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Mobile barcodes permit conference entry
News LegionONE is the business division of Legion Interactive, responsible for the SMS voting services for Australian shows such as Australian Idol and Big Brother. Sydney registration specialists Info Salons Australia and message specialists LegionONE...
[April 19, 2004, 10:45]
Google demos Gmail mobile web app
News The town-hall moderator system handled nearly 700 queries per second at its peak, with 3.6 million people voting on the questions they wanted to hear answered, he said. Google was excited but scared when the White House said it planned to use...
[April 6, 2009, 9:28]
Microsoft bails out rival Corel
News The deal provides for Microsoft to purchase 24 million of Corel's non-voting convertible preferred shares at $5.625 a share. To have your say online click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum.
[October 3, 2000, 8:15]
RIAA: P2P networks full of child porn
News Verizon Communications' general counsel complained that the subpoenas would be abused by "parties far less responsible than the recording or movie industries", while the RIAA's Sherman said that Congress had crafted "a fair and balanced procedure...
[September 10, 2003, 10:30]
Does Google's power threaten the Web?
News Web surfers have flocked to the service, effectively voting it the best search engine around. Leading portals and Internet service providers such as Yahoo, America Online and EarthLink have turned to Google to power their searches because of its...
[October 31, 2002, 12:09]
2000 Roundup: Big Brother craze hits Britain
News In the fifth round of voting, telephone pranksters were found to be targeting the eviction lines in an attempt to rig the vote. According to reports, the online team decided to halt broadcasts from the house Web cams because they were concerned...
[December 24, 2000, 6:16]
Web hits US election jackpot
News The presidential candidates took months to consider Web advertising, Internet fundraising accounted for only a sliver of the cash collected during the races, traffic to many news Web pages actually declined during the conventions, and much-hyped...
[November 9, 2000, 8:04]
EC: New net-neutrality law is unnecessary
News The source quoted one unnamed telecoms minister as saying at Thursday's Council meeting that "Parliament must be punished" for voting through the amendment. The potential disconnection of persistent file-sharers is the subject of heavy lobbying in...
[June 12, 2009, 16:17]
The Internet of the 21st century
News Saffo says we are all revolutionaries on the Net, voting with our mouses. A recent MORI survey found that inequality between the online and offline communities is a major concern to Brits. In the study, Mum is teleworking while little Johnny is...
[December 27, 1999, 6:00]
A Year Ago: The Internet of the 21st century
News Saffo says we are all revolutionaries on the Net, voting with our mouses. Online communities are offering people the first glimpses of true democracy according to Daniel Berger, "Chief Fool" of online investment site The Motley Fool.
[December 27, 2000, 6:04]
Work still needed on e-government
Talkback It would be easy for people to be overwhealmed with the stats that government can churn out, but simple things like video chat, timetable intergration, forums, voting that came to me would be better than what we have now, people are underwhealmed...
[July 11, 2005, 19:40]
Kasparov takes on the world online
News In response to feedback, Microsoft has simplified the voting process so users of Macintosh, UNIX and other operating systems can also participate. The game, Kasparov vs the World, began on June 21 and is now in its 19th move.
[August 4, 1999, 7:39]
Blair opens up Commission for Africa online
Talkback Normal voting within the Commission will be outweighed by the have-nots, without accepting the need for “haves” even within Africa to which “have nots” can strive. Africa-wide approach is too bland –the needs of Bangor (Wales) aren’t...
[November 27, 2004, 12:14]
UK's leading CIO announced
News Voting was based on a CIO's leadership ability, delivery and execution track record, innovation and influence both within their organisation and externally among their peers and the wider IT industry.
[June 7, 2007, 10:27]
Shareholders lay into Yahoo boss
News Shareholders also re-elected all the board members, snubbing a request by three proxy advisory firms to protest at Semel's $77m (39m) compensation package by voting against re-electing several of the board members.
[June 13, 2007, 10:53]
Websites claim to host leaked OOXML results
News Theresultwas originallyto have been releasedon Monday, the deadline for voting having been Saturday night. Documents purporting to be leaked results of the OOXML vote have been posted on the internet.
[April 1, 2008, 16:44]
