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Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News In brief comments after a keynote speech to launch Apple's update MacBook lineup, CEO Steve Jobs did something he doesn't usually do - clarified what isn't on his company's immediate laptop road map. In the interregnum,... [15 Oct 2008]
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News In a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission today, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the introduction of new laws to monitor modern communications is necessary in order to combat terrorism and... [15 Oct 2008]
Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Brown outlined a £300m programme which will see the government pay for broadband connections, software and computers for all children aged between seven... [23 Sep 2008]
Berners-Lee opens doors to 'web for all' foundation
News In a speech, Berners-Lee - a proponent of a "nondiscriminatory internet" - said the creation of the foundation is necessary to ensure the web serves humanity by connecting people. In his speech,... [15 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! previews iPhone social-networking app
News Connected Life, said in a speech at the CTIA Wireless show: "OneConnect allows everybody to keep connected to the persons they care about. on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone... [11 Sep 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Giving a keynote speech at WES - which included a demonstration of SAP's CRM software running on the latest BlackBerry device - Mike de la Cruz, senior VP of mobility and analytics at SAP, said enterprise mobility and... [14 May 2008]
Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'
News During the keynote speech, Jobs touted Apple's environmentally-friendly efforts, claiming its MacBook Air contains mercury- and arsenic-free glass, BFR and PVC-free boards and 50 per... [16 Jan 2008]
Microsoft ponders its Office options
News Microsoft won't say for sure whether that's where it's heading, though CEO Steve Ballmer did note in his keynote speech earlier this week that Microsoft will soon rebrand its existing small business Office Live tools as... [12 Jul 2007]
Apple's Safari coming to Windows PCs
News A beta version of Safari for Windows is available now, CEO Steve Jobs announced during his keynote speech at the company's 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The software became available yesterday on Apple's... [12 Jun 2007]
'Patents slow innovation' - Red Hat CEO
News In an interview after the speech, Szulik said software patents "absolutely" retard the pace of innovation. Szulik took pains in his speech to argue open source programmers aren't running roughshod over... [23 May 2007]
YouTube vs Viacom: 'It's about free speech' - Google
News Michael Kwun, managing counsel for litigation at Google, said in a briefing with reporters at Google's California headquarters: "We think YouTube offers the world's leading platform for entertainment, education and free... [01 May 2007]
Tories broadside Blair over open source
News In response to Osborne's speech, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "The shadow chancellor raises an important issue and we look forward to engaging with him. Functionality, performance, security, value and the cost of... [08 Mar 2007]
Amnesty: ISPs must safeguard free speech
News The human rights group Amnesty International has called on ISPs to do more to protect free speech online. So far, more than 60,000 people have signed the site's pledge to protect freedom of... [20 Feb 2007]
Regulation could choke the net - Google chief
News For instance, aside from privacy and security concerns, "we have to define where free speech begins and ends", he said. In a meandering, conversational speech which lasted about 30... [07 Feb 2007]
Google speaks to the book world
News In a speech describing his experience as a profitable author who has always distributed his books for free online under a Creative Commons licence, in addition to selling them in bookstores and online... [19 Jan 2007]
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