Net neutrality' provision to block Internet fast lane defeated in US House. net neutrality defeated in house vote. A provision that would have amended legislation under consideration in the US House of Representatives, making it illegal for Internet service providers to offer different tiers of service to selected groups of customers - informally called the net neutrality provision - was defeated, with a 269-152 vote to kill debate on the measure.. Washington (DC) - A provision that would have amended legislation under consideration in the US House of Representatives, making it illegal for Internet service providers to offer different tiers of service to selected groups of customers - informally called the net neutrality provision - was defeated, with a 269-152 vote to kill debate on the measure. While opponents of an "Internet fast lane" are claiming defeat, the amendment’s language, some argued, may actually have been designed as a "poison pill" for the legislation it was amending, and thus might not have passed a final vote even if it performed as planned. In the modern legislative environment, measures - especially amendments, more often than bills - are written with the original intent of their being defeated, in order that the legislators who voted in favor of that defeat will be on record. 2006 is an election year, and phrases proclaiming that certain congresspeople voted "against net neutrality and in favor of the Internet fat cats" will l......

A Princeton graduate student said Monday that he has figured out a way to defeat new software intended to keep music CDs from being copied on a computer - simply by pressing the Shift-key. A Princeton graduate student said Monday that he has figured out a way to defeat new software intended to keep music CDs from being copied on a computer - simply by pressing the Shift-key. In a paper posted on his Web site late Monday, John Halderman said the MediaMax CD3 software developed by SunnComm Technologies Inc. could be defeated on computers running the Windows operating system by holding down the Shift key, disabling a Windows feature that automatically launches the encryption software on the disc."...

There are some red faces in Redmond this weekend following the discovery that Microsoft's much-vaunted Windows Advantage programme could be defeated with a simple piece of JavaScript. There are some red faces in Redmond this weekend following the discovery that Microsoft’s much-vaunted Windows Advantage programme could be defeated with a simple piece of JavaScript....

Hanging his gallant head in defeat yesterday was Sen. John McCain (R - Arizona), whose last-minute amendment that would have pushed the "hard date" forward to 7 April 2007, was soundly defeated in a 17 5 vote to end debate....

Recently, the Rules Committee defeated, by a 5-2 vote, resolution 1695 which would have let members use laptops. This is the fourth defeated in the past seven years....

Corel was defeated by Microsoft a few years back while competing for the PC software market. Corel was defeated by Microsoft a few years back while competing for the PC software market....

Now that it has scored a major win for Linux in its legal battle with The SCO Group, Novell has no interest in becoming like the company it’s just defeated and won’t mount any copyright-infringement claims over Unix, a spokesman said Tuesday. Now that it has scored a major win for Linux in its legal battle with The SCO Group, Novell has no interest in becoming like the company it’s just defeated and won’t mount any copyright-infringement claims over Unix, a spokesman said Tuesday....