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Thinktank: Debate ID cards or drop them
News There needs to be serious debate about the government's ID cards scheme or else it should be scrapped, according to an influential thinktank. There needs to be a serious, renewed debate about the identity cards scheme, with the kind of engagement...
[December 10, 2007, 7:11]
Debate is healthy
Talkback Stirring is one way to look at it - we prefer seeding the debate at ZDNet UK ;-) A site made up of free contributions is an interesting idea. But then again if you think about it - you're actually providing open source content right now.
[March 8, 2007, 17:12]
Lords to debate gov't progress on internet security
News The House of Lords will debate personal internet security on Friday, with the aim of assessing the progress the government has made on protecting the public. The debate follows on from the publication of two reports by the House of Lords Science...
[October 6, 2008, 15:16]
Mozilla's future under debate
News Mozilla developers on the 'netscape.public.mozilla.seamonkey' newsgroup have been in fierce debate over the future of the open source suite since the minutes of the 28th February mozilla.org staff meeting were posted online on the 7th of March.
[March 10, 2005, 9:25]
$100 laptop: moving from a technical to a social debate
Talkback I think it is time the debate stopped focusing around whether or not the capability exists to produce the laptops. This is a fairly length reply but please stick with it: I have lived and breathed this project for a little while now.
[November 13, 2006, 18:53]
Web of Porn: Adult pornography - the debate rages
News Whether unnatural desires are roused or not remains open to debate, but Beyer believes the government should provide effective legislation, regardless. Far from being immoral, dangerous or any of the other epithets the anti-porn lobby may give it...
[March 9, 1999, 12:47]
WITC opens debate through online forum
News A lot of the discussion will be focussing on the social impact of technology, and we are opening up the debate to a wider audience. In a world first, the upcoming World IT Congress (WITC), to be held in Adelaide in late February, will invite...
[January 7, 2002, 11:59]
HP urges European debate over outsourcing
News We need a debate on how we manage this movement of jobs, and how we in Europe create the educational system we need to become a successful, predominantly knowledge-based economy," said Rorsted, speaking at Cisco Connection 2004 this week.
[January 23, 2004, 9:30]
Part 3!!! $100 laptop: moving from a technical to a social debate
Talkback I think this event would be the catalyst to start addressing that and move the debate from the technical to the social world. .chopped off again in my last post. It may be lengthy, but then this is possibly one of the most important projects in...
[November 13, 2006, 19:11]
Open source debate brought to a close - for now
Talkback Open source debate brought to a close - for now http://society.guardian.co.uk/e-public/story/0,,1786068,00.html Arguments over whether open source software really does save money over commercial rivals have come to a head.
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'
Talkback I hope that as a mature and responsible industry leader Microsoft can begin the rational debate by desisting from calling their competitors "cancer" and by refraining from calling supporters of alternative operating systems "commies", "hippies...
[June 30, 2004, 18:42]
Speech and Debate Timekeeper
Downloads Speech and Debate Timekeeper is an open source, multi-platform timer for speech and debate competitions. It has speech order and time limits preset for Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Public Forum, World Schools, Karl Popper, and...
[February 13, 2009, 12:42]
School WiFi panic provokes debate
Blog So there seem to be two camps on the radiation/WiFi debate : those who want to deploy and use the technology and those who have concerns over the possible health effects. I have to admit that I come across many more people in the former camp in my...
[November 22, 2006, 12:39]
Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'
Talkback To hear Microsoft saying the Linux debate needs to be 'more rational' after it's factually challenged 'get the facts' campaign just beggars belief!
[July 1, 2004, 11:22]
Campaigners back call for DRM debate
News An MP's suggestion that the British Library moderate the debate over digital rights management (DRM) and copyright law has been welcomed by cyber rights campaigners. Suw Charman, executive director of The Open Rights Group, said on Wednesday that...
[March 15, 2006, 14:25]
The Day Ahead: Debate heats up over online advertising outlook
News Whether Moore can be optimistic based on a late May and first week of June ad pickup remains to be seen, but it does set up an interesting debate. That's the theory being tossed around by online advertising executives.
[June 7, 2000, 12:32]
Ofcom backs transparency in roaming debate
News The debate over the cost of using 3G datacards while abroad is all about "transparency" according to MP Norman Lamb and regulator, Ofcom. Transparency, in this case, means that the consumer is fully aware of the likely cost using a datacard while...
[November 16, 2005, 17:00]
Netscape, MS swap jibes in UK debate
News Talking at The Great Intranet Debate at the Intranet Expo 97 at Olympia, London, Sethi accused Microsoft of not acting in the best interests of users by maintaining a proprietary application upgrade model for its Office suite that goes against the...
[April 16, 1997, 9:18]
Special Report: The MP3 debate
News Got something to say on the MP3 debate? Mail us at the Newsroom UK
[October 13, 1998, 17:39]
Five years ago: Netscape, MS swap jibes in UK debate
News Talking at The Great Intranet Debate at the Intranet Expo 97 at Olympia, London, Sethi accused Microsoft of not acting in the best interests of users by maintaining a proprietary application upgrade model for its Office suite that goes against the...
[April 15, 2002, 7:01]
