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RSS ec euMake haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to... [30 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News The EC wants to make cross-EU online purchases easier For more on the EC's strategy see Shoppers blocked from buying across EU borders on ZDNet UK. In a strategy... [26 Oct 2009]
Microsoft's 'browser ballot' plan gets the green light
News For more see EU: Microsoft to test browser 'ballot screen' on CNET News.com. Microsoft's plan to offer new Windows users a choice of browser - the so-called browser ballot screen - has been approved by the... [07 Oct 2009]
ADACOM Has Been Listed as the First Certification Service Provider in Europe, With Products That Have Been Successfully Tested for Compliance With the On-Line Platform of the Czech Arbitration Court
White Paper The Czech Arbitration Court has amended its ADR Supplemental Rules to allow for electronic-only .eu ADR Proceedings, using advanced electronic signatures in accordance with Directive 1999/93 EC. The... [01 Oct 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal to go under the EU's microscope
News ZDNet UK has more on the EC's planned probe into the Oracle-Sun deal here. On Thursday, the European Commission said it will take a closer look at Oracle's planned $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. [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]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News A Google spokesperson told silicon.com sister site CNET News that the company will be at the EC meeting. European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh in on copyright issues with Google's book scanning... [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]
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]
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]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment The Office of Fair Trade (OFT) has responded cautiously to a newly proposed EC Consumer Rights Directive whereby all EU countries would have the same level of consumer protection. Ecommerce is a way of... [15 Apr 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News In a statement, the Commission said the proceedings addressed "several problems" with the UK's implementation of EU e-privacy and personal data-protection rules. Under those rules, EU countries have to... [14 Apr 2009]
'Phorm's questions will be answered': EC
News Last year, the European Commission began an investigation into whether trials by BT of the technology contravened EU data protection laws. Legal questions around Phorm are set to be answered, and the ad-serving... [09 Mar 2009]
EC spends €1bn on 100 per cent broadband
News The money would be channelled through the EU's rural development fund and would target the 30 per cent of the European rural population that currently has no broadband access. The European Commission has proposed a €1bn... [29 Jan 2009]
Rejected: Intel's appeal to delay antitrust
News The court said Intel's application was premature and that any harm to Intel from the Commission's failure to seek these documents could be considered by the court in the event the EC finds against Intel, and Intel... [29 Jan 2009]
