On its TechNet Web site, Microsoft refers to the bug as the "Web Server Folder Traversal" vulnerability.

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The coalition includes such trade groups as the Internet Alliance, TechNet and TechAmerica, all of which represent major Internet companies.

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He's been taking his message on the road, recently appearing before a gathering of Silicon Valley executives sponsored by TechNet, a bipartisan lobbying group.

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The new "app economy" has created about 466, 000 jobs in the U.S. from 2007 to 2012, according to a study last year by TechNet.

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The vehicle for Chambers' space race is TechNet, a lobbying outfit he founded in 1997 with venture capitalist John Doerr and then-chief executive of Netscape, James Barksdale.

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Cispa has also secured the backing of several technology firms, including the CTIA wireless industry group, as well as the TechNet computer industry lobby group, which has Google, Apple and Yahoo as members.

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TechNet's executive vice president, Connie J.

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