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VoIP lobby group formed over 999 issue
News A new lobby group has been set up in an attempt to influence the regulation of internet telephony in Europe. Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition Europe, which comprises large suppliers like Google, Intel, Microsoft and Skype, was launched on Friday...
[December 17, 2007, 15:40]
Open-source lobby group lambasts Gartner's analysis
News Open source lobby group Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has lashed out at Gartner analyst Annette Jump's claim that pre-installing Linux on PCs encourages piracy of Windows. OSIA spokesperson Steven D'Aprano said Jump's findings were...
[October 4, 2004, 13:25]
US lobby groups demand open cable access
News Internet companies like America Online and MindSpring along with public advocacy and consumer groups plan to lobby the local governments for open access. The National Association of Counties (NACO) passed a resolution during its meeting stating...
[July 21, 1999, 10:47]
HP Indigo Presses Have Capacity and Agility to Match Hobby Lobby's Growth
White Papers Founded in 1972, Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby Creative Centers has successfully become a $1.5 billion company with 355 stores, and is growing at ten percent a year. The company has departments covering crafts, hobbies, picture framing, jewelry...
[May 24, 2006, 0:00]
Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer
Talkback How can a campaign to restrict the use of creativity be called the "Campaign for Creativity"? This misleading name also seems indicative of the sort of lobbying this highly funded corporation front is doing.
[June 7, 2005, 0:21]
Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer
Talkback Lucky for the C4C that the Green's didn't try and patent the giving away of frivilous foodstuffs at demonstrations a couple of years ago. Hmm, maybe they should stop and think for a minute :D
[June 7, 2005, 8:25]
Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer
Talkback If one is not conservative with ones password, then one is truly not a conservative at all.
[June 6, 2005, 23:57]
Musicians lobby EU over copyright vote
News Several musicians are lobbying Euro MEPs in an attempt to stop the free distribution of their material online ahead of a European Parliament ruling Tuesday that could extend copyright protection on the Internet.
[February 13, 2001, 16:35]
Tech leaders lobby Prime Minister over sustainable IT
News Senior management from two of the IT industry's leading companies are involved in discussions with the UK Prime Minister over how industry and government can work together to tackle the issue of climate change ahead of the G8 conference next month.
[June 8, 2005, 15:55]
Sun 'won't abandon' open-source lobby
News Despite a new window into Microsoft's proprietary technology, Sun Microsystems won't stop its call for open standards, executives and analysts say. Sun has been one of the most vocal advocates of open standards, arguing that customers should be...
[April 7, 2004, 8:45]
It is amazing how deep pockets can lobby politicians into . . .
Talkback thinking that every technology BELONGS to "content providers". The reality is that they did not come up with ANY of theese technologies. The record player: NO. Radio: NO. TV: NO. Taperecorder: NO. Audio cassettes: NO.
[September 21, 2009, 10:01]
A time to lobby Adobe
Talkback Adobe Live! will be at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London on the 5th and 6th June 2007. I have heard that there will be some rather pointed questions at this event concerning the UK pricing, so the more the merrier to make it very lively(!
[April 18, 2007, 8:44]
Australian group to lobby for IPv6
News A new IPv6 forum will be "soft-launched" at next week's IPv6 mini-conference, itself a prelude event to Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide. IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6, is the next-generation Internet protocol.
[January 7, 2004, 9:35]
File swappers rush to form lobby groups
News Peer-to-peer companies are jumping on the trade-group bandwagon this summer, hoping to counteract entertainment industry efforts to stifle them. Grokster president Wayne Rosso said Monday that he's planning to help launch a trade group in September...
[July 8, 2003, 8:24]
Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer
News A pro-patent group's plan to attract the attention of European Parliament members with free ice-cream may have landed it in hot water, after a campaign email was sent from an MEP's account without his permission.
[June 6, 2005, 16:50]
Lobbyists prepare for next software patent battle
News Pro-patent companies and lobby groups are getting ready for the European Commission's next attempt to change the law around patents. Guenther Schmalz, SAP's European director of IP, said last week that supporters of software patents plan to lobby...
[January 23, 2006, 16:20]
India calls for allies to fight backlash
News India is trying to enlist support of its Asian neighbours and friends to lobby against the outsourcing backlash spreading in Western countries. Recently, Indian industry lobby groups decided to take the outsourcing debate to political leaders in...
[January 14, 2004, 7:45]
Crafts Superstore Gains Control, Cuts Costs With HP Indigo Presses
White Papers Hobby Lobby is always looking for an edge on its competition. Hobby Lobby wanted to provide cost-effective in-house printing with superior control and flexibility. Hobby Lobby has deployed three HP Indigo presses to produce in-store signage and...
[August 28, 2009, 1:22]
Software patent limits 'go too far'
Talkback It was clear from the start that the patent lobby was not interested in "harmonisation and clarification" but only in having the judicial practise, which they introduced illegally at the European Patent Office and some national courts...
[September 29, 2003, 15:50]
US group takes open source fight abroad
News US-based lobby group the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is escalating its efforts to stymie the progress of legislation promoting the use of open-source software in government departments in Australia.
[July 16, 2003, 9:49]
