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Philippine government proposes new IPR laws

News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 05:35 PM

Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government

Open source movement spreads across Asia

News This ZDNet Asia special report looks at what's moving open source adoption across four Asian economies--Singapore, Malaysia, India and the Philippines.

Thursday, July 23 2009 08:07 PM

Tags: Open source, Business Strategies & Functions, Local Government, E-government, Asia, India, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, public sector

NBN to lead pay TV way for SingTel

News update Singapore's next-gen broadband network will play key role in boosting local carrier's competitive edge in pay TV market, says top company exec.

Wednesday, November 11 2009 11:42 AM

Tags: IPTV, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile applications, Starhub, IP Television, SingTel, CEO, network, Mobile applications, IPTV

Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan

News Proposals in the United Kingdom to disconnect the broadband service of suspected illegal file-sharers have come under fresh attack from ISPs, rights groups, and creative artists' groups.

Monday, September 07 2009 03:43 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Proposal, Consultation, Signatory, P2P, British Telecommunications, file-sharing, Internet Service Provider, lobbyist

ISPs, rights groups react to UK govt P2P proposals

News Proposals to disconnect Internet service to illegal file-sharers come under criticism as disproportionate and worrying for businesses.

Wednesday, August 26 2009 10:38 AM

Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Telecommunications, Proposal, Graham Cluley, P2P, Broadband, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider

Microsoft offers EU 'browser ballot' compromise

News Microsoft says it is now open to allowing users in Europe to select competing browsers in Windows 7.

Monday, July 27 2009 09:44 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Proposal, European Union, Microsoft Windows 7, Europe, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Brad Smith, Microsoft Windows

Yahoo rejects joint offer from Microsoft, Icahn

News Yahoo late Saturday night rejects a joint-buyout proposal by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn for the sale of only Yahoo's search business.

Sunday, July 13 2008 10:35 PM

Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Proposal, Paid Search, intellectual property

Microsoft enters Yahoo-Icahn fight to 'set record straight'

News Software giant contends that its now-rejected sweetened offer for Yahoo's search business "did not include changes to Yahoo's governance" and was incorrectly portrayed as a "take it or leave it ultimatum".

Tuesday, July 15 2008 08:04 AM

Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Proposal, software company, software

Philippine operators oppose free SMS bid

News Mobile operators in the Philippines have rejected the government's proposal to make short messaging service free to subscribers, according to local daily.

Thursday, June 12 2008 06:51 PM

Tags: Data services, Government, Mobile, Philippines, Proposal, Carrier, QoS, Sun Microsystems Inc., phone, network

Microsoft's 'browser ballot' to cover XP and Vista

News European Windows XP and Vista users will be given a choice by Microsoft as to whether they want to install Internet Explorer or rival browsers.

Friday, July 31 2009 10:20 AM

Tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web Browser, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, volume-license, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

US govt sets Internet regulation in motion

News Federal Communications Commission votes unanimously to gather data that will be used to determine regulations to keep the Net open.

Friday, October 23 2009 10:41 AM

Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., network, Web sites, Republican, Regulation, Wireless, Broadband

UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers

News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.

Wednesday, August 26 2009 12:06 PM

Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet

Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system

News The EC has said it is happy with concessions made by the software giant to provide a choice of browsers, while Microsoft will make technical docs available to developers.

Thursday, October 08 2009 09:08 AM

Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Commission, Microsoft Corp., software, European Commission, Business applications, Web Browser, Europe

New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes

News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.

Thursday, November 19 2009 10:17 AM

Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance