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OASIS forms new committee

May 3, 2005 Standards body will seek to provide guidance on service-oriented architectures. TAGS: SOA, OASIS, committee

Video games in Congress' crosshairs

June 2, 2006 House committee on consumer protection plans a public hearing to highlight violent and sexually explicit games. TAGS: committee, video game, Human Resources, mature, minor, Grand Theft Auto, Rep., Democrat, games, video

Court records should go online, state panel says

August 19, 2005 But the Florida Supreme Court committee urges stricter privacy limitations on electronic court records. TAGS: committee, Florida, record, law, court, state, recommendation, document

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'

April 15, 2008 The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK) TAGS: standardization, OpenDocument Format, committee, Oslo, attack, standard, XML, open source

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, Wi-Fi, office, radio

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., standards, Microsoft Office, XML, document, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Adware maker joins federal privacy board

February 24, 2005 Homeland Security taps executive from Claria, aka Gator, a company once dubbed a "parasite" by online publishers. TAGS: Claria Corp., Gator, chief privacy officer, online publisher, homeland security, committee, department, privacy, adware

Industry group to map VoIP security

March 28, 2005 Recently formed industry alliance creates committee to define security requirements for Internet telephony networks. TAGS: security requirement, IP telephony, VoIP security, security technology, committee, VoIP, Sprint Nextel, telephony, alliance, security

An e-mail connection to White House wrongdoing?

August 1, 2007 A Congressional probe issues a preliminary report--and Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds it to be a page turner. TAGS: committee, record, e-mail, president

Lawmakers, U.S. attorney join HP leak probe

September 11, 2006 House committee and Justice Department investigate methods company used to nab source of media leaks. Complete coverage: HP's boardroom drama TAGS: Patricia Dunn, pretexting, committee, investigation, reporter, attorney general, attorney, chairman, letter, HP, communication, California, computer company, U.S.

NYC moves closer to broadband plan

December 22, 2005 New York City creates new independent committee to advise city council and mayor on promoting broadband. TAGS: New York City, broadband, committee, city, commission, legislation, broadband service, Verizon Communications, cable company, New York, DSL

Europe to push ahead with ISP snooping law

June 9, 2005 Despite rejection by European Parliament, legislation that would require ISPs to retain customer data moves ahead. TAGS: proposal, legislation, committee, Internet Service Provider, service provider, Europe, U.K., e-mail

U.K. lawmakers skeptical about Europe GPS project

November 12, 2007 Government committee calls for U.K. to suspend its involvement in controversial Galileo project until review has been completed. TAGS: U.K., satellite, involvement, committee, GPS, signal, networking

What Congress isn't doing to stop pretexting

September 15, 2006 Ten anti-pretexting bills are stalled in Congress. Here's a guide to what hasn't been done. TAGS: pretexting, law enforcement, committee, crime, legislation, vote, VoIP, bill, IP

Senate ponders policing of Net neutrality offenses

June 14, 2006 Another committee considers changes to antitrust law that would imperil business models built on "fast lane." TAGS: Net Neutrality, antitrust law, committee, antitrust, Republican, proposal, Democrat, Internet company, senator, chairman, broadband

Senate negotiations continue over Net neutrality

June 12, 2006 All-content-must-be-equal proposals remain sticking point for Republicans drafting major telecommunications bill. TAGS: Net Neutrality, aide, committee, regulation, telecommunications, broadband provider, Republican, negotiation, Sen., nation, Amazon.com Inc., bill, Verizon Communications, broadband, Google Inc., monitor

Office standards battle grinds on

December 13, 2005 Creation of Ecma standard committee gives Microsoft a point in escalating battle over desktop software. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, productivity-application, technical committee, committee, Massachusetts, desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., standards, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., vice president, state, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft joins OpenDocument group

March 27, 2006 Software giant joins group involved in standardization for OpenDocument, but says it "will have no impact on the voting." TAGS: OpenDocument Format, standardization, committee, XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Net neutrality: Meet the winner

June 12, 2006 Verizon's chief Washington lobbyist, Thomas Tauke, has the political muscle to turn his company's wishes into law. TAGS: Net Neutrality, vote, committee, bill, amendment, telecommunications, lobbyist, Verizon Communications, Washington

EU keeps tinkering with software patents

June 21, 2005 European authorities fail to close loopholes in legislation that will make software patentable, critics say. TAGS: software patent, directive, invention, loophole, amendment, interoperability, European Union, committee
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