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Plaintiffs sought in potential battery-life class action
Blog A Californian law firm is looking for potential plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over laptop makers' battery life claims. Girard Gibbs has put up a webpage referring to AMD's claims that "many laptop battery manufacturers calculate battery life...
[June 30, 2009, 11:06 in News Blog by David Meyer]
Action demanded over BT unbundling problems
Talkback Worse than that, they will not action any request for an investigation into a non-working connection until that request is requested by your ISP (i.e. Furthermore, before BT will action a request they attempt to blackmail the user by threatening a...
About: Action demanded over BT unbundling problems
[October 15, 2006, 19:27]
Private Legal Action
Talkback If I have been targeted with out my consent I will be investigating legal action against the Manufacturers of this software. Hi, I'd like to know what their software signature is so I can check to see if I've been targeted due to the sudden...
About: Amazon refuses to be tracked by Phorm
[April 17, 2009, 16:55 by jurman]
ISP forced to take action on viruses
Talkback The ISPs need to assume full responsibility for network security, and not slough it off on their customers. They have the resources, and are ideally positioned to detect viruses, spammers, etc, and nip the problem in the bud.
About: ISP forced to take action on viruses
[March 20, 2004, 6:24]
Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
Talkback Yeah I buy music, I buy software and I'm also an MCP (Microsoft Certified Profesional). But what Sony have done is simply wrong. To install a peice of software on the system without someones knowledge is abuse of power.
About: Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
[January 5, 2006, 9:35]
Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
Talkback That's true. I have never stolen anything and have definitely not downloaded music online. But on the same side of the coin, I don't contribute anything to society. I show up to work, do what I'm told, repeat the same routine, collect my paycheck...
About: Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
[January 6, 2006, 3:59]
ISP forced to take action on viruses
Talkback I think it is up to users at the end of the day - but many are just un aware and therefore ISP's should take the leading role.
About: ISP forced to take action on viruses
[March 21, 2004, 18:26]
British Library calls for digital copyright action
Talkback DRM? Domestic Rights Manipulation. When will politicians learn that if commercially sponsored lobbiests can't have it one way then they'll try it another way? Their goal is quite simple. Controlling the access to your own data.
About: British Library calls for digital copyright action
[September 27, 2006, 23:52]
ISP forced to take action on viruses
Talkback I personally think that the answer to the issue is that security needs to become more of a partnership between users & ISPs. We've all seen the rise of consumerism throughout the 90s, and of ideas such as 'Rights with Responsibilities.
About: ISP forced to take action on viruses
[March 25, 2004, 17:23]
RE: ZDNet UK's new video area is ready for action
Blog Comment Super stuff, it all seems to be behaving itself. I like that there is now the ability to embed video. And of course I can easily find all the old dialogue box episodes. Great fun!
[December 9, 2008, 16:53 by roger andre]
'Urgent action needed' over broadband divide
Talkback I need Broadband for twice the usage, for internet and for my games consols how can BT even consider that its not viable i know lots of young guys and they all want it badly there is hardly any coverage in South Warwickshire at all.
About: 'Urgent action needed' over broadband divide
[September 9, 2003, 22:36]
ISP forced to take action on viruses
Talkback i object very strongly to the following statement within this report:- Nowadays, a person sending spam is Granny, and she has no idea she's doing it," said Joe Stewart, a senior security researcher at Lurhq, a corporate security company.while i...
About: ISP forced to take action on viruses
[March 18, 2004, 18:13]
Eolas ruling prompts Microsoft action
Talkback What! Not more lawsuits and digs. I am not always a lover of Microsoft software, and sometimes the way they market their products borders on the insane, But come on! this is now getting a bit out of hand.
About: Eolas ruling prompts Microsoft action
[October 21, 2003, 8:04]
Domain registrar quits under court action
Talkback Well - just as i thought - back in Oct 2002 I was duped by this lot. They told me if i did not register with them they would be registering my companiy's name.they then said it would cost me £200 for 10 years - i have just checked and it had only...
About: Domain registrar quits under court action
[February 17, 2004, 15:08]
UK ISPs threaten action over spamming tools
Talkback I hope "shunning" MCI means that UK ISPs will put MCI's entire IP space on a do-not-route list, and that ISPs throughout the E.U. United States, Canada, and Japan will follow suit. It would be nice to see how long MCI will maintain its pink...
About: UK ISPs threaten action over spamming tools
[February 11, 2005, 17:02]
Day of action to protest against copy-protected CDs
Talkback CD's are overpriced. If the industry expects people to stop making copies of their CD collections for themselves/others it should drastically reduce the purchase price of CD's now. I (like many of my friends) prefer to buy genuine pre-recorded CD's...
About: Day of action to protest against copy-protected CDs
[October 26, 2004, 14:20]
RE: ZDNet UK's new video area is ready for action
Blog Comment Looks great Rupert! Surely there is now nothing to stand in the way of Dialogue Box's total world domination. All hail Charles and Rupert.
[December 11, 2008, 12:50 by mattloney]
Ultrawideband - nice words, shame about the action
Talkback This article is completely off-base and portraits more of a pro-socialist political rant than a critical review of UWB. The success or failure of UWB by use of spectrum has little to do with free markets or capitalism.
About: Ultrawideband - nice words, shame about the action
[June 1, 2005, 4:20]
Ultrawideband - nice words, shame about the action
Talkback Actually, I think this is really a case of large companies trying to protect turf they don't own. While they have every right to make sure that their products and services are not interfered with, they made use of spectrum knowing that there would...
About: Ultrawideband - nice words, shame about the action
[April 21, 2005, 15:01]
Ofcom forces action on broadband unbundling
Talkback Will Ofcom's actions mean that one day soon I will be able to sign up to a broadband ISP which does not rely on a BT line eg Freedom2surf, getonline, UKonline etc? I find it very frustrating that telephone competition in my area (E London ) is...
About: Ofcom forces action on broadband unbundling
[July 26, 2004, 17:14]
