Neowin News Feed for: Rip-off

Blizzard is suing an alleged Overwatch clone in China

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 06:26:01 +0000

Blizzard and its Chinese operator for Overwatch are taking Heroes of Warfare, a mobile game that looks eerily similar to Blizzard's own team-based shooter, to court in China over copyright concerns. Read more...

EU reaffirms plans to abolish “rip-off” mobile roaming charges

Andy Weir — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:17:51 +0000

The European Commission plans to push forward with new legislation that would force operators to reduce roaming charges by two-thirds, and regulation to encourage carriers to abolish them entirely. Read more...

Report: Major IT firms are ripping off the UK government

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:22:26 +0000

In the United Kingdom, a committee of MPs has found that major IT firms have been ripping off government departments when it comes to purchasing and installing new IT infrastructure. The report claims that some... Read more...

Nintendo suspects Zelda rip-off

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:52:38 +0000

Nintendo has warned South Korean developer Webzen over screenshots released last week to accompany the announcement of massively multiplayer online title Wiki. The game uses a cel-shaded visual style extremely reminiscent of Nintendo's highly stylised... Read more...

NeoAudio, a RIP-OFF of CDex

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:03:32 +0000

Found this over on Slashdot, it seems that apparently the CDex application (the open source easy to use Audio CD Ripper) has itself been ripped off by NeoNapster, replacing the logo and adding some spyware... Read more...