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Icahn, Yahoo!: Agreement reached
News s current board of directors will stand for re-election at the scheduled shareholder meeting next month: Roy Bostock, Ronald Burkle, Eric Hippeau, Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur Kern, Mary Agnes Wilderotter, Gary Wilson and Jerry Yang. [21 Jul 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The online service significantly simplifies the process of booking travel and accommodation for services personnel, cutting out paperwork and allowing them to compare budget airlines with scheduled carriers or rail for any given journey. [19 Jun 2008]
Microsoft takes embedded OS in new direction
News POSReady is scheduled for release next year. Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised for manufacturers of portable navigation devices. [17 Jun 2008]
Nasa Mars probe safely touches down
News At some point over the next few days, the lander's 7.7-foot robotic arm is scheduled to begin functioning. The first images from the Phoenix Mars Lander have confirmed that the solar panels needed for its energy supply unfolded as planned and that... [27 May 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News Microsoft announced on Wednesday it will support ODF version 1.1 in the release of Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), scheduled for the first half of 2009. Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of... [23 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News Page was scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Congress and officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hoping to convince them to allow the "white space" between television channels to be accessed by low-power wireless devices. [23 May 2008]
Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback
News The first release candidate of Firefox 3 has been made available to developers, ahead of the browser's scheduled full release in June. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) features tweaks to the user interface across all operating systems - Windows... [20 May 2008]
OpenOffice 3.0 beta gets an airing
News The final version of version 3.0 is scheduled for September, according to Sun. The first beta-test version of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite was released this week, adding significant features such as improved Mac OS X support and... [09 May 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News Big-name computer makers are still scheduled to have to stop selling models with Windows XP installed by the end of June. The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its... [24 Apr 2008]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News British Airways (BA) confirmed 80 per cent of scheduled flights will be running from T5 today, including all long-haul destinations. Passengers for flights scheduled for today are now able to check in baggage despite this being suspended on... [28 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News The two companies are scheduled to announce today at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference that Microsoft will write a version of Silverlight for Nokia's Series 60 (S60) smart phone software that runs on Symbian OS. [04 Mar 2008]
SAP to sell TomorrowNow?
News SAP and Oracle have been in the process of seeking documents and depositions from each other and are scheduled to give the court an update in February on that process. SAP has announced its third-party support and maintenance company TomorrowNow... [20 Nov 2007]
Becta hauls Microsoft off to OFT
News Becta's final report on Microsoft's academic licensing programmes, which was scheduled for January 2008, will now be deferred until the OFT complaint is resolved. The final report on Vista and Office 2007 is also scheduled for January 2008. [22 Oct 2007]
The carbon budget is coming...
News Labour MP Alan Whitehead said, with an election apparently off the cards, the Bill is scheduled to come before parliament within the next year and "represents within a very short period of time, an enormous decarbonisation of the UK economy". [12 Oct 2007]
BT 21CN chief heads for pastures new
News When Green accepted his role as chief executive of group strategy and operations following a company restructuring in April, he took on responsibility for building 21CN (21st Century Network), BT's next-generation network, which is scheduled for... [10 Oct 2007]
