Asian countries, especially China where a 19 year old has cut off his own hand in an effort to 'cure' himself of this problem. Read more...

Apple TV gets 20 percent price cut in UK, Europe

James Walker — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:16:34 +0000

The Apple TV digital media-streaming set-top box has received a significant price cut in Britain and Europe to £79 or €99. The changes come after the company launched a entry-level iMac this morning. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro 2 receives £150 price cut in UK

James Walker — Wed, 28 May 2014 12:22:57 +0000

Microsoft's previous-generation Surface Pro 2 high-performance tablet computer has got up to £150 cheaper in the UK on some models as pre-orders are taken for its larger successor, the Surface Pro 3. Read more...

75-year old granny cuts off the Internet for an entire country

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:33:19 +0000

A 75-year old grandmother accidentally cut off Internet service to Armenia residents on Thursday, after she was looking for copper. The elderly woman single-handedly took down an entire network in Georgia after she sliced through... Read more...

UK Government will not cut off file-sharers 'willy nilly'

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:40:17 +0000

Persistent file-sharers would not be cut off 'willy nilly' in plans for a tough crackdown on Internet piracy by the British government, according to Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw. Lord Mandelson said last month that persistent... Read more...

PlayStation 3 outsells Wii in Japan for the first time

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:48:09 +0000

Sony's PlayStation 3 games console has outsold the Nintendo Wii for the first time on a monthly basis in Japan, with 309,939 PlayStation's sold in September. The Wii ranked fourth, behind both company's handheld offerings,... Read more...

Prevent v 1.0 disables cut, paste, copy, delete, re-naming of files & folders

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Prevent v 1.0 is a freeware app which runs on all Windows. If you don't want anyone deleting or renaming or messing around with your data, maybe your younger sibling, then Prevent may be able... Read more...