Neowin News Feed for: Pulls

Apple pulls back NVIDIA Update released on Monday

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:12:25 +0000

Apple has retracted the NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 released on Monday from its website and automatic software update system without any explanation. The update was meant to address issues with its Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link... Read more...

Apple pulls China iPhone release

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:35:56 +0000

Apple and China Mobile have called off talks to launch the US group's popular iPhone handset to Chinese consumers. Though no explanation was given in China Mobile's statement, there is speculation that the two firms... Read more...

Navy Pulls YouTube Video Made by Airman

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:10:52 +0000

The Navy has removed a YouTube video posted on May 23 shot aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Nothing in the video compromised operational security, but officials were worried about the "lack of propriety" involving... Read more...

After eBay pulls ads, Google cancels offending party

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:32:02 +0000

A contrite and repentant Google canceled a party that irked eBay and that a source said led eBay to remove all of its ads from Google's U.S. network earlier this week. On Monday, Google announced... Read more...

Open Source Pulls in $1.8 Billion in 2006

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:19:14 +0000

According to a new IDC study, the growth in adoption of stand-alone open source software reached $1.8 billion in 2006 and will grow 26% annually for the next four years, hitting a total market worth... Read more...

Dell Pulls Plug On Plans For New York Retail Store

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:05:44 +0000

Dell has decided to halt plans to open up a second retail outlet outside New York City, several months after cautiously saying it would give it a try, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The Round... Read more...

Partners try to keep faith as AMD pulls rug on CeBIT

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:15:42 +0000

Reports from Taiwan's graphics card manufacturing industry are revealing that AMD's recently announced delay of its upcoming flagship graphics processing unit (GPU), the R600, was not just a shock and disappointment to fans of the... Read more...

ISP pulls the plug on ISOHUNT

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:23:16 +0000

isoHunt Web Technologies Inc the popular BitTorrent search website has been taken offline by it's Internet Service Provider. In a statement on their website, which is now hosted on a Canadian ISP they have said... Read more...

Microsoft pulls four planned patches

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:55:19 +0000

Microsoft has pulled four bulletins from its announced list of Patch Tuesday fixes, but did not specify why it was backpedaling on the security releases. It now plans to issue four security bulletins on Tuesday,... Read more...

1up Pulls Neverwinter Nights 2 Review

Todd Tanner — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:12:28 +0000

Seems the overly negative review of Neverwinter Nights 2 over at 1up didn't sit to well with the members. But that begs the question, why pull a review because it was negative? 1up says it... Read more...

Microsoft Pulls Vista RC2 Public Download

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:16:36 +0000

On Monday, just two days after making Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of Windows Vista available to the public through the Customer Preview Program (CPP), Microsoft pulled the download, confounding many users who were hoping to... Read more...

Wal-Mart Pulls the Plug on X-Box 360 Kiosks

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:25:35 +0000

Gamers looking to be among the first to get their hands on an X-box 360 controller at Wal-Mart demo kiosks can still do it, but they won't actually be controlling anything. Xbox... Read more...

MSI (nearly) pulls the plug on enthusiasts

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:26:45 +0000

MSI, the Taiwan based motherboard maker, threatened to take down its DNS entry for the MSI HQ User Community Forum, a free site supported by MSI and run by enthusiasts. The threat came after a... Read more...

Red Hat pulls plugs on Red Hat Linux product line

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 13:31:40 +0000

Red Hat yesterday unveiled its answer to the vexed question of what it should do about its consumer line - dump it. This is not quite how CEO Matthew Szulik put it to The Register... Read more...

Apple pulls 10.2.8 update

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 03:16:36 +0000

A day after it was released, Apple quietly pulled its Mac OS X v10.2.8 update from circulation Tuesday afternoon, both from its Web site and through the Software Update system preferences pane. Some Mac users... Read more...

Dell pulls OS fix for handhelds

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 07:01:09 +0000

Dell temporarily pulled from its Web site an operating system fix for its Axim X5 handhelds after some people used the patch to do unauthorized upgrades from older versions of the OS. The Round Rock,... Read more...

AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 10:21:57 +0000

A day after developers at America Online's Nullsoft unit quietly released file-sharing software, AOL pulled the link to the product from the subsidiary's Web site. The software, called Waste, lets groups set up private,... Read more...

Microsoft pulls hotfix Q811493

Steven Parker — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:40:45 +0000

or rather moved it from Critical Updates to Windows XP in Windows Update. Thanks Large for his post in BPN on our forums. Microsoft is revising a security patch for Windows XP systems... Read more...

DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:36:01 +0000

The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons. The project's leader, Theo... Read more...

Microsoft pulls IE 5.5 SP2 download to push IE 6

Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:29:01 +0000

In an effort to push adoption of IE 6.0, Microsoft quietly yanked Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 from its download site. Ironically, IE 5.01 SP2 is still available as it is... Read more...

Apple pulls plug on original iMac

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:51:14 +0000

Five years after debuting the original iMac, Apple Computer has stopped selling the gumdrop-shaped machine to the public. The original iMac, which many credit for restoring Apple Computer to fiscal health and profitability,... Read more...

Microsoft Pulls Plug On OfficeLite

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:53:02 +0000

Microsoft has quietly nixed plans for OfficeLite, a subscription-based version of its Office productivity suite designed for the consumer and education markets, according to company documents examined by CRN. In a March 3 memo to... Read more...

NTL pulls plug on warez

Tom Warren — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:04:25 +0000

Despite the wording of a small announcement claiming that it's all about performance, NTL seems to have the warez community in its crosshairs. Doubtless some users will be up in arms but NTL has decided... Read more...

AOL Pulls Rug From Under 'Magic Carpet'

Steven Parker — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 19:32:38 +0000

Thanks David for this one. After coming to a crescendo as key player in Liberty Alliance, AOL has disbanded the Magic Carpet product team and refocused limited resources on its core subscription and advertising businesses.... Read more...

AMS-IX pulls the plug on KPNQwest

Steven Parker — Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:00:59 +0000

Cheers Bink for the heads up.. Job Witteman of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) confirmed this today a few minutes before noon. "Six of the seven ports allocated to KPNQwest are being cut off" That... Read more...

ATI pulls DirectX9 support from M9

Mon, 20 May 2002 21:25:06 +0000

Ati has decided that it's next generation mobile graphics processor will not be DirectX 9 compatible, despite its own roadmaps. The reason, the INQUIRER has learned, is that the firm needs at least... Read more...

ThemeXP pulls two themes after Apple "talked to ThemeXP"...

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:12:02 +0000

I found this over on the ThemeXP site...Apple has contacted ThemeXP and notified us that we are in violation of Apple's copyright on OS X by hosting two themes: "EclipseOSX v4.40" and "MacOSX Aqua 3.2".... Read more...

Kyro On The Block; ST Pulls Out Of Graphics

Steven Parker — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:59:39 +0000

Saw this one over @ MaxReboot, Will Kyro follow the sad demise of 3Dfx ? Well don't ask me, read for yourself! ST Microelectronics Inc. has decided to put its graphics operations... Read more...

Best Buy pulls out of Nvidia special offer

Sun, 10 Feb 2002 04:37:26 +0000

I saw this in my local Best Buy flyer this weekend, but the price was certainly NOT $129, as was seen on their web site earlier this week, according to a report over at the... Read more...

Microsoft pulls stealth release of Java for .NET

Steven Parker — Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:36:14 +0000

Now you see it, now you dont! The Register reports that Microsoft has pulled a download that added Java language support to .NET. Microsoft silently made it available on Sunday, less... Read more...

AOL UK pulls plug on "free" Netscape Online

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:37:52 +0000

Users of the 'free' Netscape Online ISP will be forced to move to a subscription model when AOL pulls the plug AOL UK has announced the closure of its pay-as-you go Internet... Read more...

Gateway pulls out of Ireland and England

Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:40:58 +0000

Reiterating its plans to concentrate on the U.S. market, Gateway confirmed Monday that it will pull out of Ireland and England. The direct PC seller, which also recently exited Asia, had notified its... Read more...