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Talkback It is only natural for the Estonians to fear and accuse the Russians of this cyber attacks even though it hasn’t been proven. Russians controlled Estonia until 1991. It wasn’t until the Estonians revolted against the Russians, commonly known as The...
[October 25, 2007, 17:59]
Shareholder Revolt Forces Vodafone To Review Bosses' Pay
News Pressure from angry shareholders has forced Vodafone to review its executive pay policy. Vodafone chairman Lord MacLaurin announced on Wednesday that the mobile network operator will review its remuneration scheme, which has drawn plenty of...
[July 25, 2001, 16:04]
Broadcasters Revolt Against Spectrum Charges
News UK broadcasters are fighting a government-commissioned review into the radio communications spectrum whose recommendations could free up more space for innovative mobile services. Representatives from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and S4C told the Joint...
[June 19, 2002, 17:27]
Bloggers Threaten Revolt After Google Swaps Standards
News Google's Blogger service is bypassing Really Simple Syndication in favour of an alternative technology, in a move that has sparked more discord in a bitter dispute over Web log syndication formats. The search giant, which acquired Blogger.com last...
[February 12, 2004, 8:15]
ISPs Revolt Against Data Retention Law
News UK ISPs are poised to ignore a Home Office voluntary code of practice addressing retention of Internet data unless big changes are made to the wording. The code of practice lays out the obligations of ISPs under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and...
[October 23, 2002, 17:08]
Windows Refund Is A 'PR Stunt' - Microsoft
News Microsoft says it is not taking the threat of a potential Windows revolt seriously. The idea for a mass revolt against Windows preloads, according to thenoodle.com web site, was spawned by the Web posting of one user's tale of triumph in getting...
[January 22, 1999, 9:51]
A Year Ago: Windows Refund Is A 'PR Stunt' - Microsoft
News Microsoft says it is not taking the threat of a potential Windows revolt seriously. The idea for a mass revolt against Windows preloads, according to thenoodle.com web site, was spawned by the Web posting of one user's tale of triumph in getting...
[January 22, 2000, 6:07]
Does Microsoft Owe You Money?
News The idea for a mass revolt against Windows preloads, according to thenoodle.com web site, was spawned by the web posting of one user's tale of triumph in getting Toshiba Inc.to refund him $110 (Australian) for the copy of Windows that came...
[January 21, 1999, 11:00]
Trouble Forming At The W3C
News As Net heavyweights vie to define the next generation of Web applications, the Web's main standards body is facing a revolt within its own ranks over electronic forms. This week, a breakaway faction of the W3C said its work on the Web Forms 2.0...
[February 18, 2005, 13:40]
Microsoft Frowned At For Smiley Patent
Talkback The first time Microsoft takes someone to court over something so stupid it will have a PR and economic revolt on it's hands so large even Steve Ballmer couldn't shove it up his fat arse. Microsoft is dead.
[July 23, 2005, 20:23]
Microsoft Launches SME Licensing Crackdown
News Microsoft could face a user revolt as it launches a campaign to get mid-range companies to submit to a software audit. Those who refuse risk having their details being handed to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) who will execute follow-up...
[January 29, 2007, 16:04]
Microsoft May Be Scoring Own Goal With IE Plans
News Microsoft may have unwittingly started a revolt against its Internet Explorer (IE) browser by discontinuing it as a standalone product and blurring the future of the current version, IE 6. Earlier this month, Microsoft admitted it would not release...
[June 30, 2003, 9:24]
Gamers Face Jail In Greece
Talkback Don't you think there would be a revolt or something? Really tho.the only thing sadder than this article is the number of people who ::apparently:: believed it.mental head slap. I mean come on people lets not believe everything we read on the...
[July 16, 2005, 1:39]
Bush Challenges EC Over Internet Governance
News Tuesday, comes as the United States is facing a revolt among third-world nations that are demanding reduced American influence over key aspects of the Internet. In a sign that traditionally obscure discussions about Internet control have taken on...
[October 21, 2005, 11:30]
Old IMacs Stay On Sale
Talkback If Apple stopped shipping PowerPC systems now (especially PowerBooks) there would be a revolt from the creative users who are Apple's bread and butter. Apple continue to sell PowerPC systems because the pro applications (Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio...
[January 11, 2006, 15:22]
Hacktivists Battle Against Big Brother
News According to the Jam Echelon Day Web site, the system scouts for key words such as "revolution", "manifesto" and "revolt". A group of cyber-activists rallied their troops Thursday in an effort to jam a secret spy network headed by the National...
[October 22, 1999, 10:30]
A Year Ago: Does Microsoft Owe You Money?
News The idea for a mass revolt against Windows preloads, according to thenoodle.com web site, was spawned by the web posting of one user's tale of triumph in getting Toshiba to refund him $110 (Australian) for the copy of Windows that came preloaded...
[January 21, 2000, 6:01]
Lack Of Email 'more Traumatic Than Divorce'
News A whole 30 minutes without email is enough to bring a further third to the point of kicking the cat, and an hour without the system would bring 82 percent of staff to the brink of revolt. It's official, we all blow our tops if our email fails...
[June 5, 2003, 13:42]
The ABC Of Open Source In Schools
Leader Some may fear mass revolt in the staff room if they move to Linux. It is rare to find someone sitting on the fence in the battle between open source software and its proprietary rivals. But Becta has managed this feat with a report that is unlikely...
[May 16, 2005, 14:00]
WiMax And The Spiggot Problem
Blog Even the big success stories for the standard - Sprint in the US is the one most quoted - are looking wobbly: Sprint's CEO just got booted out as part of a shareholder revolt, amid great worries over the $5 billion investment required to get the...
[October 19, 2007, 13:01]
