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News On the first day of the events, Viviane Reding, the EU's commissioner for information society and media, and Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the bloc's internal market, said in a joint statement "it is time for... [08 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal to go under the EU's microscope
News On Thursday, the European Commission said it will take a closer look at Oracle's planned $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. The in-depth investigation will examine the effect the deal will have on competition in Europe's database... [04 Sep 2009]
Bloor Research Case Study: SenSage at O2 Ireland
White Paper It needed to meet the requirements of the EU Data Retention Directive, to meet the demands of other compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, etc. [01 Sep 2009]
1Gbps mobiles get closer with €18m funding boost
News The EU has announced millions of euros of funding for a next-generation mobile standard. The European Union is to put €18m into the development of LTE Advanced. LTE Advanced is a proposed evolution of LTE, the... [21 Aug 2009]
Managing Workplace Monitoring in Europe and the EU
White Paper The United States and the European Union (EU) have taken significantly different approaches to protecting the privacy of their citizens. The EU, on the other hand, has adopted comprehensive principles... [05 Aug 2009]
Microsoft drops browser-less Windows 7 in Europe
News Back in June, Microsoft said it would launch the new OS in Europe without Internet Explorer in a bid to appease EU antitrust regulators who were looking at the bundling of the browser in Windows. Last week, Microsoft... [03 Aug 2009]
Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
White Paper An efficient security policy that ensures the reliable surveillance of the borders, as well as the provision of the necessary access, is extremely important for Hungary, the "Visegrad region", and the EU. [31 Jul 2009]
Move over 2G, Europe agrees to give 3G some space
News By updating the GSM Directive, the EU has paved the way for a new generation of services and technologies where Europe can be a world leader. Europe has approved the use of 3G services over spectrum currently reserved... [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft U-turn: Browser 'ballot' coming to Europe's Windows 7
News For now - and until the EU accepts Microsoft's proposal - the software maker said it will continue to ship only the browserless "E" version in Europe. The rules for getting onto the ballot will be something the... [27 Jul 2009]
Mobile payments: Standalone systems blocking the way
News According to a new report by financial services researchers Celent, incompatible systems within the continent are preventing mobile payments such as proximity payments, remote payments and remittances from spreading between... [22 Jul 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh in on copyright issues with Google's book scanning and book search project, according to the Associated Press. European Commission officials will meet with copyright holders... [21 Jul 2009]
'Europe needs its own clouds to fight US domination'
News Viviane Reding, speaking at the unveiling of the Commission's Digital Europe strategy on Thursday, said 99 per cent of EU firms are small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but only nine per cent of them use electronic... [09 Jul 2009]
Microsoft, EU 'in talks' to settle antitrust probes
News According to the report, Microsoft is aiming to settle the matters before EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes steps down at the end of the year. One issue is the EU's well-publicised concern over... [08 Jul 2009]
Apple, Nokia, RIM agree to one charger for all
News The new EU requirement will only apply to more sophisticated data-enabled phones, which includes smartphones and higher end feature phones. Apple and other big phone makers have struck a deal with the European Commission... [30 Jun 2009]
Microsoft hangs price tags on Windows 7
News The reason for excluding retail upgrades from the UK, Painell said, was that the EU judgement made it impossible for the company to include Internet Explorer on the desktop. Microsoft has set the UK retail pricing for... [25 Jun 2009]
