Neowin News Feed for: Officials

European officials question Google's privacy policy

Fri, 25 May 2007 22:24:07 +0000

A European Commission advisory group, composed of representatives from all of the European Union countries, sent Google a letter expressing concern over Google's new privacy policy announced in March. The issue surrounds Google's policy of... Read more...

Interplay offices closed by state officials

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:58:42 +0000

The Orange County Register reports that California labor investigators have shut down the publisher--something CEO Herve Caen disputes. Less than a day after CEO Herve Caen said Interplay was "still here," the... Read more...

France warns officials not to favor Intel

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:44:36 +0000

France has taken steps toward complying with European Union law by warning local-government buyers not to favor computers with Intel chips over rival AMD, a commission spokesman said on Friday. A notice on... Read more...

IBM execs, S. Korea officials accused of bribery

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:52:02 +0000

Some 48 South Korean government officials and corporate executives, mainly from IBM ventures, have been charged with bribery in a case involving state contracts for computer parts and servers, prosecutors said Monday. Fourteen... Read more...

LA officials call for end to master/slave labels

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:09:40 +0000

The computing world's venerable master/slave naming convention has come under fire by Los Angeles county officials who charge that this type of product description is offensive. A discrimination complaint has been filed with the county's... Read more...

Cisco officials had dual interest in some late '90s acquisitions

Darren Bolton — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:56:12 +0000

Cisco Systems' Chief Executive Officer John Chambers recused himself from voting on the networking giant's largest acquisition because he owned part of the company Cisco was buying, a spokesman said Tuesday. The $7... Read more...

U.S. officials warn of Web 'mouse traps'

Steven Parker — Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:29:38 +0000

ugh! Its people like this who devalue the power of the Internet. Popups should be outlawed! WASHINGTON - Authorities in the United States are warning consumers about "Web trapping." They say certain... Read more...