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Europe votes on anti-piracy laws

Tom Warren — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:09:05 +0000

Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels. The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations... Read more...

ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be... Read more...

House Panel Votes for Net Neutrality

Sun, 28 May 2006 23:25:18 +0000

By a 20-13 vote Thursday that partially followed party lines, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would require broadband providers to abide by strict Net neutrality principles, meaning that their networks must be... Read more...