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U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML

March 27, 2008 Microsoft's Office Open XML may win last-minute favor from a key British standards body, but Microsoft would need more votes to change before OOXML becomes a standard. TAGS: vote, standard, OpenDocument Format, favor, XML, U.K., IBM Corp., 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: South Africa, objection, ratification, standards body, vote, Norway, approval, letter, member, process, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft unveils board rejection plan

September 23, 2005 In a nod to investors, initiative gives shareholders a greater voice in removing directors. TAGS: dividend, shareholder, election, corporate governance, vote, voice, Microsoft Corp., software company

House OKs revamp of patent system

September 7, 2007 Congress takes major step toward changes long sought by big tech companies. But there's no guarantee that proposal will become law. TAGS: bill, vote, Bush Administration, Democrat, Republican, Washington, technology company, law, Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Google to defend dual-class stock structure

April 13, 2006 Union pension fund wants one vote per share, but board says giving execs majority control protects from outside influence. TAGS: pension fund, Eric Schmidt, vote, structure, shareholder, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, top executive, Google Inc., founder, Microsoft Corp.

Podbop nets big prize at MashupCamp

February 22, 2006 At MashupCamp, one of the youngest attendees on hand walked away with the big prize. Photos: Crowning the top mashup TAGS: Podbop, mashup, David Berlind, attendee, vote, Sun Microsystems Inc., developer, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Google sticks with dual-class structure

May 12, 2006 Shareholders reject stock structure reform measure at annual meeting. Also, execs defend China censorship policy. TAGS: Sergey Brin, China, Baidu.com Inc., pension fund, shareholder, Google Inc., structure, vote, Yahoo! Inc., search result, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal

April 5, 2006 House Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal backed by Democrats and companies including Google and Microsoft. TAGS: Net Neutrality, amendment, Republican, Democrat, Amazon.com Inc., proposal, Rep., vote, broadband provider, telecommunications, broadband, Google Inc., video, Microsoft Corp.

Deconstructing the spyware face-off

July 19, 2004 CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, finds out why Congress is giving Silicon Valley the cold shoulder when it comes to the controversy over the Spy Act. TAGS: lobbyist, spyware, vote, firm, Rep., Silicon Valley, Washington, letter, America, tax, monitor, Microsoft Corp.

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