You cannot remove your status. Even if you do not type anything in the box provided to set your status message, it will automatically come as "Available".
You do not have to use Gmail in order to use Google Buzz. However, you do need to use some Google product and make your profile there public. The Google Buzz help page says: "You can read your Buzz from a number of Google products. You can access it through the left-hand links in your Gmail, from your Google Profile, or from a mobile device." Please see the related link for details.
Delete profile and remove associated social features - If you click this link, you will be taken to a web page where you will again get 2 options to delete your Google Plus Account. Delete Google+ Content - By selecting this option, you delete only your Google Plus account and other major integrated services like Buzz remain unaffected. Delete your Entire Google Profile - This option will lead you to deletion of Google Plus Profile, Buzz account and your Public Google Profile. Close account and delete all services and info associated with it - If you select this option when deleting Google Plus account then you are choosing to close your complete Google Account. All the services like Gmail, Google AdSense, Orkut, FeedBurner, Google Alerts, Google Docs, YouTube and others will also get deleted. So if you want to delete only your Google Plus account then select Delete Google+ Content option. If you selected any other option than you will loose other Google Service Accounts too.
Google Buzz was created in 2010.
Google Buzz ended in 2011.
Google Buzz was a social networking, microblogging and messaging tool that was developed by Google and integrated into their web-based email program, Gmail.Users could share links, photos, videos, status messages and comments organized in "conversations" and visible in the user's inbox
Yes, Google buzz is discontinued on November 24th, 2011.
Well, what happened is another company bought Google and they put down Google buzz and started Google+.
It is probably because they have created Google+. It is like Google Buzz but better and like Facebook but for Google.
Google Buzz is free. All you need to do is to create a Google account.
Yes, it is. Google Buzz is all about sharing the favourites within the group and recommending these for the public. Google Buzz Icon, if pressed, is followed by your gmail account. Google buzz icon can be integrated through downloading API from Google's Webmaster Tool. Yahoo has also buzz.