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RSS EU commissionMake haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. Viviane... [30 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News In a strategy outlined by last week, the Commission recommends businesses create pan-EU websites and adopt .eu domain names. The EC wants to make cross-EU online... [26 Oct 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
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... [04 Sep 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]
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. On Monday, the European Commission announced that the... [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]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News European Commission officials will meet with copyright holders on 7 September to discuss the search giant's $125m proposed settlement with US publishers and authors granting Google the right to digitise and publish books... [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... [09 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... [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. The company has also said that, due to the... [25 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... [15 Jun 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 However, Otellini pledged that Intel would co-operate with the EU Commission's sanctions while it fought the ruling. Intel has to pay the fine within three months, the Commission said,... [13 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]
