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Turbulence in Tunisia

...Ali's administration distributed brochures to all attendees of the United Nations' WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia, this week stressing that press freedom is respected. An... Read more

21 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

US endorses Internet Governance Forum

...new international organisations." The last-minute deal, reached just hours before the WSIS began on Wednesday, effectively postpones a long-simmering dispute over the future... Read more

16 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Global Web: An Internet governance run-down

...the future of Internet management. But a last-minute deal at the WSIS effectively shifted the debate to a new United Nations "Internet Governance Forum... Read more

17 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

US stands firm over Internet control

...bridge the technological gap between richer and poorer nations. But now the WSIS event, which begins on 16 November in Tunisia, has transformed into a... Read more

11 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

ICANN still rules the Internet roost

US agrees to an Internet governance compromise at WSIS, leaving ICANN free to manage domain names for another five years Read more

23 November, 2005 by John McCormick

'$100 laptops' here by next year

Though its developers are 'not even going to promise they're $100', but it'll be close Read more

17 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Inaugural Meeting

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Inaugural Meeting

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Tunis. 16 - 17 November 2005. Requested the Secretary-General of... Read more

2 November, 2006

Microsoft: Linux is anti-commercial

...presented at last week's UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) conference, the software giant admitted on Friday. The Free Software Foundation Europe... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

ISPs plan to can the spamvertisers

...We shall also be asking for support from the UK government at WSIS (the World Summit on the Information Society), OECD and other international forums... Read more

18 August, 2004 by Matt Loney

Proprietary software: A defence

The International Telecommunications Union's World Summit on the Information Society (or WSIS for short, because we need more acronyms in the world) was last... Read more

16 December, 2003 by John Carroll

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Dean Talboys

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

1 hour 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...

2 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...

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

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

13 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...

14 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...

16 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...

18 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...

18 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...

18 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.

20 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...

21 hours 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

22 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

23 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....

24 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...

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

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

1 day 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

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Mike Denton

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

1 day 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...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths