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RSS europeanWindows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News A recent survey of European and US IT professionals found that more than half of new corporate PCs are expected to run Windows 7 within 12 months. That Windows 7 is more popular than Vista is no surprise - but just how... [06 Nov 2009]
Europe: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
Make 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 Reding, information... [30 Oct 2009]
'UK must up privacy safeguards following Phorm'
News The European Commission has said the UK government doesn't have adequate communications privacy legislation and must step up its efforts. The EC has criticised the UK government for failing to uphold... [30 Oct 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News While asking colleagues for referrals was voted the most popular way to get advice on new tech, scouring the blogosphere and social networks also proved popular among European execs. When it comes to deciding how to... [28 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News The European Commission's research found language and regulation barriers, and lack of trust to blame for the blocked transactions. The EC has called for cross-border online shopping to be simplified, following research... [26 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News Kiessling feels developing new products and embracing web 2.0 phenomenon such as social networking will be key to attracting more of these gamblers who are making to switch to online.bwin is currently trialling its Shoutbox social... [23 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News A survey of European and US IT professionals found more than half of new corporate PCs would run Windows 7 within 12 months. Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS... [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo The BlackBerry Bold 9700 was unveiled today and has something of a European flavour too - being the first device from RIM entirely designed in its R&D facility in Bochum, Germany. "A little less bold" is how RIM's co-CEO... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
News The research, which surveyed North American and European SMEs and enterprises, found that the majority of businesses using Windows XP plan to migrate straight to Windows 7 and without migrating to Vista first. [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Nathaniel Martinez, IDC programme director for European enterprise servers said that last year, more money was spent on powering datacentres than was spent on acquiring new datacentre networking hardware, or new external... [19 Oct 2009]
Next-gen IP kicks off in Europe
News Enisa, The European Network and Information Security Agency, announced this week it's the first EU agency to offer services using version 6 of the Internet Protocol. Photo credit: European Network and... [15 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile The party, which campaigns on the issue of copyright and patent law reform, won a Swedish seat in the European Parliament during the recent round of elections. With a presence in the European seat of... [08 Oct 2009]
MiFID Compliance With Tripwire
White Paper MiFID is a European Union Directive that, like its 1993 predecessor seeks to establish conditions under which investment firms and banks that engage in the investment business can provide such service or establish... [05 Oct 2009]
LHC restart on track for November
News According to Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the LHC could be restarted in November, after it was shut down following just nine days after it was first switched on. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)... [05 Oct 2009]
