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RSS pending in newsEC pledges open standards support
News And there are other cases of alleged unlawful conduct pending. The European Commission has pledged to support open standards and promote interoperability, to avoid vendor lock-in of European governments to any one technology. [12 Jun 2008]
Google DoubleClick deal: EU ramps up scrutiny
News European antitrust regulators will conduct a more extensive, second-phase review of Google's pending merger with DoubleClick, the EU has announced. Regulators will look in greater detail into whether a merger between search giant Google and online... [14 Nov 2007]
Police: There's no piggybacking crackdown
News The man has been bailed to return to the station in October pending further investigation but may be let off with a caution, police said. The arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection is not part of a... [24 Aug 2007]
BT splashes out €60m on French IT services acquisition
News BT has submitted a binding offer to CS Communication & Systemes and has until 30 November to complete the deal pending consultation with representatives from both companies' works councils and merger and regulatory clearances. [06 Aug 2007]
Vodafone forced to connect with comms union
News A decision on that is still pending. Around 200 Vodafone workers in the Midlands, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained union recognition. The mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect... [23 Jul 2007]
Where next for TomorrowNow?
News Our due diligence uncovered one Fortune 200 business that decided not to do a deal with TomorrowNow in [the second quarter] due in part to the pending lawsuit. Embroiled in controversy, SAP's third-party maintenance and support company TomorrowNow... [04 Jul 2007]
Yahoo! gets smart about online ads
News s demographic, geographic and behavioural targeting capabilities with a new patent-pending creative ad assembly platform that allows the company's ad system to create customised ads in real-time. Yahoo! [02 Jul 2007]
Telecoms body may disappear
News The Communications Management Association (CMA) will, pending approval by its members, be swallowed by the British Computer Society (BCS), a much larger organisation which represents UK IT professionals. [22 Jun 2007]
Vonage appeals for retrial in Verizon patent spat
News One day after the high court released a unanimous opinion widely viewed as one of the most sweeping changes to patent law in years, the struggling internet phone company asked the US Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit to put its pending appeals... [02 May 2007]
Vonage gets 'stay of execution' over new customers
News While the appeal is pending, the internet phone company also plans to continue paying a 5.5 per cent royalty rate on all future sales to an escrow account, and it has posted a $66m bond required by the lower court. [25 Apr 2007]
YouTube copyright filter nearly ready: Google
News Schmidt took the opportunity to poke fun at Microsoft's assertion that Google's pending acquisition of DoubleClick may be a threat to fair competition. Google is very near enacting a filtering service that would prevent copyright content from being... [17 Apr 2007]
Vista off-limits, say two US gov agencies
News In addition to compatibility concerns, the department lists cost, available funding and a pending headquarters move as reasons not to upgrade, according to a DoT memo dated 19 January. Windows Vista has been banned by the US Department of... [14 Mar 2007]
Dell in the doldrums over Q4 revenue
News These results are only considered preliminary - they are subject to change pending the outcome of internal and external investigations into the company's accounting practices, and they're unlikely to change for the better. [02 Mar 2007]
Google toying with in-game ad company buy?
News The company has one patent issued and 15 patents pending, according to Eva Woo, vice president of marketing at AdScape. Google is buying in-game advertising company AdScape Media for $23m, according to a source familiar with the deal who asked to... [19 Feb 2007]
Passport system hit by lack of testing
News This redesign is now underway and the IPS said a decision on a relaunch date "is pending" - but until then the old, basic application system will remain in place. Limited testing and weak control over changes to basic requirements contributed to... [17 Jan 2007]
