Neowin News Feed for: Sorry

New app lets you offer an apology; those affected can vote to accept it

John Keefer — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:22:01 +0000

Apologies, for the most part, are a fact of life. However, popular commentator Greta van Susteren is launching an app that lets you apologize, then people vote on whether they accept it or not. Read more...

DRM-Free Music Plays for Microsoft. Sorry, Apple

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:30:16 +0000

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is getting exactly what he asked for nearly a year ago: Industry movement away from DRM music. But the DRM freedom he wanted is looking more like DRM freedom from Apple.... Read more...

Sun To Channel: Sorry About The Direct Promotion

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:39:41 +0000

Sun Microsystems on Thursday apologized for the mess it caused its solution providers with a 25th Anniversary Sale direct sales promotion to customers, and unveiled measures to help soothe partners' concerns that the promotion could... Read more...

Trojan-infested? I'm Sorry, Your Time is Up

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:30:51 +0000

An Australian ISP is pulling the plug on users whose computers have been compromised until they clean up their machines. Telstra Bigpond has begun disconnecting users whose computers had been infected. "Customers with suspected compromised... Read more...

Microsoft says sorry for AntiSpyware error

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:39:58 +0000

Microsoft has publicly apologized and compensated Web directory Startpagina.nl, one of MSN's main competitors in Holland, after the software giant's anti-spyware product incorrectly flagged the site as malicious. A Microsoft representative confirmed... Read more...

Mydoom author sorry for his sins...

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:25:08 +0000

A variant of the virus has a cryptic message in which the author appears to apologize for creating the infection. The MyDoom variant that joined the original virus in wreaking havoc on the Internet last... Read more...

Microsoft says sorry to 'spammer'

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:56:27 +0000

Microsoft has apologised to a British man it had accused of sending out huge amounts of junk email, or 'spam'. The software giant issued an "unreserved apology" to Simon Grainger from Merseyside,... Read more...

Sorry Linux, I'm sticking with Windows!

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:39:26 +0000

With all the talk about Linux being the next big thing I decided to see what all the hubbub was about. I downloaded several of the popular distributions to give them a whirl on my... Read more...