The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's vote Tuesday to approve new network neutrality rules received mixed reviews, with broadband provider Verizon Communications appearing to question the agency's legal authority.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an information investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mark Hurd's departure from Hewlett-Packard, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Protesting what it perceives as Oracle's undue control of Java, the Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat from the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, the organization announced Wednesday.

Több mint egy évtizede ismerjük, naponta használjuk, mégsincs még egy olyan szoftver, amely annyi felfedezni valót tartogat, mint az Adobe Acrobat és a PDF formátum. Naponta kapunk és nyitunk meg PDF állományokat, és talán ezért sem vesszük már a fáradságot, hogy jobban megismerjük lehetőségeiket. A napi rutin azt sugallja, hogy az Acrobat vagy az Adobe Reader PDF csak dokumentumok nézegetésére valók, esetleg arra, hogy dokumentumainkat ? legyen az újság vagy levél ? kinyomtassuk, nyomdába küldjük, semmi másra.

U.S. Web users should be able to sign up for a do-not-track feature in browsers that would prohibit websites and advertising networks from following their movements online, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.

The European Commission is investigating allegations that Google has abused its dominant position in online search to promote its other services, such as price comparators, the Commission announced Tuesday.

Az amorf szilícium dob nélkül nem menne a percenként 40 lap és jóval két forint alatti monokróm oldalköltség. A Kyocera alapelve: nem dobunk ki semmit! Kipróbáltuk a gyártó multifunkciós készülékét.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial bill that would allow the government to seek court orders to shut down websites offering materials believed to infringe copyright.

The first commercial electronic paper displays that can show color were unveiled Wednesday at the Flat Panel Display International show in Japan. The screens open the way for electronic book readers like Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader to add color, but so far only a single Chinese device maker has committed to the technology.

Oracle may own the Java trademark, but VMware is touting its own Spring framework as the best programming model for enterprise Java developers.

Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten has asked Japan's Fair Trade Commission to examine an Internet search deal between Yahoo Japan and Google, it said Wednesday.

Motorola has filed two patent lawsuits and a patent complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that a wide range of Apple products infringe its patents.

Microsoft filed patent infringement complaints against Motorola and its Android phones in the International Trade Commission and U.S. federal court Friday, indicating that the software giant may hope to use its strong patent position as one way to set its mobile software apart from the competition.

Rögtön válaszolok is a címben feltett kérdésre: nincs! Az elektronikus kereskedelem folytatásához semmilyen speciális engedélyre nincs szükség.

The European Commission has dropped two antitrust investigations concerning Apple's iPhone after the company reversed two policies that drew the regulator's scrutiny.

The European Commission is considering opening a second enquiry to investigate if China is illegally subsidizing tech companies that produce wireless modems.

A Flash Memory Summit konferencián továbbra is inkább a merevelemezek alternatívájaként emlegették az SSD-t, ám az IBM egyik szakembere szerint a gyorsítótárazásban is áttörést jelenthet a technológia.

Google and Verizon Communications have released a proposal that would give the U.S. Federal Communications Commission limited power to enforce network neutrality rules, including levying fines up to US$2 million for violations by broadband providers.

Az FCC illetékesei szerint a szélessávú szolgáltatókkal és más partnerekkel folytatott tárgyalások eddig nem hozták meg a kívánt eredményt.

Intel has reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in the agency's antitrust complaint, with Intel prohibited from giving computer makers benefits for exclusively using its chips.