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HP rejects compensation proposal

March 16, 2006 Shareholders kill a proposal that would have allowed HP to recoup bonuses paid to underperforming executives. TAGS: executive compensation, proposal, shareholder, compensation, Carly Fiorina, Patricia Dunn, CEO, policy, HP

Va. proposal would track sex offenders by e-mail, IM

December 12, 2006 Backed by MySpace, attorney general to propose law next year that would make his state first to require registration of online aliases. TAGS: proposal, Virginia, MySpace, attorney general, legislator, News Corp., e-mail address, Republican, registry, IM, e-mail, database

ICANN rejects .xxx domain registry

March 30, 2007 Internet overseer says proposal to create top-level domain for adult Web sites raises too many public-policy concerns. TAGS: proposal, applicant, community, concern

HP shareholders want exec pay more tied to performance

March 15, 2007 They also call for votes on antitakeover measures and vent frustration about board during company's annual meeting. TAGS: shareholder, proposal, Mark Hurd, pretexting, compensation, vote, exec, HP

ID cards to be mandatory in U.K. by 2010

March 30, 2006 U.K. lawmakers reach compromise on bill, extend controversial requirement for those renewing passports by two years. TAGS: ID card, passport, proposal, U.K.

Google in San Francisco: 'Wireless overlord'?

October 1, 2005 Responding to a proposal to blanket the city with free wireless Net service, some fret about privacy, others welcome the shake-up. TAGS: blogger, San Francisco, proposal, Google Inc., city, telecommunications, Wi-Fi, privacy, Internet access, broadband

New Wi-Fi standard back on track

January 11, 2006 Opposing groups compromise on standards specifications for faster Wi-Fi, with new proposal expected next week. TAGS: Airgo Networks, proposal, MIMO, Wi-Fi technology, draft, IEEE 802.11n, standards, standard, Broadcom Corp., Wi-Fi, chip company, specification, Intel, process

Senator plans to revise Web labeling bill

April 17, 2007 Republican Ted Stevens' bill includes proposals that aroused concern among civil liberties advocates, librarians and technology companies. TAGS: proposal, bill, senator, First Amendment, technology company, Republican, U.S.

Belgian government chooses OpenDocument

June 23, 2006 Plan requiring government adoption of format puts further pressure on Microsoft to embrace open standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Belgium, open standard, government, proposal, format, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows

November 21, 2005 Tucows exec Ross Rader says proposal to end ICANN-VeriSign dispute could mean end of Net community's role in determining its future. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., community, proposal, settlement, RFC, litigation, administrator, domain name, DNS

Senators adopt Web labeling requirement

June 28, 2006 Senate committee says that sexually explicit Web sites must be labeled as such--or their operators will go to jail. TAGS: amendment, proposal, Dallas, senator, Sen., Republican, children, requirement

Bush's tech budget favors Homeland Security Dept.

February 23, 2006 If Congress approves proposal, agency spending would jump 21 percent--and funding for NASA, education would shrink. TAGS: IT-spending, allotment, homeland security, proposal, cut, president, department, agency, information technology, America

Week in review: Yahoo snubs Microsoft--again

July 18, 2008 Microsoft and Carl Icahn tag-team on Yahoo, and it seems that just about everyone else got their day in court. Also: earnings season heats up. TAGS: search business, Yahoo! Inc., proposal, shareholder, Week in review, Jerry Yang, Carl Icahn, court, offer, letter, Microsoft Corp.

Wal-Mart readies large-scale move into solar power

January 3, 2007 The retail giant requests proposals for solar power systems that could be installed in its U.S. stores. Photos: Sun, wind and used cooking oil TAGS: renewable energy, solar energy, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., RFP, proposal, emission, store, goal, Google Inc., photograph

Yahoo rejects Microsoft's bid

February 11, 2008 Board unanimously concludes that Microsoft's half-stock, half-cash offer "substantially undervalues" Yahoo.Yang's follow-up letter to Yahoo staffers TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., proposal, bid, decision, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

BEA plans to let Oracle buyout offer expire

October 26, 2007 BEA Systems reiterates its stance that $17 a share is too low and is prepared to let the buyout offer expire Sunday. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., proposal, negotiation

Google shareholders vote down proposal on censorship

May 10, 2007 Resolution that would have forced Google to dump its self-censored Web search site in China is rejected. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, shareholder, censorship, proposal, criticism, Google Inc., China, Microsoft Corp.

EarthLink, Google team in S.F. Wi-Fi bid

February 22, 2006 Free-service proposal is one of six proposals San Francisco received for providing citywide Wi-Fi network. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., proposal, Wi-Fi network, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Google Inc., service provider, Wi-Fi, city, Internet Service Provider, California, broadband

Justice Dept. defends mandatory Web-labeling bill

September 19, 2006 Bush administration dismisses free-speech impact of prison time for not labeling "sexually explicit" Web pages. TAGS: proposal, amendment, speech, bill, communication

AT&T, start-up team in citywide Wi-Fi bid

July 21, 2006 AT&T and MetroFi have drafted a joint proposal to bid on the citywide Wi-Fi network being built in Riverside, Calif. TAGS: Wi-Fi network, proposal, brand recognition, AT&T Corp., city, Wi-Fi, EarthLink Inc., wireless broadband, Philadelphia, California, cable company, broadband, San Francisco, start-up, radio, brand
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