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Apple wins temporary European ban on Samsung tablet

...Tuesday, the preliminary injunction is based on the alleged violation of a European Community design that covers the iPad. Unlike the software patents usually cited... Read more

10 August, 2011 by David Meyer

EU mobile roaming caps legal and fair, says court

...significant distortions of competition and to disrupt the orderly functioning of the (European) Community-wide roaming market". Before the telecoms commissioner at the time, Viviane... Read more

9 June, 2010 by David Meyer
Codes E 2.0

Codes E 2.0

...indicate if it is authorized or not in Switzerland and in the European Community. Please note that for the latter, the exhaustive list of authorized... Read more

21 July, 2011
European Union 2.0

European Union 2.0

...founded to enhance political, economic and social co-operation. Formerly known as European Community (EC) or European Economic Community (EEC).It also contains information and... Read more

5 March, 2011
High Data-Rate Infra-Red Optical Wireless Communications: implementation Challenges

High Data-Rate Infra-Red Optical Wireless Communications: implementation Challenges

...25 Gigabit/s demonstrator that has been fabricated as part of the European Community Framework 7 project OMEGA is described, and a 280Mbit/s demonstrator... Read more

20 January, 2011

Europe signs sci-tech agreements with Japan, Jordan

Europe will work with Japan and Jordan on research in areas such as energy, the environment and sustainable development Read more

1 December, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Linux vendors applaud EC's Microsoft warning

Will probe lessen the fear, uncertainty and doubt factor? Read more

4 August, 2000 by Matthew Broersma and Will Knight

Phishing scam spurs EC into security revamp

...have been compromised." The European Commission plans to set up a new European Community carbon-trading registry in 2012, and the security of the trading... Read more

5 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner

European 'internet freedom' law agreed

Lawmakers agree to protect internet users from disconnection without due process, a move that means a raft of EU telecoms reforms can pass into law Read more

5 November, 2009 by David Meyer

EC plans more funding for tech research

...where inventions would get a single patent that would apply across the European Community. It argued that the European intellectual-property system would be improved... Read more

13 March, 2009 by David Meyer

HP and the African e-waste problem: Round 2

...The question is then why, when HP is environmentally compliant within the European Community, does it pay for zero end-of-life disposal in Africa... Read more

17 February, 2009

EU backs ISPs over file-sharing

...freedoms concerned by that exception, it must be interpreted as expressing the European Community legislature's intention not to exclude from its scope the protection... Read more

30 January, 2008 by David Meyer

Court outlaws EU-US passenger data transfer

...States. The Luxembourg Court has now ruled that the deal goes against European Community law, and has concluded it should therefore be annulled, with exchange... Read more

30 May, 2006 by Lars Pasveer

Microsoft may open Office door

The software giant is considering widening access to the source code that underlies its Office suite Read more

19 January, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

EC unveils open-source guide

The European Community (EC) yesterday launched a new set of guidelines designed to help... Read more

23 October, 2003 by Jo Best

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