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RSS europe zEC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Several recent high-profile cases have involved UK... [22 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News UK businesses are the worst in Europe for embracing green IT say tech directors. Attitudes across the whole of Europe were generally more positive, with only 40 per cent feeling downbeat about their company's green credentials but still less than a... [08 Jul 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment In Europe, Air France started its trial with technology partner OnAir at the end of 2007. In Europe alone, there are numerous regulatory hurdles. Z is for Zigbee Wireless from A to Z What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it... [26 Jun 2008]
'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News Following suggestions by Europe's telecommunications chief that she would not oppose mobile operators that wanted to charge their customers for receiving calls, all the UK's operators have denied wanting to do any such thing. [19 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News Europe has taken to 3G faster than any other region in the world and usage is growing rapidly as networks proliferate, according to research commissioned by mobile operator body the GSM Association (GSMA). [11 Jun 2008]
Open source: UK dragging its heels
News Graham Taylor, director of industry body OpenForum Europe, said: "The UK is crap. It is the laggard in Europe in the use of open source. Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… [15 May 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce congestion; intelligent transport... [08 May 2008]
Europe, India net gets cast under the sea
News Verizon Communications's business unit said yesterday it would help build an undersea cable connecting Europe, India and the Middle East in order to expand its global network and support internet traffic. [07 May 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News The original Storm worm code, which appeared on 19 January 2007, derived its name from the fact the first spam linking to the malware coincided with a severe winter storm in Europe. Security from A to Z [07 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News Europe is well on the way to introducing the eCall automatic emergency call system and several Latin American countries are considering mandatory tracking devices on all new cars to combat epidemic vehicle crime. [06 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. The report - entitled Benchmarking ICT use among General Practitioners in... [28 Apr 2008]
Hacking 'goodies' get industry body
News The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (Crest) made its public debut this week at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London. Security from A to Z Z is for Zero-day The aim of the council is to standardise ethical penetration testing... [25 Apr 2008]
Security - vendors must take some responsibility
News At a panel debate at Infosecurity Europe 2008, security experts lined up to put some of the blame for hackers finding ways to exploit code on software makers. Security A to Z While companies may go to great lengths to ensure their IT environments... [23 Apr 2008]
Security breaches down - but at what price?
News The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published yesterday to coincide with the first day of the Infosecurity Europe conference, reveals that IT managers and board-level executives are trying to keep their organisations secure, with some... [23 Apr 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News Zach Nelson, president and CEO of NetSuite, said the partnership will see a software as a service "revolution" take-off in Europe. Broadband from A to Z Z is for Zombies Click on the links below to find out more. [22 Apr 2008]
