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EU teams with Korea on IPv6 development
News In a further boost for the worldwide IPv6 movement, South Korean authorities will now team up the European Union to develop applications and services using the new Internet addressing system. According to a statement from Korea's Ministry of...
[January 19, 2004, 8:45]
AMD grants win EU approval
News The European Union has approved grants by the German and Saxon governments for Advanced Micro Devices' second chipmaking facility in Dresden. The grants, worth 545m euros, are the highest benefit permissible under the grants and subsidy schemes of...
[February 6, 2004, 15:30]
EU to invest in open source
News The European Union is putting €660,000 (£454,000) towards research into open source software and standards across the world. The newly approved funding is for the two-year FLOSSWorld project (FLOSS stands for Free/Libre/Open Source Software).
[May 26, 2005, 17:00]
UK to miss EU e-commerce deadline
News Britain will be one of ten countries to miss the European Union (EU) deadline for implementation of the E-Commerce Directive. All 15 member states are required to have enforced the Directive within their national laws by 17 January, 2002.
[January 11, 2002, 12:55]
SonyBMG's criminal intent
Leader Now, the threat is so real the European Union is considering laws to regulate the very fabric of the network - and as in the best thrillers, the true masterminds of mischief are coming to light. Twenty years ago, the only criminals in cyberspace...
[November 25, 2005, 13:10]
Java creator questions Sun/Microsoft pact
News The father of Java, James Gosling, has questioned the technical relationship between Sun and Microsoft in light of the antitrust demands of the European Union on the world's biggest software maker. At an event in Sydney yesterday the creator of the...
[February 3, 2005, 11:10]
Legal costs depress Microsoft's bottom line
News Microsoft reported on Thursday fiscal third-quarter revenue above expectations but saw its earnings dented by the costs of a fine by the European Union and its settlement with Sun Microsystems. The software maker said it earned $1.32bn (£740m), or...
[April 23, 2004, 8:40]
Police hunt down IT forensics expertise
News An advertisement, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 1 October, 2009, says the Met wants to set up a four-year agreement that will be divided into five lots. The Metropolitan Police Service is setting up a £32m framework to...
[October 2, 2009, 8:16]
TfL puts £150m up for network services
News In separate pre-tender notices in the Official Journal of the European Union, TfL says it is likely to seek a managed service provider for data infrastructure and voice communication services, as well as framework agreements for a range of...
[December 4, 2009, 11:31]
London police seek mobile ID checkers
News It has issued a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a framework agreement for the provision, support and integration of handheld mobile identification units. The Metropolitan Police Service is in the market for mobile...
[August 27, 2009, 9:06]
ID card-scheme reaches procurement 'milestone'
News The Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) framework procurement has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting potential suppliers to make approaches. The UK's controversial national ID-card programme has taken a big...
[August 10, 2007, 8:59]
FCO drops Ocean telecoms network
News Buying Solutions, the government procurement agency under the wing of HM Treasury, has issued a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) stating that the awarding procedure for the Ocean Programme has been withdrawn.
[July 3, 2009, 15:34]
Gates talks up new speech and mobile products
News Gates' announcement came at a conference in San Francisco, during a speech that followed the European Union's decision to fine the software giant 497m euros for violating antitrust law. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced on Wednesday an update...
[March 25, 2004, 9:35]
Police to spend £40m on fingerprint biometrics
News However, the tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Wednesday estimates the contract value at between £30m and £40m. The National Policing Improvement Agency is planning to spend up to £40m on mobile fingerprinting devices.
[August 22, 2008, 11:29]
VMware cries foul over Microsoft virtualisation
News In language reminiscent of Microsoft's anti-trust battles in the US and its ongoing struggle with the European Union, VMware claimed that the software giant is "forcing [its] specifications and APIs on the industry", and "trying to restrict...
[February 27, 2007, 16:01]
German company seeks MP3 trademark
News The Munich-based company submitted the application to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), the body responsible for establishing uniform protection of trademarks and industrial designs throughout the European Union.
[March 24, 2000, 14:34]
Energis drops broadband investment
News Unbundling of the local loop -- in which other operators gain access to BT's telephone exchanges -- is now a legal requirement, ratified by the European Union's Council of Ministers on 5 December. Telecoms operator Energis (quote: EGS) announces...
[December 19, 2000, 12:11]
Sellers sue eBay over double-billing
Talkback They have one in the U.K.and they can opperate in Spain as part of the European Union) I have been double billed this week. Ebay doesnt give me any facility to claim this. Im totally unprotected since Paypal can operate in my country, but they dont...
[August 19, 2005, 2:41]
Google considers privacy dashboard
News A controversial report by the group Privacy International recently slammed Google over its "aggressive use of invasive or potentially invasive technologies" and the amount of user data it gathers and retains, while the European Union is asking why...
[June 12, 2007, 15:33]
