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E-Rate Schools Cleared for Public Web Access

February 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The Federal Communications Commission approves rules allowing schools receiving E-rate funds to allow the general public to use the Internet access already present in schools for purposes such as job searches and applications, digital literacy programs, and online access to governmental services and resources.
– The Federal Communications Commission approved rules Feb. 18 enabling quot;schools
that receive funding from the E-rate program … to allow members of the
general public to use the schools’ Internet access during non-operating hours. quot;
According to the FCC, quot;This action will leverage U…

Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal Cleared by DOJ, EU

February 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft and Yahoo’s crucial search agreement passed muster with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, clearing the way for better competition with Google. Yahoo will start shuttling its algorithmic and paid search platforms to Microsoft, an undertaking that should be complete by the end of 2010. The companies can count clearing the regulatory hurdles a great success. Google has maintained its search engine market share lead, which is 65.4 percent in the United States and slightly higher all over the world.
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Microsoft and Yahoo’s crucial search agreement passed
muster with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, enabling
the rivals to partner and gang up on search engine whale Google.
Microsoft and Yahoo said in a statement they will begin
implementing the deal…

Jail not cleared for Gibsonâ€™s film shoot: official

January 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Mexican authorities have denied reports that a prison was cleared for shooting of a Mel Gibson-starrer Hollywood film and said the inmates were transferred due to security reasons.
Inmates were cleared from a prison for security reasons and not to allow US actor Mel Gibson to begin shooting a film at the facility, Veracruz Governor Fidel [...]

Amy Winehouse cleared of assault charges

July 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Popstar Amy Winehouse has been cleared of assaulting a fan.
The Back to Black singer was accused of punching a fan, named Sherene Flash, at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September.
The 25-year-old star told the City of Westminster Magistrates Court that she pushed the woman trying to take her photograph, but did [...]

Google Cleared in UK Defamation Lawsuit

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Google is not responsible for allegedly defamatory online comments that appeared in its Internet search results, a British judge rules.
– SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Google Inc is not responsible for
allegedly defamatory online comments that appeared in its Internet
search results, a British judge ruled in a decision made known on
Monday.
Google’s automated search engine trawls the Web and indexes content
without any human input, sai…