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Icann rejects US domain-name veto proposal

...has failed in its bid to allow it and other governments to veto future top-level domain names, a proposal before Icann that raised questions... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US proposes veto power over new domain names

...administration is quietly seeking the power for it and other governments to veto future top-level domain names, a move that raises questions about free... Read more

8 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

CISPA cybersecurity bill clears US Congress

...controversial cybersecurity bill, despite President Obama's office having said he may veto it. The purpose of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA... Read more

27 April, 2012

Wikipedia to turn off for 24 hours in SOPA protest

...— a move widely seen as carrying the threat of a Presidential veto. However, the bills remain in play. Other web sites, including Boing Boing... Read more

16 January, 2012

UK copyright system set for massive overhaul

The government has accepted Ian Hargreaves's intellectual property reform recommendations, including the legalisation of CD-ripping, non-commercial text mining and the creation of parodies Read more

3 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Icann to allow any word as a domain

...acceptability of domains such as .gay. The US wanted to have a veto on such contentious names, but Icann refused. Get the latest technology news... Read more

20 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Google's Rubin reasserts Android openness

...Android licensees sign up to a non-fragmentation clause, giving Google a veto on changes made to the OS's interface and services. "We don... Read more

7 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Government body can intervene in failing projects

...a statement. The group will also have the power to approve or veto new major projects, the statement said. According to the Cabinet Office spokeswoman... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US Congress to vote against net-neutrality policy

...House and the Senate to vote, and is subject to a presidential veto, but is not subject to a filibuster and only requires 51 votes... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

ICO reports surge in data protection complaints

...reporting and financing arrangements". His comment was spurred by the repeated ministerial veto last December of the publication of cabinet meeting minutes regarding the potential... Read more

15 July, 2010 by David Meyer
Illinois Government 1.4

Illinois Government 1.4

...begun in 2011, and all new members appointed for the Fall '11 veto session. See the latest details on each member of Congress, with easy... Read more

19 October, 2011
Midterm 2010 1.0.1

Midterm 2010 1.0.1

...Campaign contact information (when available) - Financial contribution summary - Key votes or recent vetoes - Supports portrait or landscape views - Post election win or loss statusSpecial thanks... Read more

5 February, 2011
Thomas Hardy Collection 5.6

Thomas Hardy Collection 5.6

...of the Reels (1893) * Lifes Little Ironies (1894) Contents: The Son's Veto For Conscience' Sake A Tragedy of Two Ambitions On the Western Circuit... Read more

9 July, 2010

Broadcom warns Bush over Qualcomm chip veto

Chipmaker Broadcom has urged the White House not to veto a ruling which bans the import into the US of phones containing... Read more

9 July, 2007 by David Meyer

EBay vetoes sale of iTunes download

EBay has halted the auction of a music download purchased through Apple's iTunes service Read more

5 September, 2003 by Evan Hansen

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

1 hour ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

2 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

2 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

4 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

5 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

9 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

16 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

19 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

21 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

22 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

24 hours 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 day 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

1 day 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

1 day 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....

1 day 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...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC