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EU and Open Source
Talkback So now we really do know where the EU stands on Open Source and freedom of choose. Enough said as it's all been said before.
[January 8, 2007, 12:22]
EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal
News As reported last week, the EU had claimed that Linux users could not legally view its video streams — after many thousands complained that they are being excluded. The streaming service offers many important videos of the EU's debates and briefings...
[January 8, 2007, 8:35]
EU creates loophole for personal data transfers
News Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive personal data from businesses within EU member states under a standard contractual clause newly adopted by the European Commission.
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
Public Procurement of Timber: EU Member State Initiatives for Sourcing Legal and Sustainable Timber
White Papers Public procurement policy clearly has an important role to play in the EU's attempts to control imports of illegal timber. Spending by EU public authorities is estimated to account for 16-18 per cent of GDP, representing a very substantial source...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
EU agrees to major telecoms reform
News European Union states gave the green light on Wednesday to a sweeping reform of the telecoms sector after accepting a last-minute deal to resolve a spat over internet access, the Czech EU presidency said.
[April 30, 2009, 16:21]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
Talkback "The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month. Right, well, I don't know about the rest of you's but I'm off to the EP to break...
[March 31, 2005, 19:50]
Structural Funds, EU Enlargement, and the Redistribution of FDI in Europe
White Papers The envisaged EU enlargements will lead to a redirection of Structural and Cohesion Funds expenditures from current to new EU-members. Using a logistic regressions approach, this paper shows that a hypothetical reallocation of Structural Funds as...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
EU backing gives boost to telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine. Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost public confidence in remote...
[November 10, 2008, 8:15]
EU telecoms gets regulatory shake-up
News The new framework will also see a greater push towards radio spectrum harmonisation across the EU. Colt Telecom issued a statement on Tuesday in which it called the reform "long overdue, particularly if EU-based businesses are to continue to...
[November 14, 2007, 13:24]
EU sets June date for Microsoft antitrust hearing
News European Union antitrust regulators have set a hearing in June for Microsoft to respond orally to EU charges that it sought to stymie rivals by tying the firm's web browser to its Windows operating system.
[May 5, 2009, 9:06]
EU telecoms ministers meet to save 3G
News EU telecoms ministers including UK e-minister Patricia Hewitt met today to discuss methods of helping those companies that paid large sums of money for third-generation (3G) network licences. The EU Telecoms Council was expected to recommend that...
[April 4, 2001, 16:24]
EU body slams biometric ID cards
Blog In a great article on an EU body's report on biometric ID Cards, "Biometric ID cards an insecure menace, says EU ID outfit", Reg veteran John Lettice concludes: Could we all be going to wake up in ten years time and conclude biometric ID was a...
[November 10, 2006, 16:41]
News Burst: EU accolade for Welsh high-tech plan
News The WDA's scheme, together with a regional project in the Netherlands, was listed as the most successful in the EU. Some 50 separate projects involving 1000 organisations, pioneered under the Welsh Development Agency's (WDA) regional technology...
[October 21, 1998, 16:07]
EU states reach agreement over tech institute
News The dream of a European rival to the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology has inched closer after EU member states agreed on its structure. Each KIC will work in a particular field of interest, with EU priorities like climate change and...
[June 26, 2007, 13:17]
EU digital divide fuelled by fat pipe take-up
News The digital divide in Europe is being exacerbated by large discrepancies in broadband penetration rates across the 25 countries of the EU, according to the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta).
[September 14, 2006, 17:30]
EU consumer law to defy industry opposition
News The legislation in question is the Rome II treaty -- now in draft form -- which if adopted would allow anybody buying online goods in the EU to have the protection of local consumer law, rather than having to rely on the law of the country where...
[May 18, 2001, 17:38]
EU says ICT is key to cutting carbon emissions
Blog I am planning a more considered news story on this but the first pass is that the EU seems have bought into the mantra that the IT industry has been banging on about of late. Here's the introduction to the EU's statement on this:
[May 13, 2008, 13:04]
EU delays patent decision
News The EU directive that opponents fear will allow widespread software patenting within Europe will be passed without vote or debate on Tuesday, a day later than planned. A spokeswoman for the EU Council said the directive will be passed at an...
[December 20, 2004, 11:25]
EU help possible for Dell Ireland workers
Blog The European globalisation fund was set up to help member states retrain workers who lose their jobs when companies relocate outside the EU or to help them if the jobs because of major structural change in world trade.
[January 12, 2009, 17:06]
EU to introduce own 'Green Card' scheme
Blog According to Auntie, the EU has realised it needs 20m skilled immigrants in the next 2 decades, and this is its way of ensuring that happens. Well, "Blue Card" in this case. The biggest shortfall in skilled workers?
[October 23, 2007, 13:05]
