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'Vote virus' poses as plea for peace
News Security experts on Monday warned of a new file-deleting virus masquerading as a program that allows people to vote on whether the United States should go to war. The "Vote Virus" is spreading via email to users of Microsoft's Outlook email program...
[September 25, 2001, 8:55]
Vote-swapping site aims to defeat Tories
News A vote-swapping site which encourages people to vote tactically in order to prevent the Conservatives winning the forth-coming general election has been launched this week. Users wishing to vote tactically are registered on the site -- www...
[April 19, 2001, 8:04]
HP, Compaq set dates for merger vote
News Hewlett-Packard and Compaq shareholders will vote on the proposed merger of their companies next month. Hewlett-Packard has set a date of Tuesday 19 March for its shareholders to vote and Compaq has chosen Wednesday 20 March.
[February 6, 2002, 10:17]
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
News A key vote on the directive on the software patent directive has not only left loopholes in the legislation intact but may have even widened them, say campaigners Amendments to the EU's directive on the patentability of computer-implemented...
[June 21, 2005, 13:25]
Patent intervention gives Poland the popular vote
News The directive was due to be adopted, without discussion or a vote, during an Agriculture and Fisheries meeting on 21 December. A Web site set up to thank Poland for its last-minute intervention, which prevented the EU Council from ratifying the...
[December 30, 2004, 14:55]
EU delays vote on 'Euro-DMCA'
News This week's European Parliament vote on a proposed law aimed at cracking down on piracy has been delayed until November, amid criticism that its implementation would criminalise many innocuous activities and harm European competition.
[September 11, 2003, 17:20]
Protests derail software patents vote
News The vote, originally planned for Monday, will now take place at a plenary session starting on 22 September. A June vote on the proposal was put back amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be...
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
Obama CTO site lets users vote on tech priorities
News Using an application from UserVoice, Seattle-based programmers have launched a website, Obama CTO, which allow citizens to list and vote on what should be the top technology priorities for the new administration.
[November 13, 2008, 14:33]
ID card bill set for Lords vote
News The government's controversial Identity Cards Bill has this week made another small step towards completing its passage through parliament and is now set for a crucial vote in the House of Lords in January.
[December 22, 2005, 10:45]
Vote for your UK tech titans
News Cast your vote here. Final voting has opened to find the person who has made the biggest contribution to technology in the UK. The 10 finalists were selected from names nominated by readers of ZDNet UK and our sister site silicon.com.
[September 8, 2004, 17:45]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The vote marks the first time that internet access has been recognised in European law as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of expression. The net-neutrality aspects of the Telecoms Package were included in the heavily contested amendment...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
ukuug quit BSI committee themselves prior to OOXML vote
Talkback I seems that the ukuug quit the relevant BSI committee a few months before the OOXML vote. What was the BSI vote on ISO/IEC DIS 29500 following the BRM meeting in February 2008? BSI British Standards exercised its right to vote BASED ON THE...
[May 2, 2008, 14:18]
Musicians lobby EU over copyright vote
News Members of the European Parliament are about to vote on the EU Copyright Directive, which is designed to extend protection to the Internet and digital television. The vote will take place only a day after song-swapping site Napster failed to...
[February 13, 2001, 16:35]
Tory Nasa hacker vote lost
Talkback Labour made this a whipped vote and consequently carried the day. Really won't matter who we vote for. Parliament, under such public scrutiny just now, is still a bloody disgrace. Parliamentary shinnanigans before the genuine interests of the...
[July 17, 2009, 9:24]
Google hails vote to open up US wireless spectrum
News In the past few weeks, these opponents, along with several congressional leaders, have urged the FCC to allow more public comments before the vote took place. While we appreciate the FCC's attempt to address significant issues raised by...
[November 5, 2008, 8:22]
ICANN to vote on internationalised domain names
News The organisation that manages the world's most important web address extensions — what goes after the dot in a URL — is to hold a vote on Thursday that could see an entire new generation of URLs made possible.
[June 23, 2008, 17:44]
Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law
News The draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights was set for a vote in the European Parliament on 11 September, but was delayed until early November, then until this week. It is now scheduled for a vote on 27 November.
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
Liquid Audio awaits vote results
News Liquid Audio said it plans to announce next week the results of a closely watched shareholder vote on Thursday that could decide the future of the online music company. A Liquid Audio representative said the company does not plan to release a...
[September 27, 2002, 12:13]
A typo in the article, and an explanation of the Indian vote.
Talkback This is certainly what has been going on in other countries with blatent ballot stuffing by Microsoft partners who Microsoft has asked to join the voting committees with promises of preferable treatment or payment if they vote for OOXML quote)
[September 3, 2007, 16:13]
You don't need a vote
Talkback Are you saying that if you went on holiday in France and committed a crime then you shouldn't be subject to arrest and trail in France because you can't “vote for their government”? Nick, he's confessed, I would say that is pretty damning...
[March 3, 2009, 13:35]
