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RSS EUMicrosoft, 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]
Offshore IT Outsourcing and Transition Economies: A Critical Comparison of Poland, Hungary and Ukraine
White Paper This paper considers an established evaluation model and empirical survey data over time obtained from IT and software development companies to critically evaluate the potential of Poland and Hungary with their relatively recent... [20 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News The Digital Britain Report therefore recommends that the CIO Council agree a small number of potential areas for tender, and ensure the availability of a simplified, fast-track process (consistent with EU procurement... [16 Jun 2009]
Opera: 'IE-free Windows not enough to get competitive'
News A European Commission official said the EU watchdog will examine the conditions under which Microsoft will ship Windows 7 without browsers to manufacturers and suppliers, warning that the Commission will find out if... [15 Jun 2009]
Compliance With EU Electronic Signature Regulations in Microsoft BizTalk Server Environment
White Paper All the software targeted at electronic commerce enterprises, both in Europe and elsewhere, will have to take into account local and unionwide laws and regulations regarding electronic document formats, signatures, authentication, and... [16 May 2009]
'Looking forward to a customer - not Intel - controlled world'
News Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said in a statement that his company's practices had resulted in "absolutely zero harm to consumers", and that the chipmaker did not believe it had violated EU law. [14 May 2009]
EC slams Intel with €1bn antitrust fine
News Such a serious and sustained violation of the EU's antitrust rules cannot be tolerated. The EU commissioners said these practices had harmed consumers throughout the European Economic Area and undermined... [13 May 2009]
Biometric scanners to delve inside your brain
News Scanners that probe brain activity and heart rate are among the next generation of biometric security sensors being developed by the EU. As part of an EU-backed trial, volunteers were sat in front of a... [12 May 2009]
EC: Software makers must be held responsible for code
News Commissioners Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva have proposed that EU consumer protections for physical products be extended to software. The suggested change in the law is part of an EU action agenda... [11 May 2009]
Europe votes for net-neutrality reforms
News I welcome the European Parliament's strong endorsement of the reform of the EU telecoms rules," Viviane Reding, Europe's commissioner for telecoms and IT, said in a European Commission statement. The European Parliament... [07 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment As far as I can tell the UK goes from the top three in the EU to around number 20 in the world league tables. Never has a subject been so studied, debated and reported with such little understanding and positive action... [06 May 2009]
Clinical Literature Reviews: Changes in the European Union's Medical Device Directive Require Manufacturers to Take Immediate Steps to Comply
White Paper With nearly 8,000 devices on the EU market, it is possible that a backlog of applications as the deadline approaches could bottleneck approvals, with serious implications for sales and profits. With a rapidly approaching... [01 May 2009]
Xech S.r.l. Enables Seamless Compliance With New Regulations for European Communications Providers
White Paper Xech S.r.l.wanted to guarantee unparalleled availability, security, performance, and data retrieval speeds for XStore, Xech's industry-leading solution for tracking and storing call data records and ensure XStore can scale to meet... [30 Apr 2009]
