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Ballmer urges Congress to 'stabilise' financial crisis
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer expressed hope on Tuesday that US Congress would take action to address a deepening financial crisis, which he warned could ripple across spending on all levels of the economy.
[October 1, 2008, 8:25]
US congress to ask for Carnivore code
News The US congress is expected to put pressure on the FBI to release the working details of its controversial "Carnivore" email monitoring system at a hearing Monday, reports the Wall Street Journal. The FBI has reportedly claimed that revealing this...
[July 24, 2000, 17:31]
3GSM World Congress: Day one roundup
News The 3GSM World Congress began in Barcelona on Monday with Microsoft making an early bid for the limelight with its new PlayReady DRM system. PlayReady aims to make digital rights management (DRM) more attractive to users, by allowing them to easily...
[February 12, 2007, 16:38]
What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2009
News On 16 February, the world's mobile-phone industry will gather in Barcelona to show off its latest products, announce roadmaps and debate the pressing issues of the day at the Mobile World Congress. Android has also been installed, mostly on an...
[February 13, 2009, 14:35]
Microsoft urges Congress to reconsider bailout
News Following the massive Wall Street sell-off, Microsoft on Monday called on Congress to revisit its bailout decision, saying US government action is "vitally important". This legislation is vitally important to the health and preservation of jobs in...
[September 30, 2008, 11:18]
Congress critical of Homeland Security's tech efforts
News We look forward to announcing this candidate with Congress very soon. The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday sustained more bashing of its cybersecurity efforts from politicians and government auditors.
[September 14, 2006, 8:55]
Mobile World Congress: The final analysis
News According to the organisers, this year's Mobile World Congress was the most successful so far, with more than 55,000 visitors. The real story of Mobile World Congress 2008 was the politics of a mobile industry standing on the brink of a probable...
[February 15, 2008, 14:46]
Mobile World Congress preview: The year of Linux
News Perhaps because the industry is now looking beyond traditional 3G and GSM, the Barcelona show will henceforth be known simply as Mobile World Congress (MWC). Valentine's Day is just around the corner and, if it's that time of year again, it's time...
[February 7, 2008, 13:52]
Android lays low at Mobile World Congress
News Mobile World Congress in Barcelona could have been an opportunity for Android to show progress, but Google's open-source operating system made only a limited showing. The biggest Android news from Mobile World Congress this week was the debut of...
[February 20, 2009, 11:51]
US Congress berates Yahoo in cyberdissident row
News Yahoo's chief executive Jerry Yang and executive vice president Michael Callahan faced a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington yesterday over providing misleading information to Congress last year as part of an investigation...
[November 7, 2007, 8:32]
US Congress votes for net neutrality
News We are optimistic that the majority in Congress will see this legislation as an attempt to solve a problem that does not exist, and will instead focus on bringing choice to consumers by passing video choice legislation," Tim McKone, AT&T executive...
[May 26, 2006, 9:10]
US Congress ignites Net filter fight
News She said the measure was "[similar to] Congress asking for an entire type of book removed from a library, which it hasn't done before". An amendment attached to a sweeping appropriations bill that Congress passed Friday would require most of the...
[December 19, 2000, 15:10]
Congress isn't swallowing Carnivore
News Committee members demanded to know why the FBI didn't inform Congress about it sooner and how the agency planned to keep Carnivore from eroding users' increasingly ill-protected online privacy. Officials from the FBI and the US Department of...
[July 25, 2000, 9:01]
Mobile World Congress: Day one highlights
News Day one of the newly branded Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona and, aside from the name change, it appeared to be business as usual. I'm currently sitting in Microsoft's big Mobile World Congress press conference.
[February 11, 2008, 15:17]
US Congress readies 'super-DMCA'
News For the last few years, a coalition of technology companies, academics and computer programmers has been trying to persuade Congress to scale back the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Now Congress is preparing to do precisely the opposite.
[April 25, 2006, 15:20]
Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2009
News This year's Mobile World Congress is all about Android, app stores and ARM. Netbooks are taking laptop PCs into the mobile sphere, and mobile Linux — sneered at just a year or two ago — is fast becoming standard.
[February 18, 2009, 15:21]
Congress backs energy-efficient servers
News Congress wants Americans to buy more energy-efficient computer servers. It's no joke. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation instructing Americans to "give high priority to energy efficiency as a factor in determining...
[July 14, 2006, 10:20]
Congress critical of Homeland Security's tech efforts
Talkback Idiots telling other idiots how to run a department they know nothing about! YAY!
[September 15, 2006, 16:23]
US Congress readies 'super-DMCA'
Talkback Unfortunately Mr. Arthur, every computer on the planet is a potential vessel for these changes because they can house the software, and said software can be silently changed without any warning in advance to it's users - you'll see sections in EULA...
[April 26, 2006, 10:13]
Gates to testify before Congress
News Microsoft Corp. MSFT) CEO Bill Gates will indeed testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 3, a committee spokeswoman said on Friday. A spokeswoman for the committee said it was "pleased that Mr.
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