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Motorola gets FCC approval for iTunes phone

August 22, 2005 But that doesn't mean the device's arrival is imminent, or that it will necessarily be the first iTunes-capable phone on the market. Photo: iTunes phone inches closer TAGS: approval, Motorola Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, cell phone, music, photograph

SBC closes AT&T acquisition

November 18, 2005 Starting Friday SBC Communications will be called AT&T, as SBC closes the books on its $16.9 billion acquisition. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, AT&T Corp., long-distance phone company, merger, acquisition, MCI Inc., high-speed Internet access, approval, telephony, telephone company, Internet access, wireless network, California, entertainment, Verizon Communications

Nano golf ball gets approval for tournament play

February 10, 2006 Attention duffers, you can now use a nanotechnology golf ball wherever you want. TAGS: tournament, nanotechnology, approval

Telecom megamergers get final federal OK

October 31, 2005 The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., merger, approval, MCI Inc., provision, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, provider, commission

AT&T, BellSouth merger passes antitrust test

October 11, 2006 Department of Justice's antitrust division gives blessing to $67 billion merger between AT&T and BellSouth. TAGS: merger, BellSouth Corp., antitrust, AT&T Corp., approval, telecommunications, U.S.

DOJ approves telecom megamergers

October 27, 2005 U.S. Department of Justice gives the green light on the Verizon-MCI merger and the SBC-AT&T transaction. TAGS: MCI Inc., SBC Communications Inc., approval, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, merger, telecommunications, building, telephone company, U.S.

Philly Wi-Fi project passes final hurdle

May 4, 2006 City council committee gives EarthLink the green light to attach radio equipment on city-owned utility poles. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., committee, approval, Philadelphia, city, bill, office, Wi-Fi, radio

Yahoo click fraud settlement gets final OK

March 27, 2007 The $5 million settlement agreement in a California case releases company from all similar click fraud claims against it. TAGS: click fraud, Arkansas, settlement, approval, Yahoo! Inc., advertiser, attorney, class action, California, lawyer, Google Inc.

Treo delay dents Palm earnings

November 27, 2006 Company says results will fall short of estimates because it won't be able to ship its Treo 750 on time in the U.S. TAGS: Palm Treo 750, Palm Treo, estimate, Palm Inc., earnings, approval, cell phone carrier, delay, Cingular Wireless, U.S.

Greater scrutiny for Europe's outsourcing deals

August 30, 2007 Updated competition guidelines mean more outsourcing deals in Europe may have to go to the European Commission for approval. TAGS: outsourcing, scrutiny, supplier, commission, Europe, approval, merger, outsource, information technology, London

Memory chip price-fixing settlement reached

May 11, 2006 Samsung Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies and Hynix Semiconductor agree to pay $160 million. TAGS: Hynix Semiconductor Inc., settlement, plaintiff, Infineon Technologies AG, memory chip, chip company, class action, approval, attorney, Samsung Electronics

Will certification legitimize adware?

November 17, 2005 Net companies promise new program to promote noninvasive software downloads, but skeptics remain. TAGS: TRUSTe, backer, seal, approval, adware, certification, critic, anti-spyware, Time Warner Inc., download, spyware

Sun license gets open-source nod

January 19, 2005 The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSI, open-source project, open source, approval, Sun UltraSPARC, GPL, BSD, programming, IBM Corp., Linux, server, operating system

ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

May 16, 2006 ISO approval of OpenDocument will thwart standards-group certification of Microsoft's XML document, research firm says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Gartner Inc., XML, StarOffice, migration, approval, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp., format

France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads

December 22, 2005 Parliament gave initial approval to the concept, but roadblocks remain, and the entertainment industry is on edge. TAGS: amendment, copyright law, sanction, France, approval, proposal, nation, organization, P2P, copy, music

U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML

May 1, 2008 Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format. TAGS: standards body, OpenDocument Format, decision-making, approval, consortium, specification, decision, XML, U.K., open source, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

OOXML ratification faces delay after objection

May 27, 2008 South Africa's standards body has formally protested the decision approving the OOXML specification. TAGS: standards body, objection, South Africa, ratification, Norway, vote, approval, letter, process, Microsoft Corp.

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