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Cancer Group asks Women to be Brazen Online

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:40 +0000

Canadian women are being asked to bare their breasts online in a brazenly novel campaign meant to keep them cancer-free. Hundreds of women have already uploaded their images -- including at least 20 breast cancer... Read more...

Youtube asks the Davos Question

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:58:01 +0000

Every year, many of the world's top leaders attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to help answer "the Davos Question," which is: "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals... Read more...

EU Asks Studios About Rival HD Formats

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:39:49 +0000

The European Commission has asked several Hollywood studios to explain why they have chosen either the Blu-ray disc or the HD DVD format for movie discs to see if they are breaking EU rules that... Read more...

Yahoo Asks Users to Switch Photo Sites

Tom Warren — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:17:54 +0000

Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos, a photo storage site, and asking users to move instead to its photo-sharing site Flickr, which emphasizes community features, a Yahoo executive said on Thursday. In June, tens of... Read more...

Online Petition asks Blair to pressure Microsoft

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:58:42 +0000

An online petition at the 10 Downing Street government "e-petitions" web site started by Paul Milne has requested that the British Prime Minister Tony Blair put pressure on Microsoft for the huge price difference between... Read more...

Google Asks Surfers for Help

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:54:28 +0000

Google is asking surfers with time on their hands to help it categorize and label the images indexed by its search engine, building a database of knowledge about the contents of the images. The company... Read more...

Microsoft Asks US Courts to Intervene in EU Case

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:54:26 +0000

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it had asked U.S. Federal courts to force IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp. and Novell Inc. to give it documents in its battle against the European Commission. ... Read more...

Tokyo Court Asks Regulator for Intel Evidence - AMD

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:43:59 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said on Friday a Tokyo court asked Japan's antitrust regulator to hand over evidence on Intel Corp.'s business practices in Japan, providing potential ammunition for AMD's court cases against Intel. AMD... Read more...

MP Asks Government to Ban Bew Rockstar Title

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:13:57 +0000

Keith Vaz, former UK minister and Labour MP for Leicester East, has called on the government to ban forthcoming Rockstar title Bully - on the grounds that it is expected to depict violence against schoolchildren.... Read more...

HP Asks For Blu-Ray Change in Next-Gen DVD Battle

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:20:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday raised the stakes in a battle between high-definition DVD formats by urging a group led by Sony Corp. to include features important to PC makers and users. Palo Alto, Calif-based HP... Read more...

EU asks four countries to justify call for Intel chips

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:19:41 +0000

The European Commission has asked four European Union countries to justify why they favor Intel Corp. processors in computers for public authorities, it announced Wednesday. The Commission has asked France, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden... Read more...

Microsoft Asks Judge to Suspend Penalties

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:19:33 +0000

Microsoft asked a European Union judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the software giant used to provide such information freely. Microsoft Corp.... Read more...

Microsoft Critic Asks for Voice in Court Decision

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:40:18 +0000

An opponent of Microsoft's is arguing to not allow the software giant to get its way. Microsoft wants to suspend the EU ruling until the Commissions final decision is made. This could take... Read more...

Microsoft asks Linux users,

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:22:18 +0000

Microsoft has started distributing two online surveys to Linux User Groups and Linux users in general, one asking primarily about home computer use, the other about business use. They apparently don't plan to release the... Read more...

Firm Asks Court to Clear Windows 'Pop-Up' Ads

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:40:33 +0000

A federal judge will consider on Monday whether a San Diego company may continue to take advantage of an obscure feature in Windows software to send "pop-up" messages promoting its own software to block such... Read more...

Europe's Video Game Community Asks Where's Lara?

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:36:51 +0000

London (Reuters) - Cyber heroine Lara Croft is everywhere -- on buses, television ads and in-store posters. But European analysts and retailers are wondering whether Britain's Eidos, creators of Lara Croft, will make... Read more...

Microsoft asks colleges to teach hacking

Sun, 23 Mar 2003 00:05:58 +0000

Microsoft is working with a number of universities in several countries to set up courses that teach students how to write secure code, the company said Friday. The University of Leeds in England is the... Read more...

Lindows asks court to dismiss Microsoft claim

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:27:57 +0000

Software startup Lindows, which was sued by Microsoft last month for alleged trademark infringement, is hoping to have the case thrown out of court on a technicality. CW360.com report the latest... Read more...