Yes, SWsoft decided that our users should be bombarded with news feeds. This may be a feature that certain users like or desire, but as the system administrator you are not given a choice.
I believe choice is important, especially in a product that costs many dollars.
Here is some perl code to disable the newsfeeds:
For clients:
$query = "SELECT id FROM clients WHERE login='$client'";
@cID = $queryDBpsa->($query);
$query = "REPLACE INTO cl_param (param, val , cl_id) VALUES ('news_dismissed', '1', '$cID[0]');";
$queryDBpsa->($query);
For domains:
$query = "SELECT id FROM domains WHERE name='$domain'";
@dID = $queryDBpsa->($query);
$query = "REPLACE INTO dom_param (param, val , dom_id) VALUES ('news_dismissed', '1', '$dID[0]');";
$queryDBpsa->($query);