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Microsoft Money withdrawn in Germany due to euro bug
News Microsoft has withdrawn the German versions of Money 99, Money 99 Plus Update and Money 99 Plus from the German market due to a problem residing in the inaccurate conversion of the euro and linking it to Online-Banking.
[February 1, 1999, 14:05]
Sun rejects IBM buyout offer, bid withdrawn
News Sun rejected IBM's formal buyout offer on Saturday, calling the bid insufficient and putting future deal talks at risk, according to a report on Sunday in The Wall Street Journal. IBM reportedly made a formal bid of $9.40 (£6.30) a share, or less...
[April 6, 2009, 8:57]
Major players desert unbundling in droves
News Broadband Britain stumbled deeper into crisis on Tuesday as Oftel admitted the majority of players have withdrawn from the process to open up BT's network. At the last count nine operators had withdrawn from the process, citing high costs and delays.
[April 10, 2001, 12:08]
Visa withdraws RBS, Heartland PCI compliance
Blog Payments giant Visa has withdrawn PCI DSS compliance from RBS WorldPay and Heartland Payment Systems, following massive data breaches. Heartland confirmed that its PCI compliance had been withdrawn, while a Heartland spokesperson told ZDNet UK that...
[March 17, 2009, 16:18]
Microsoft pulls out of EC browser hearing
News Microsoft has withdrawn from a European hearing into whether its bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows contravenes antitrust laws. Microsoft deputy general counsel Dave Heiner wrote in a blog post that the software maker had withdrawn from the...
[May 22, 2009, 15:04]
Dustup hits desktop Linux conference
News Hewlett-Packard and other participants have withdrawn from a February conference on the use of Linux on desktop computers, casting a shadow on the show's debut. An HP representative confirmed Friday that the company had withdrawn from the conference.
[January 20, 2003, 7:35]
Microsoft withdraws Windows Mobile update
News A key Microsoft update which will let smartphone users read Office 2007 documents has been temporarily withdrawn. But, within hours, both the update and Langridge's blog post were withdrawn. Office Mobile 6.1, an update to Microsoft's mobile...
[September 28, 2007, 15:27]
RIAA pulls file-swap suit against pensioner
News The Recording Industry Association of America has withdrawn a file-swapping lawsuit after a possible case of mistaken identity. The trade association confirmed on Wednesday that it had withdrawn its suit against Boston-area senior citizen Sarah...
[September 25, 2003, 10:25]
Intel pulls SSD firmware over Windows 7 clash
News Intel has withdrawn a firmware update it issued to people who use its X-25M solid-state drives with Windows 7, after the update was found to stop the operating system from working. It was released on Monday but, by Wednesday, Intel had withdrawn...
[October 28, 2009, 15:30]
Free SkypeIn for some users after 0207 snafu
News Skype is to compensate some of the users of its SkypeIn service after a swathe of numbers beginning with the London-based prefix 0207 were withdrawn from use. Don McQueen, the chief executive of GCI Telecom — the erstwhile supplier of those...
[November 23, 2007, 15:49]
Downturn sees DVLA shelve biometrics project
News The department has withdrawn the tender for the development and implementation of a pilot that was intended to develop into a full system. The cancellation notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on Saturday reads: "This project has...
[November 14, 2008, 6:30]
Camera phones get the chop in Saudi Arabia
News The clampdown, which is thought to have seen Nokia's 7650 handset withdrawn from sale, follows complaints from religious figures in the country who claim that men have been using camera phones to snap women in contravention of Saudi law.
[October 1, 2002, 11:55]
Cable & Wireless drops BT charge dispute
News On Monday, Ofcom announced that Cable & Wireless had withdrawn its complaint "in order to explore further commercial negotiations with BT". We have therefore withdrawn our dispute. Cable & Wireless has dropped the complaint it had lodged with Ofcom...
[April 24, 2007, 12:27]
Referee! FriendsReunited exposes CV porkies
News The company decided to warn job seekers about the pitfalls of advertising themselves too honestly after a number of candidates had their job offers withdrawn or were forced to quit when comments they published on the FriendsReunited Web site were...
[June 20, 2003, 15:28]
CCIA sticking to its guns
News Although the CCIA has officially withdrawn its complaints, Microsoft didn't ask for the evidence the association has already submitted to the EC to be withdrawn. In a closed door meeting today convened by a European judge to discuss how best to...
[November 25, 2004, 16:20]
Government withdraws surveillance plan
News Home secretary David Blunkett has withdrawn a controversial addition to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) following a week of criticism from civil liberties groups and MPs of both parties.
[June 18, 2002, 15:33]
Network Associates pulls McAfee bid
News Network Associates, citing newly unearthed accounting inaccuracies, has withdrawn its bid for an additional stake in its McAfee.com subsidiary. The security software company said on Thursday that during an amendment of its 1999 tax return it...
[April 25, 2002, 16:33]
Personal finance shoot-out
Talkback It is unfortunate that Intuit have withdrawn from the market. I am from a company called Accountz.com, we produce home and business accounting software. We have an accounting package that is suitable as a replacement for Quicken called Personal...
[January 9, 2006, 11:17]
Security firm U-turns on banking breach
News UPDATE: Security firm TrustDefender has this morning withdrawn claims it made last Thursday that seemed to "prove" that the SMS-based two-factor authentication system used by many online banking systems was vulnerable to attack.
[May 4, 2007, 11:13]
Find it fast: desktop search programs
Talkback I sorely missed Altavista Discovery when it was withdrawn and couldn't find a suitable replacement - until now when the Google Desktop search program came to the rescue. It's blisteringly quick even on my 700Mhz PIII.
[October 20, 2004, 7:54]
