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EU puts Google straight on 'right to be forgotten'

...to ZDNet UK this week by the office of justice commissioner Viviane Reding, who is in charge of EU data protection, the Commission said its... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Firms face tough new EU fines for data breaches

...new data-protection rules proposed by the European Commission. EU commissioner Viviane Reding has said firms could be fined up to two percent of turnover... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

EU promises harmony on corporate data law

...to set up privacy rules that apply across Europe, justice commissioner Viviane Reding has said. EU commissioner Viviane Reding is aiming to harmonise Europe's... Read more

1 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Business must report data breaches to public, EU says

...been exposed in a security breach, EU justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding has told a gathering of bankers in London. EU commissioner Viviane Reding... Read more

21 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Facebook and Google 'must follow' EU privacy rules

...if they do not adhere to EU privacy laws, justice commissioner Viviane Reding has said. Justice commissioner Viviane Reding has said Google, Facebook and other... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Android apps expose personal data to advertisers

...request for comment at the time of writing. European justice commissioner Viviane Reding, who is leading regulatory efforts to update European law, told Channel 4... Read more

5 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
ACTA to be examined by top EU court

ACTA to be examined by top EU court

...official who declined to be named told ZDNet UK it was Viviane Reding, the justice commissioner, who had pushed for ACTA to be referred to... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Firms face tougher data-protection rules in Europe

...are needed to protect consumers and reduce bureaucracy, EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech at a conference on Sunday in Munich."Companies... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

Telefonica balks at new EU roaming proposals

...tariffs. The new caps continue a trend that former digital commissioner Viviane Reding started, while the structural change is intended to promote real competition in... Read more

22 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Firms shun ICO's free data-protection health check

...to implement the appropriate security measures," EU justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding said in June. The information commissioner has direct input into the overhaul... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Vaizey knocks EC privacy proposals

...Directive, one of the pillars of European privacy law. Justice commissioner Viviane Reding has put forward a number of proposals to update the directive, including... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google fined ?100k by French data protection authority

...company had not caused serious harm. On Thursday, European justice commissioner Viviane Reding said national data protection authorities' response to the Wi-Fi-sniffing scandal... Read more

21 March, 2011 by David Meyer

ICO reports surge in data protection complaints

Amid a 30-percent rise in cases, information commissioner Christopher Graham has called for his office to be given independence from the Ministry of Justice Read more

15 July, 2010 by David Meyer

EU mobile roaming caps legal and fair, says court

...Community-wide roaming market". Before the telecoms commissioner at the time, Viviane Reding, imposed the caps, the average retail charge for a roaming call was... Read more

9 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Google's privacy policy comes under EU probe

The French privacy watchdog has begun an EU probe into Google's overhauled privacy policy, saying it does not give users clear and comprehensive information about the company's cross-service data sharing Read more

1 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

14 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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