Items Tagged With government

Intel target of New York antitrust probe
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2008-01-10 15:17:13
New York state attorney general Andrew Cuomo has launched an antitrust investigation of Intel to determine whether the company illegally coerced its customers to exclude AMD from their x86 purchasing.


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Apple, EC to settle iTunes pricing case
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: E-Commerce

2008-01-08 15:32:42
Apple is set to resolve charges by the European Commission that its country-based iTunes Stores contravene European Union rules.


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Should physicians participate in executions?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-01-08 10:54:11
A three-drug lethal injection used in the execution of death-row inmates is at the center of a debate concerning the Baze v. Rees case. A group of physicians speak out concerning the role of the medical community and executions.                          

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U.S. advisors pit evolution against intelligent design
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse

Category: The Science Blog

2008-01-04 09:35:56
Scientific advisers to the U.S. government have released the third edition of the book “Science, Evolution, and Creationism,” which emphasizes the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. It adds controversy as to what should be taught as science.       
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EFA slams Federal 'clean feed' proposal
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-01-02 23:39:51
The Federal government's plan to require ISPs to filter out "inappropriate material" has bee criticised by Electronic Frontiers Australia.


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New Australian Government tries totalitarian Net censorship
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-01-02 19:48:40
Newly elected and thus hungry to be seen to be doing ‘something’ about ‘child pornography’ being accessible on Australian Internet connections, the new Rudd Government is cooking up a so-called ‘clean feed’ of Internet that’s actually a foul-tasting brew of censorship stew.


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Google gets DoubleClick go-ahead from FTC
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-20 19:24:07
Another regulatory obstacle to Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick has been overcome, with the US Federal Trade Commission giving its approval for the transaction.

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266 would-be bidders for 700MHz spectrum
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2007-12-19 14:19:20
266 organisations have applied to the US Federal Communications Commission to participate in January's auction of 700MHz spectrum, but 170 of those applications have been deemed incomplete.


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NetComm signs African distribution deal
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Contracts

2007-12-16 22:30:57
Communications hardware specialist NetComm has secured a three year distribution deal for Africa with a $US1 million minimum buy during the first 12 months.


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Bali Roadmap could succeed Kyoto Protocol in global warming world pact
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Climate

2007-12-15 09:56:34
At a United Nations climate conference, world leaders agreed on Saturday, December 15, 2007, to negotiate a new global warming pact by 2009.           
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