Neowin News Feed for: Shut

Updated: Lycos continue the shut downs, or not?

Damien Reynolds — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:35:08 +0000

Update: Lycos have responded and confirmed that Tripod is not shutting down and all free and paid member sites are just fine. Lycos have reached out to TechCrunch directly to amend the incorrect report. A... Read more...

DivX Announces Plans to Shut Down Stage6.com

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:04:10 +0000

DivX, Inc., a digital media company, today announced that the Company will cease operation of its Stage6.com video service on February 28, 2008. Following an exploration of strategic options that began in July 2007, the... Read more...

Hackers Shut Down Pennsylvania's Government Web Site

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:39:17 +0000

Hackers infiltrated Pennsylvania's government Web site on Friday, forcing administrators to shut down nearly the entire site for several hours. Hackers broke into the pages of the departments of Labor and Industry, Education, and Military... Read more...

Demonoid Possibly Shut Down by the CRIA

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:37:07 +0000

As of now it is still unsure what exactly happened, but the popular Dutch news site nu.nl reports that the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is responsible for the downtime. Websites such as TorrentFreak contacted... Read more...

Elton John Wants To Shut Down the Internet

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:47:42 +0000

POP legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN. Never one to keep his opinions to himself, the Rocket Man has waded into cyberspace with all guns blazing. He claims it is destroying good... Read more...

Brazil Court Orders YouTube to Shut Down

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:20:05 +0000

Daniela Cicarelli and boyfriend Tato Malzoni have sex in shallow water on a public beach. The scene is filmed. Did I mention that Cicarelli is a model and Ronaldo's (the soccer player) ex-wife? So of... Read more...

US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down

Steven Parker — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:40:46 +0000

The US wants Russia to know that it's really, truly, absolutely serious like a heart attack about putting an end to AllOfMP3.com. How else to explain the recent raft of references (try saying that three... Read more...

Feds Shut Down Spyware Operation

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:49:57 +0000

An operation that allegedly installed illegal spyware on computers will give more than $2 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint. The FTC has obtained a settlement order against Enternet Media, Conspy &... Read more...

Microsoft To Shut Off Vista Beta 2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:37:44 +0000

Microsoft plans to close the Windows Vista Beta 2 test to new users after Friday, a company executive said Thursday, because the preview has reached its copy limit. Ian Moulster, a .Net product manager based... Read more...

Tiscali Juke Box Shut Down

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:25:02 +0000

Internet firm Tiscali has suspended its music sharing Juke Box and accused the European recording industry of being "virtually impossible to work with". It took the move after it was told to remove the service's... Read more...

Asheron's Call 2 to be Shut Down

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:33:54 +0000

The MMORPG Asheron's Call 2 will be permanently shut down on December 30th, says developer and publisher Turbine Entertainment, citing a lack of profitability. With the annoucement, the original Asheron's Call will outlive its... Read more...

Older iTunes versions being shut out, Apple warns

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:11:30 +0000

Apple Computer is warning users of older iTunes software versions that it plans to stop allowing those versions to connect to its music store. Those trying to buy music using versions other... Read more...

Feds Shut Down Web Site, Probe Bank Scam

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:01:49 +0000

Investigators are trying to find the source of a phony site, purportedly from the FDIC, that tries to trick recipients into giving up personal financial data. Federal investigators are seeking the source of... Read more...

Everywhere-MSN being Shut Down because of Microsoft's Jealou

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:55:59 +0000

Everywhere-MSN also known as E-MSN which is designed for your cell phone or PDA to connect to MSN messenger wirelessly. A lot of Mobile phone service providers such as AT&T and T-Mobile now have the... Read more...

Kazaa Lite shut down

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:17:07 +0000

The Kazaa Lite K++ project has been shut down by Sharman Networks on grounds of copyright infringement. The project, which had been set up to block spy and ad ware within the... Read more...

Anti-Spam Web Pages Shut Down by Attacks

Marcel Klum — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:00:54 +0000

Three Web sites that provide spam blocking lists have shut down as a result of crippling Internet attacks in what experts on Thursday said is an escalation in the war between spammers and opponents of... Read more...

CD players glued shut to stop piracy

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:53:03 +0000

Epic Records has taken a drastic step to prevent two new albums from being pirated online before their official release; sealing or gluing the reviewers portable CD players shut and gluing headphones onto them to... Read more...

Gamers shut out by Passport switch

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:54:55 +0000

Thanks to Andy Tolson for sending this in. Online game players using Microsoft's Zone site complained of persistent problems accessing the service Tuesday, as Microsoft required all users to switch to its Passport... Read more...

Palm to permanently shut down its MyPalm service

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:19:14 +0000

Handheld giant Palm plans to discontinue the Web-based MyPalm portal that offers online access to personal calendars and address books. According to a message posted on its Web site, Palm will delete... Read more...

NY Times Computers Shut Down by Apparent Attack

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:05:57 +0000

Internet connections at the New York Times were interrupted for at least several hours on Tuesday after the paper's computers were flooded with information in an apparent attack. "We don't know that... Read more...