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EU consumer groups, ISPs plead for net neutrality
News European consumer groups and ISPs are pressing EU politicians to pass legislation to guarantee users cannot be thrown off the internet. Over the past few days, both the European Consumers' Organisation (Beuc) and the European ISP Association...
[October 20, 2009, 14:16]
EU ploughs €18m into 1Gbps mobile broadband
News The development of LTE was aided by €25m (£21.5m) from the EU and, according to a statement issued by the European Commission on Tuesday, the new investment will help boost mobile broadband speeds even further.
[August 19, 2009, 16:54]
EU passports get biometric data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. The move comes after the US introduced strict new laws that demand biometric...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
EU clashes with Microsoft over Vista features
Talkback So the EU is basically telling Microsoft that they must continue to make insecure software so as to not stifle the security market! Does the EU really thibk it's in our best interests to buy an insecure O/S and then have to buy as an added expense...
[September 13, 2006, 23:14]
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]
US Report: EU panel OKs merger between MCI-WorldCom
News The panel of experts from the 15 EU countries also requested clarification about how Washington-based MCI would transfer its Internet retail customers to a new owner, the source said. The panel met to consider a draft decision by the European...
[June 22, 1998, 10:27]
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]
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]
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 to throw patents in with the bath water
News The controversial EU directive that opponents fear will allow software patenting within Europe will be passed without vote or debate on Monday. Scottish National Party MEP Ian Hudghton said he is unhappy that the EU Council is hastily pushing this...
[December 17, 2004, 16:15]
EU's high-speed research network goes global
News Géant, which the EU claims is "the world's largest multi-gigabit computer network dedicated to research and education", already links the national research and education networks of 34 European countries — the UK's network, Janet, being one of...
[March 3, 2008, 12:30]
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 healthcare reaps benefits of broadband
News However, broadband provision differs widely across the EU — with Demark having the highest penetration of GPs using broadband (91 percent) and Romania the lowest (around five percent). The EU average is just four percent.
[April 29, 2008, 9:11]
EU chooses providers of satellite mobile services
News By October 2008, four companies had applied for EU approval to supply such services in Europe. Mobile satellite services have huge potential: they can enable Europeans to access new communication services, particularly in rural and less populated...
[May 15, 2009, 16:42]
News Burst: EU accused of music copyright bias
News On Tuesday one member accused the EU of indirectly funding the music industry's controversial Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI). According to media management consultant David Philipson, EU money given to the International Federation of the...
[September 28, 1999, 12:50]
EU unveils digital citizen action plan
News The EU has unveiled its e-government action plan, calling for all 25 member states to embrace greater use of online services that will ensure "no citizen is left behind". According to the EU, "hundreds of billions of euros" can be saved if national...
[April 27, 2006, 16:05]
News Burst: EU report finds junk mail costs £6bn
News The report forms part of an ongoing European Union (EU) investigation into ways to combat the scourge of spam. The EU is aiming to strike a balance between individuals' right to privacy and Internet advertising interests and believes that a...
[February 6, 2001, 10:17]
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 to look at cost of Internet access
News The high price of Internet access in Europe will be top of the agenda at the forthcoming EU summit in Lisbon, as European leaders consider legislation to bring costs down. The EU summit -- being held in Lisbon on March 23 -- is the first time...
[February 29, 2000, 10:55]
US Report: EU privacy plan impact on US unclear
News E-commerce won't grind to a halt because of it, but the strict data privacy protection plan implemented by the European Union (EU) on Sunday is likely to cause some trepidation in US companies -- and the fallout could eventually be significant.
[October 27, 1998, 9:44]
