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Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system
News The Commission handed down a record antitrust fine of €497m (£458m) to Microsoft in 2004 after it found the company had withheld information from its rivals on how to interoperate with its software. The European Commission on Wednesday announced it...
[October 7, 2009, 17:40]
SEC clamps down on spammers and hackers
News The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action against alleged stock promoters and hackers thought to have broken into trading accounts. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended trading on Thursday in the securities of 35...
[March 9, 2007, 8:07]
Bush to host high-tech pow-wow
News Friday, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration will release final reports on how 3G services might fit into crowded spectrum at 2.5GHz and 1.7GHz, respectively.
[March 28, 2001, 8:58]
EC seeks more cash for online cultural library
News Common standards need to be implemented to make different information sources and databases compatible for and usable by the European Digital Library," the Commission noted. European Commission plans to put the continent's works of art at the...
[August 12, 2008, 13:11]
Wi-Fi hack caused TK Maxx security breach
News A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing in March revealed that TJX believed the attackers had stolen information from its computer systems in Watford that process and store payment card transactions for TK Maxx.
[May 8, 2007, 16:13]
Microsoft says Passport boosts privacy
News Catlett and other privacy experts already have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, saying Passport deceives and coerces consumers into parting with their data. And what if that information were tied to a database that stored...
[April 20, 2002, 7:31]
Microsoft to appeal Japanese antitrust ruling
News The decision to reject the ruling follows Microsoft's decision to appeal a European Commission ruling that found violations of European law and ordered Microsoft to unbundle its media player and offer more technical information to server rivals as...
[July 27, 2004, 10:15]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News The Data Protection Act states that personal information should not be stored for longer than necessary and the Data Protection Commission has expressed concern over the storing information on all Internet users for a number of years.
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
EC joins growing debate on future of 3G
News The European Commission will intervene on Thursday in the growing crisis over the roll out of high-speed mobile services. In it the Commission reviews the current situation regarding 3G in Europe and seeks to reassure critics.
[March 21, 2001, 6:12]
FSF: Microsoft's attack on EC is 'outrageous'
News The Free Software Foundation Europe expressed outrage on Thursday at Microsoft's criticism of the European Commission, and of the UK expert appointed to ensure that Microsoft complies with the antitrust ruling.
[February 17, 2006, 10:35]
European software patents inch closer
News McCarthy and her followers rejected all amendment proposals that limit patentability while supporting all those which go even beyond the European Commission's proposal," said the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), a Germany...
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
FTC cracks international Web porn ring
News Allan Asher, deputy chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said by videophone from Canberra that law enforcement authorities there had raided eight locations, gathering information for possible criminal prosecution or...
[September 23, 1999, 9:29]
Europe unites to keep online video unregulated
News The European Commission welcomes the fact that the three European Union institutions — the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, are on the way towards convergence on the directive on convergence," said a spokesman for the Information Media...
[November 15, 2006, 17:21]
Cisco adopts iSCSI to aid SAN growth
News New regulations from the Federal Reserve Bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are meant ensure that the nation's financial community can rebuild quickly in the event of a terrorist attack...
[April 14, 2003, 16:03]
EU gets internationalised domain names
News The European Commission has introduced the use of non-Roman characters in .eu domain names, allowing the names to incorporate characters from all twenty-three official languages of the European Union for the first time.
[December 14, 2009, 15:37]
Temp workers could get equal rights
News Plans are being drawn up by the European Commission to give temporary workers in the UK the same conditions as permanent employees. The European Commission plans to bring in legislation dealing with the issue in mid-March.
[February 21, 2002, 11:38]
ISPs blast police ignorance
News Gaspar, however, said that only three years storage could be justified on the grounds of carrying out an investigation and said the figure of seven years had been based on the needs of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates...
[January 17, 2001, 9:22]
Microsoft may delay response to EC
News In its statement, the European Commission said it has talked to more of Microsoft's customers, partners and competitors and has found that by not disclosing the necessary information to allow rival servers to exchange data with Windows PCs...
[September 17, 2003, 14:45]
More cybercrime laws will be counter-productive, says thinktank
News Among its recommendations, Eurim said that the Home Office should coordinate constructive dialogue between all stakeholders and that the Law Commission must urgently review existing UK legislation to establish what changes are needed to ensure...
[April 25, 2002, 11:58]
Microsoft looks to European resolution
News We do hope that the European Commission will consider (Friday's) decision as a reference point and we do hope they will weigh this information carefully with everything else they may consider. The European Union's Competition Commission is...
[November 4, 2002, 7:58]
