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US Homeland Security postpones Real ID deadline

The department has delayed the effective date of the Real ID Act, which is opposed by a number of states for invalidating use of a driver's licence for air travel Read more

7 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

eBay shares fall alongside PayPal boycott

...trading on Wednesday. The Anonymous hacker group claimed that a flash-mob boycott of PayPal caused the drop in PayPal owner eBay's share price... Read more

27 July, 2011

Boycott against corporate greed

Yesterday news came out that Microsoft is boasting about a total of 10 patent deals being signed so far, with Android... Read more

25 October, 2011
<endeca_term>Boycott</endeca_term> Pro 1.0

Boycott Pro 1.0

The same as Boycott without ads!Makes it easy to be sure you're not doing... Read more

29 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Boycott</endeca_term> SOPA 1.31

Boycott SOPA 1.31

...a second version of the app right now, which will support multiple boycotts, a contact the company feature, and has a more sophisticated search functionality... Read more

26 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Boycott</endeca_term> SOPA 1.0.1

Boycott SOPA 1.0.1

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28 January, 2012

GoDaddy pivots, now 'opposes' SOPA piracy bill

...backed copyright bills, has finally denounced the legislation in response to a boycott scheduled for Thursday. Warren Adelman, the company's chief executive, said on... Read more

30 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Sky and Call Flow sign up to trial BT's ducts and poles

...its PIA prices were too high and there may therefore be a boycott of the trial. Sky was not a signatory to that letter, although... Read more

27 April, 2011

Government fibre drive threatened by BT prices, ISPs say

...offer more reasonable terms for PIA, there may be a de facto boycott of the BDUK pilot bidding process, which is currently in its early... Read more

6 April, 2011 by David Meyer
Hacked off: Protect your email from a breach

Hacked off: Protect your email from a breach

...customer should do beyond "ignore spam emails". I would never advocate a boycott of people giving out their email addresses. It's unrealistic: many websites... Read more

2 April, 2011 by Rik Ferguson

CES 2011: Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, with DRM?

...easily and in HD." Some have speculated that "geeks" might rebel and boycott the whole idea, and there might be a few. The real question... Read more

6 January, 2011

Vodafone tax issue results in protests, arrests

...Some, such as the comedian Marcus Brigstocke, are even calling for a boycott of the telco. But how realistic is a boycott of a firm... Read more

1 November, 2010
Protect Seals 1.0.5

Protect Seals 1.0.5

...tools to recruit your favorite restaurant or grocery store to join the boycott The establishments listed on this app are doing one of three things... Read more

26 May, 2012
Alabama Civil Rights Trail 1.6

Alabama Civil Rights Trail 1.6

...last slave ship to enter America through Mobile to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, U.S. Supreme Court cases, "Bloody Sunday," and the Civil Rights Act... Read more

31 March, 2012
Where Were You? 1.01

Where Were You? 1.01

...Erected 1960 U-2 Incident Soviet Union Launch Sputnik 1 Rosa Parks Boycott Pearl Harbor AttackEach event has a linked Wikipedia page for up to... Read more

21 January, 2012

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

13 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

2 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

3 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

5 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

6 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

10 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

12 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

14 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

21 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

21 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

23 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report