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The European Union (EU) approved on Thursday Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo's search business. The EU said the deal "would not significantly impede effective competition" in the European market.

AT T, after some collaborating and optimizing, announced it will allow Sling Media's SlingPlayer Mobile app to run on its 3G network. The app enables iPhone users to enjoy their home TV programming from anywhere. - AT amp;T announced is now allowing Sling Medias SlingPlayer Mobile app ...

The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet votes for legislation that would create an inventory of the nation's airwaves and a bill designed to speed the process of clearing federal users from spectrum that the government has already reallocated for commercial use. - Faced with ...

The world's second-largest software maker now can continue to do business combined with Sun in the 27-country European Union. Oracle sells more than 20 percent of its software in the European sector, so the commission's approval was urgently needed for the deal to be completed. - Oracle ...

The Serbian parliament has today adopted the country's draft budget and accompanying laws for next year. 127 MPs voted in favor of the bill. A minimum of 126 was needed in order for the legislation to pass.

Legislation requires peer-to-peer vendors to provide notice to users about files that will be shared by their software and to proactively obtain a user's consent to install the file-sharing software. The bill also prohibits P2P vendors from blocking users' reasonable efforts to disable or remove file-sharing software. - ...

Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved an economic stimulus package worth $274 billion including more than $80 billion in direct spending, Dow Jones Newswires reported. The package is meant to boost a fragile recovery from Japan's worst post-war recession, which is now threatened by deflation

A Paris court on Tuesday approved a drastic plan for the struggling fashion house Christian Lacroix to cut nearly all its staff and shut down its main clothes designing activities. The Paris bankruptcy court approved the plan, which will end production of the classic label's haute couture

Congressman Watt tried to de-rail the bill to audit the Federal Reserve (H.R. 1207) with a fake alternate bill. See this, this, this and this.Fortunately, the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 1207 by 43-26, and rejected Watt's bill.In a...

The Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Affairs approved the draft law on Wednesday for the new Vojvodina statute and its accompanying bills. The Serbian parliament will begin debates of the drafts on November 24.

The House of Representatives has approved a more than USD 1tr plan by majority Democrats to overhaul the U.S. health care system. More than three dozen Democrats broke with their party, and all but one Republican opposed the measure, which marks a major victory in President Barack Obama's effort to ...

Legislation would mandate that National Institute of Standards and Technology develop a plan to ensure cyber-security coordination within the U.S. government. - A U.S. House subcommittee approved Nov. 4 the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness Act, legislation that would require NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to develop and implement ...

Legislation would mandate that National Institute of Standards and Technology develop a plan to ensure cybersecurity coordination within the U.S. government. - A U.S. House subcommittee approved Nov. 4 the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness Act, legislation that would require NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to develop and ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that the Home Ministry has approved citizenship for 2,220 out of the 3,335 applications by the Indian community. Addressing a function organized by the Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI), Razak said: “The applications were approved since the applicants had ...

ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice approved the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), amid uproar and walkout by the opposition members, and sent it to the National Assembly for legislation. The committee deleted clause four and five, which ...

Legislation calls for federal agencies to create a road map detailing each agencys cyber-security role and the level of funding required to fulfill the research objectives. - A U.S. House subcommittee Sept. 23 approved legislation requiring federal agencies to develop, update and implement strategic plans for cyber-security R amp;D. ...

Legislation calls for federal agencies to create a road map detailing each agencys cyber-security role and the level of funding required to fulfill the research objectives. - A U.S. House subcommittee Sept. 23 approved legislation requiring federal agencies to develop, update and implement strategic plans for cyber-security ...

The legislation authorizes long-term funding of public-private vehicle research, development, demonstration and commercial application activities in the Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program. - The U.S. House voted Sept. 16 to extend another financial hand to the auto industry, approving $2.9 billion for green transportation research at the Department ...

Seven years after deliberations began for a WLAN standard capable of higher speeds than the 802.11g standard, the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee ratifies 802.11n-2009. - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers announced Sept. 14 that it has ratified the 802.11n-2009 WLAN standard. The new wireless standard is ...

Iranian MPs have approved 18 nominees put forward by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his 21-member Cabinet. They include the first woman to serve as a minister since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Lawmakers voted Thursday after five consecutive days of debate.