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The Pentagon approves a flying car!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:08:12 +0000

Come one, come all to Big Kyle's Discount Auto Sales lot to see the newest in stock PAVs! These babies come fully loaded with room for 4 people! They have a sleek, shiny, stealthy coat... Read more...

DVD Forum approves Triple Layer HD DVD Version 2.0

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:12:54 +0000

The DVD Forum, the international organization that oversees standardization of DVD and HD DVD optical disc formats, has finally approved version 2.0 of triple-layer HD DVD discs, meaning manufacturers can now begin production of HD... Read more...

Germany approves plan for TV on phones

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:15:02 +0000

German anti-monopoly authorities have approved plans by mobile phone operators T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone to create a joint technical platform to bring television to mobile phones. The three operators will work to develop broadcasts on... Read more...

Judge Approves Settlement in Iowa Microsoft Lawsuit

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:10:59 +0000

District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg in Polk County, Iowa, approved a $179.95 million settlement in the Iowa class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp yesterday; the settlement was originally announced in April but had not been finalized... Read more...

EU approves NBC, News Corp. video site

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:25:33 +0000

EU regulators have allowed media companies NBC Universal and News Corporation to launch their joint online video site. The European Commission approved the venture automatically after identifying no antitrust concerns and receiving no complaints from... Read more...

PCI Sig approves external cabling spec 1.0

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:50:30 +0000

ASUS's XGSTATION WAS a foray into the world of external graphics cards, but things are looking far more official after the PCI-SIG rubber-stamped specification which calls for PCI Express External cabling. The standards body... Read more...

Internet Regulator Approves .tel Domain

Fred Derf — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:17:50 +0000

ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) unanimously approved the creation of the new .tel Top Level Domain (TLD) and awarded the contract to UK-based Telnic Ltd. The .tel domain is intended to... Read more...

Judge Approves Settlement in iPod Class Action Suit

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:20:00 +0000

A San Mateo County judge on Thursday approved the settlement of a class action suit that will offer relief to as many as 1.3 million iPod owners who may have been victim to poor or... Read more...

EU approves Oracle's pursuit of Peoplesoft

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:27:23 +0000

The European Commission approved Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.7 billion hostile takeover of rival software company PeopleSoft Inc. on Tuesday, clearing the last competition hurdle to the deal. The deal was approved without any conditions, Commission... Read more...

1394 group approves UWB 'Firewireless' tech

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:33:21 +0000

Firewire overseer the 1394 Trade Association (TA) has given the thumbs-up to the WiMedia Alliance's (WMA) technology to allow Firewire devices to communicate wirelessly across UWB links. The move also gives tacit approval... Read more...

US House Panel Approves Bill to Combat Spyware

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:41:11 +0000

Although the US didn't get the no spam list looks like we'll be getting some better. Thursday U.S. congressional panel endorsed a bill that's designed to crack down on "spyware". This bill was introduced... Read more...

Italy approves 'jail for P2P users' law

Todd Tanner — Fri, 28 May 2004 11:40:44 +0000

Italy has made transferring content via the Internet without the permission of the copyright holder a criminal offence The Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail sentences of up to three... Read more...

California senate approves anti-Gmail bill

Fri, 28 May 2004 01:09:17 +0000

The California state senate on Thursday approved a bill that takes aim at Google's new Gmail service, placing strict limits on e-mail providers seeking to scan customer messages for advertising and other purposes. ... Read more...

Senate Approves CAN SPAM Act

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:15:48 +0000

The U.S. Senate Tuesday gave final approval to the CAN SPAM Act, following last weekend's overwhelming vote on the landmark federal anti-spam bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. If signed into law by President... Read more...

Senate approves antispam bill

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:29:52 +0000

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to outlaw deceptive spam and to set up a "do not spam" registry for those who do not want to receive unsolicited commercial e-mail. Internet spammers who flood e-mail inboxes... Read more...

Federal Judge Approves CD Antitrust Deal

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 21:19:18 +0000

If you filed a claim, apparently your potentially going to get $13! Cool! A federal judge approved a settlement agreement Friday in a music antitrust lawsuit that will result in more than... Read more...

Judge approves WorldCom, EDS settlement

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 10:58:33 +0000

A settlement of long-term disputes over billing and an outsourcing agreement between WorldCom Inc. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) was approved Monday by a U.S. federal bankruptcy judge. The agreement calls for... Read more...

ICANN approves new domains, reform

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:25:24 +0000

The group that oversees the Internet's traffic system said on Sunday it plans to approve a host of new address suffixes to join the likes of ".com" and ".org" over the coming year, and is... Read more...

FCC approves Bluetooth keyboard and Mouse for Microsoft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:19:12 +0000

This week, Microsoft received federal approval for its Bluetooth-based keyboard and mouse products, which will use the wireless technology to connect the devices to a PC. The company will sell the products together in a... Read more...

Court approves cloning challenge

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:46:25 +0000

I thought this might interest you although it's not tech related :P The Court of Appeal has allowed a government challenge to a High Court decision that wrecked legislation designed to regulate cloning.... Read more...