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Orange, TalkTalk voted worst for customer service
News Customers have voted Orange and TalkTalk the worst UK broadband providers for customer service, according to an annual survey of more than 10,500 UK residents. Consumers placed "free" broadband provider Orange at the bottom of the rankings as more...
[July 3, 2007, 9:45]
Mobile phone rings voted the top workplace annoyance
News Don't sweat it, as mobile phone rings have been voted the top workplace annoyance, according to a recent survey. Late to work? Haven't bathed for a few days? With workers crammed into cardboard-segregated workstations and electronic communications...
[January 31, 2002, 17:29]
Lastminute voted 'worst' UK travel site
News Lastminute.com has received the dubious honour of being voted "worst" UK travel site, in a poll of 6,000 readers of the Daily Telegraph. Expedia.co.uk, a Microsoft operation, was the readers' favourite.
[October 17, 2000, 16:07]
SuSE voted best distribution at LinuxWorld 2000
News German Linux distributor SuSE picked-up the much coveted title of most popular distribution at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York Friday. Attendees were invited to vote for the "Best Distribution" at the LinuxWorld Expo and decided that SuSE deserved...
[February 7, 2000, 15:13]
Facebook founder voted top man in tech
News Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old founder and chief executive of social networking site Facebook, has been named the most influential person in technology for 2007. Zuckerberg topped the eighth annual Agenda Setters poll by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site...
[October 17, 2007, 16:28]
BlackBerrys may be voted into the Commons
News The sight of bored MPs slouching in the House of Commons as a long speech drones on could soon be a thing of the past, as moves are afoot to allow MPs to take BlackBerry smartphones into the debating chamber.
[June 21, 2007, 10:52]
I voted with my feet
Talkback None of these US companies have been able to justify the extra costs, and as I can remember what U S actually stands for, I tend to find alternatives wherever possible. One day they may see sense, but probably not when one listens to the MS rant...
[September 29, 2008, 15:16]
London voted e-business capital of Europe
News British e-tailers are the most confident in Europe, with London emerging as the e-business capital of Europe, according to a report published by the Industrial Research Bureau on Wednesday. Over 86 percent of British e-tailers expect online sales...
[April 26, 2001, 7:08]
Microsoft voted 'Best Campaigner against OOXML'
News Microsoft has been awarded a prize by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure for the debacle surrounding its Office Open XML specification. The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), an organisation set up to aid the...
[October 2, 2007, 13:00]
Software patent directive rejected
News The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject the directive on the patentability of computer implemented inventions. A spokesman for the European Parliament said that 648 MEPs out of a total of 729 voted to reject the directive, which...
[July 6, 2005, 12:25]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The European Parliament has voted through a massive tranche of reforms for the European telecommunications sector, including a significant net-neutrality amendment. The 'Telecoms Package' of laws was voted into force on Wednesday with a large...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
Symantec shareholders back Veritas takeover
News Symantec shareholders voted on Friday to approve the company's megamerger with Veritas Software, paving the way for the $13.5 billion deal to close in July. One individual investor who attended the meeting said he voted for the merger.
[June 27, 2005, 10:35]
'Summer of discontent' ahead for O2
News UK mobile operator O2 is facing the threat of strike action after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject the company's "insulting" pay offer. Nearly 4,000 call centre staff, shop workers and engineers at O2 were balloted by the Communication...
[August 2, 2005, 14:05]
E-voting 'must be dropped'
Talkback Yea and at the appripriate juncture the Conservatives will be voted in, in real speak NEVER! Typical conservative views, how boring, that's why they'll never get voted in. They didn't even give it a chance.
[September 8, 2005, 23:27]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
News The European Parliament on Wednesday voted against a proposal that would have allowed companies to defend nationally granted patents throughout the EU region. Although the Parliament passed the majority of the resolution, it voted against the...
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
A Year Ago: Sun wins round one of Java fight
News Sun Microsystems Inc.has won approval from the ISO to submit Java as an international standard.countries voted in favour while China and the US voted against. There were two abstentions. The vote represents a defeat for Microsoft Corp.which lobbied...
[November 18, 1998, 6:24]
New ICANN head promises greater openness
Talkback How can he say that millions of Asiatic people voted for the At Large commitee when 76,000 people voted on line in total ! Mr Towney seems good with political cant ! The split between Asian , European and American was very well balanced and the...
[November 7, 2003, 18:36]
Ubuntu Linux gains another accolade
News Ubuntu has been voted the best Linux distribution on the market by the users of a Linux community site. LinuxQuestions.org reported on Monday that of the 2500 users that voted in a site poll, 19.5 percent voted for Ubuntu as the Linux distribution...
[March 9, 2006, 12:40]
Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike
News Employees at Fujitsu Services have voted in favour of taking industrial action against proposed cuts to jobs and pensions. A majority of 74 percent voted for strike action, and 92 percent were in favour of industrial action short of a strike.
[November 2, 2009, 16:10]
Curbing Microsoft's naked ambition
Talkback Luckely our politicians that we voted to power are in full agreement with that so I'm sure this slight misunderstanding (for the last ten years or so) will be correctly shortly. That's whay we voted our current politicians to power, didn't we?
[April 7, 2006, 22:54]
