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European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month

The European Commission is set to lay out proposals for a EU-wide e-ID scheme, it has revealed as it outlined a pan-European strategy aimed at protecting children from harmful online content Read more

3 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Programming languages can't be copyrighted: EU court

...The highest court in the European Union issued a ruling on Wednesday that essentially declared programming languages are... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Rachel King

UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance

...The UK and 21 other European Union member states have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known... Read more

26 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Europe agrees on changes for cheaper roaming

The various parts of the EU administration have thrashed out a compromise on the maximum levels people can be charged for using mobile roaming services Read more

28 March, 2012 by David Meyer
EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

...The European Union may settle its investigation into e-book publishers as long as... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

EU calls time-out on Google privacy change

...European Union officials have asked Google to refrain from implementing its plans to... Read more

6 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Firms face tougher data-protection rules in Europe

...required to disclose security breaches within 24 hours of their occurrence under European Union proposals being made this week to strengthen data-protection rules. New... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

HP appeals to EU over Oracle's Itanium decision

...HP has asked European Union antitrust officials to investigate whether Oracle acted improperly by ending support... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Lance Whitney

EU joins FTC in Apple business investigation

...Regulators from the European Union are getting involved in the Federal Trade Commission investigation of Apple... Read more

11 August, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn
Europe's IT Agency kicks off in Estonia

Europe's IT Agency kicks off in Estonia

...The European Union has opened the doors on a new agency in charge of... Read more

22 March, 2012 by David Meyer
ACTA's EU future in doubt after Polish pause

ACTA's EU future in doubt after Polish pause

...Tusk's backtracking could spell the end of ACTA for the entire European Union. If Poland or any other EU member state, or the European... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

CERTs hindered by lack of sharing, says EU agency

...responses to cyber-threats by not sharing data about malware, according to European Union security advisory agency ENISA. The main technical gaps in computer emergency... Read more

7 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Programming languages can be copied, says EU lawyer

...said. Yves Bot, advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formerly the ECJ), said on Tuesday that copyright also did... Read more

30 November, 2011 by David Meyer

EU's decision on Motorola-Google due in January

...Google has petitioned the European Union's executive arm for approval of its Motorola Mobility merger, but... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Don Reisinger

IBM offers concessions in EU antitrust probe

...supplying competing mainframe maintenance service providers with such inputs, in breach of European Union antitrust rules prohibiting the abuse of a dominant market position in... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

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