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Torrent-hunting firm ACS:Law shuts down
Ahead of Tuesday court ruling.
Feb 7 2011 10:10AM
WIPO shuts down 1saleaday.com.au
Customers left in the lurch after trademark dispute.
Oct 22 2010 9:57AM
Oracle closes OpenSolaris loop
Confirms OpenSolaris kill.
Aug 16 2010 7:42AM
Update: Websense shuts Sydney R&D team down
Websense has confirmed it will relocate its Sydney-based research and development team to China, resulting in 25 local job cuts.
Dec 3 2008 1:26PM
New Zealander allegedly responsible for masterminding major spam network
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down what it claims was the world's largest network of spammers.
Oct 16 2008 9:56AM
Facebook shuts down Scrabulous internationally
Facebook has removed the popular application Scrabulous from its servers for international users, nearly a month after it banned users in the US from using it.
Aug 27 2008 7:50AM
Bug shuts down VMware servers
A software bug is leaving VMware customers unable to log in to virtualized servers..
Aug 13 2008 1:32PM
Federal judge shuts down site that leaks confidential information
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the disabling of a website that discloses confidential information, a precedent-setting ruling that may raise a legal challenge to the growing online black market in purloined data while testing First Amendment rights.
Feb 21 2008 9:52AM
Hitachi shuts up Australian CE division
After 30 years of business in Australia, consumer and electronics vendor, Hitachi Group Companies has decided to close its consumer electronics market.
Jan 22 2008 11:36AM
Microsoft 'error' shuts out .Mac
An "internal error" last week caused Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger to tell Macintosh users to switch out of Apple's e-mail service in order to access the messaging application.
Sep 24 2007 10:37PM
Russia shuts down AllOfMP3.com
Government bows to pressure from US.
Jul 4 2007 12:15PM
UK Foreign Office shuts down visa service after security lapse
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has closed its online visa application system after a security breach last week left thousands exposed to identity fraud.
May 23 2007 10:25AM
BBC shuts online education site
BBC to shut down its online education service.
May 16 2007 1:33PM
Wikipedia shuts out link spammers
'Nofollow' tags added to external links.
Jan 25 2007 10:13AM
Phishers: Click here, or eBay shuts down
Hackers are claiming the ultra-popular auction site eBay will shut down next month in their latest attempt to extract personal information from web users.
Jan 19 2007 2:31PM
AAA Computer Tech shuts up shop
Ongoing internal disputes between the director and three shareholders of AAA Computer Tech, has caused the Sydney-based reseller to cease trading.
Jan 8 2007 3:36PM
Spam-based attack shuts down Blue Security site
Hackers have launched a massive DDoS attack against the website of Israeli internet security firm Blue Security. As of this afternoon, the website still was down, but company representatives said service to the affected servers gradually was being restored.
May 5 2006 9:21PM
FTC shuts down California spam distributor
Federal and state investigators have sealed the envelope on a major California-based spam operation that allegedly violated federal law when it delivered nearly two million messages to unsuspecting PC users.
Apr 7 2006 8:50PM
Windows Server Update shuts open security Gates
Microsoft is tackling long-held security concerns about Windows Server 2003 with its first major update for the operating system.
Mar 31 2005 12:18PM
Cingular shuts down feature due to security concerns
Cingular Wireless took down an online system for customers to retrieve account information after the feature sparked security concerns.
Jun 15 2004 7:59PM
