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Blair goes YouTube to toast Sarkozy
News He's already experimented with speaking with the electorate over IM; using a mobile chatroom and asking for opinions from voters via e-petitions. YouTube's not just for clips of Diet Coke and Mentos:... [09 May 2007]
'Vista rip-off': UK customers cry foul over US prices
News The majority of readers seem sceptical and one reader said: "All the petitions are a waste of time and just something else for our spin machine to ignore. But, while we're on the subject of petitions,... [28 Feb 2007]
Blighty Vista "overcharging" attacked
News Anger over the issue has prompted an e-petition on a government website that acts as a forum for public petitions. As businesses and consumers grapple with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows... [26 Feb 2007]
Leader: Are e-petitions good for democracy?
Leader It's related to the e-petitions hosted on the PM's Downing Street website, which hit the headlines over the past week when more than 1.5 million people went online to sign a petition calling for the... [20 Feb 2007]
Road-charging protest crashes PM's website
News As of this week there were almost 3,000 active petitions on the website but the anti-road-charging petition has proved so popular that one unnamed minister has been reported as calling the person in government who came... [13 Feb 2007]
eBay's "Buy It Now" Supreme Court boost
News The nation's highest court rejects a vast majority of petitions for review, so the decision to grant eBay's request for cert, or writ of certiorari, was somewhat unexpected. The US Supreme Court will review a patent... [29 Nov 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Could Jamie Oliver change the world?
Comment In past years there may have been petitions at the school gates or a few well-meaning mums picking up the cause to little effect but now that the internet is involved - backed with a major TV programme and tireless... [21 Mar 2005]
