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'Vote virus' poses as plea for peace
News Security experts on Monday warned of a new file-deleting virus masquerading as a program that allows people to vote on whether the United States should go to war. The "Vote Virus" is spreading via email to users of Microsoft's Outlook email program...
[September 25, 2001, 8:55]
Vote-swapping site aims to defeat Tories
News A vote-swapping site which encourages people to vote tactically in order to prevent the Conservatives winning the forth-coming general election has been launched this week. Users wishing to vote tactically are registered on the site -- www...
[April 19, 2001, 8:04]
You don't need a vote
Talkback Are you saying that if you went on holiday in France and committed a crime then you shouldn't be subject to arrest and trail in France because you can't “vote for their government”? Nick, he's confessed, I would say that is pretty damning...
[March 3, 2009, 13:35]
Vote-selling site to come to UK
News According to the company Web site: "The value of a vote in a particular state could change on a daily basis. Votes have been purchased in the past (in fact the United States has a long history of vote buying going back to George Washington) but it...
[October 17, 2000, 15:49]
BSI to give OOXML vote results
Blog The British Standards Institute is today to give the result of its vote regarding whether the UK will approve fast track ISO certification for Microsoft's Office Open XML specification. The BSI is due to send me a press release within an hour...
[September 3, 2007, 12:35]
e-Communications directive: MEPs vote on cookie compromise
News The outcome of the vote is something of a mixed bag for online businesses: the draconian restrictions on cookies originally proposed have been tempered, but companies will still need to adapt to new constraints on the way they collect web users...
[June 11, 2002, 16:02]
ukuug quit BSI committee themselves prior to OOXML vote
Talkback I seems that the ukuug quit the relevant BSI committee a few months before the OOXML vote. What was the BSI vote on ISO/IEC DIS 29500 following the BRM meeting in February 2008? BSI British Standards exercised its right to vote BASED ON THE...
[May 2, 2008, 14:18]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The vote marks the first time that internet access has been recognised in European law as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of expression. The net-neutrality aspects of the Telecoms Package were included in the heavily contested amendment...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
Obama CTO site lets users vote on tech priorities
News Using an application from UserVoice, Seattle-based programmers have launched a website, Obama CTO, which allow citizens to list and vote on what should be the top technology priorities for the new administration.
[November 13, 2008, 14:33]
Protests derail software patents vote
News The vote, originally planned for Monday, will now take place at a plenary session starting on 22 September. A June vote on the proposal was put back amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be...
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
Google hails vote to open up US wireless spectrum
News In the past few weeks, these opponents, along with several congressional leaders, have urged the FCC to allow more public comments before the vote took place. While we appreciate the FCC's attempt to address significant issues raised by...
[November 5, 2008, 8:22]
Brief: HP vote 'neither free nor fair'
News Hewlett-Packard's efforts to sway the vote of Deutsche Bank in favour of the Compaq acquisition were tantamount to vote-buying, lawyers for Walter Hewlett argued in legal papers made public Monday. The stockholder vote on the merger was neither...
[April 30, 2002, 11:51]
US Report: High Tech aliens see vote go to Senate
News The House had scheduled a vote on another bill regarding these workers, but the White House had threatened to veto it. The House is now expected to withdraw its bill, and schedule a vote on the compromise sometime this week.
[September 25, 1998, 6:54]
.Net vote rigging illustrates importance of Web services
News ZDNet UK logs reveal rather obvious vote rigging, and prove that it originated from within Microsoft: The one that wins the prize made 228 attempts to vote. Several of the voters evidently followed a link contained in an email, the subject line of...
[January 9, 2002, 15:31]
Psion wins Symbian sale vote
News The result of Friday's vote doesn't mean that Nokia will definitely buy Psion's 31 percent stake in Symbian. Ahead of the vote, some private investors accused institutional stockholders of apathy and ignorance, claiming they weren't examining Psion...
[March 12, 2004, 16:10]
Corel shareholders to vote on takeover
News Software maker Corel announced on Friday that it has set a date for shareholders to vote on a takeover plan. The Ottawa-based company said in a statement that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued an interim order supporting a 20 August...
[July 28, 2003, 11:50]
ICANN to vote on internationalised domain names
News The organisation that manages the world's most important web address extensions what goes after the dot in a URL is to hold a vote on Thursday that could see an entire new generation of URLs made possible.
[June 23, 2008, 17:44]
Software patents vote delayed
News A Monday vote on a controversial software patents proposal in the European Parliament has been put back until September, amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be detrimental to European...
[June 30, 2003, 12:30]
HP exec hits back at vote critics
News In that message, Fiorina expressed concern that two key shareholders were turning against the deal just two days before HP shareholders were scheduled to vote. The voicemail could figure prominently in a lawsuit brought by merger opponent Walter...
[April 12, 2002, 11:44]
ID card bill set for Lords vote
News The government's controversial Identity Cards Bill has this week made another small step towards completing its passage through parliament and is now set for a crucial vote in the House of Lords in January.
[December 22, 2005, 10:45]
