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Icann election goes 'a little crazy'
News As a result, 94,000 people in Asia registered to vote in the elections, the largest number for the five geographical voting categories. As Icann spokeswoman Pamela Brewster put it, things "got a little crazy".
[August 8, 2000, 10:18]
Microsoft quits software trade group
News Microsoft says that a number of SIIA board members abstained from voting on whether to file the brief. After more than two years of trading barbs, Microsoft has officially withdrawn its membership from the Software Information Industry Association...
[March 10, 2000, 9:48]
SGI emerges from bankruptcy protection
News Every voting class of creditors voted overwhelmingly in favour of the plan," the company said in a statement. A judge accepted computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc's reorganisation plan on Tuesday, setting the stage for the company to emerge from...
[September 20, 2006, 9:25]
ID cards bill back on the table
News David Porter, head of security and risk at Detica, told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com the problem of electoral fraud is one issue which "throws the spotlight back onto ID cards" - most notably the problem of people voting in person with no...
[May 25, 2005, 15:25]
ID card database could double as voter register
News It said that the forthcoming plans need to be clear on how electronic registration fits in with other initiatives such as online voting. The government's proposed ID card database could serve as a nationwide electronic voter register, a committee...
[January 26, 2005, 15:30]
OpenGL 1.4 unveiled
News SGI originally created OpenGL, but the development of the Application Programming Interface is now controlled by the OpenGL Architectural Review Board, which includes as voting members such industry heavyweights as Nvidia, ATI, HP, IBM, Intel and...
[July 16, 2002, 15:35]
McAfee.com jumps 267 percent in first trading day
News After the IPO, Network Associates will own 85 percent of the stock in McAfee.com, but will have 95 percent of the voting rights. McAfee.com closed up 32, or 267 percent, to 44 in its IPO Thursday, after it priced shares at $12 (£7), well above the...
[December 3, 1999, 13:40]
Isn't it just SO American...
Talkback But this is not surprising in the least; given the mounting evidence from WMDs, through voting irregularities - electronic and otherwise - to warrantless wiretapping, it seems that the law / truth and the White House don’t always mix.
[October 1, 2007, 2:12]
Reding: Telecoms Package to survive clause row
Blog The first factor was a small group of MEPs who wanted the net-neutrality clause, and the second was the order of voting being switched, leading some MEPs to accidentally vote for the wrong version of the Telecoms Package text.
[June 25, 2009, 13:22]
Open source InfoCard rival gets heavyweight support
News They end up voting with their pocket book. The companies plan to contribute to an open source initiative code-named Higgins Project. The project aims to help people manage their plethora of Internet logins and passwords by integrating identity...
[February 27, 2006, 15:50]
European telecoms reform clears final hurdle
News Now that the Telecoms Reform Package has passed all voting stages, it is set to be signed on Wednesday by the presidents of the European Parliament and the Council of Telecoms Ministers. The Telecoms Reform Package, a large collection of new and...
[November 24, 2009, 15:02]
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. The nation slipped into a unexpected frenzy during the summer of 2000 when the voyeuristic experiment Big brother first...
[December 24, 2000, 6:16]
There are more issues than just freedom of choice.
Talkback And this is now causing the ISO a lot of harm, because it's finding itself unable to conduct its normal business because most of those new participants are not following their member obligations by voting on other issues and new standards within...
[February 1, 2008, 0:54]
Free broadband causes satisfaction free-fall
News With a loss of 54,600 customers reported by NTL and 380,000 reported by BT in the last quarter alone, it is evident that customers are voting with their feet," the survey noted. The advent of "free broadband" has caused customer satisfaction levels...
[November 14, 2006, 9:23]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
News Judge Purdy accepted that Cuthbert had not intended to cause any damage, and also pointed out there was almost no case law in this area.You can have your say about Cuthbert's conviction by voting in this poll.
[October 6, 2005, 16:10]
Welcome to America's electronic election
Leader An unseemly rush by some jurisdictions to electronic voting seemed poised to exchange accountability for convenience -- or something more sinister -- in its choice of closed, proprietary and frankly unreliable machinery.
[November 2, 2004, 11:39]
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. Visitors to trade exhibitions can now simply present an SMS-delivered barcode on their...
[April 19, 2004, 10:45]
Was FUD the aim of Oracle's PeopleSoft takeover talk?
News In its written reply, Oracle said its intention when making the offer was simply "to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding voting shares of PeopleSoft. Three days before Oracle publicly announced its intention to buy PeopleSoft, the deal was...
[October 7, 2004, 8:50]
Apple cuts UK hardware prices
News What are customers voting with their pocketbooks? Apple on Tuesday simplified its consumer Macintosh line and slashed prices as it seeks to gain market share from Windows XP-based PCs. The company cut the price of the high-end model to £1,449 (inc.
[February 5, 2003, 14:47]
The Day Ahead: AT&T revs AWE inspiring IPO
News But shareholders of AT&T Wireless won't have the same voting rights that an AT&T shareholder enjoys. AWE" sums it up when it comes to the number of shares offered, the sheer girth Ma Bell's wireless unit and the amount of cash to be raised.
[April 25, 2000, 12:39]
