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I just recieved and email from pownce.com stating they were shutting down the service effective December 15, 2008.

“We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15,
2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new
pro accounts.  

To help with your transition, we have built an export tool so you can
save your content. You can find the export tool at Settings > Export.
Please export your content by December 15, 2008, as the site will not
be accessible after this date.

Please visit our new home to find out more:
http://www.sixapart.com/pownce

Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the Pownce community,

The Pownce Crew”

Six Apart has apparently acquired microblogging/file sharing system;Pownce and promptly shut the service down.  Kevin Rose, founder of pownce, released the service publicly in January.  It appears that Six Apart acquired pownce for its staff.

An export service has been set up to transfer all Pownce posts into typepad, wordpress or vox.  No details of the transaction between Six Apart and Pownce were available.