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European Commission denies favouring open source
News The European Commission has distanced itself from a report it commissioned that endorsed the use of open-source software. The report was published on the Commission's website earlier this month, and detailed the financial contribution that open...
[January 30, 2007, 11:48]
Survey: European patents have quality problems
Talkback European Election - Why vote? This fiasco over software patents shows that despite knowing they cannot do a proper job the Commision are railroading the directive through and as we have seen the EU parliament has absolutely no say in the matter...
[June 9, 2004, 11:46]
European Travel Guides Collection
Downloads Collection of city guides include various attractive cities in different European countries. Indulge yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. All guides include a phrasebook and are illustrated with maps and photographs.
[November 29, 2007, 20:50]
European firm eyes Asian integration pie
News Going against the downward technology tide, European IT firm Axway plans to invest up to $10m over the next two years to ramp up its Asian operations. Axway, a subsidiary of European IT vendor Sopra Group, posted an annual revenue of 50m euros in...
[October 9, 2002, 6:27]
European Parliament to get new powers over Oftel
News The European Parliament has voted to adopt three draft directives dealing with a proposed new regulatory framework for communications networks that will put now limits on bodies such as the UK's telecoms regulator Oftel.
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
European R&D investment levels 'stagnating'
News The number of science and technology researchers in Europe is increasing, but the European Union is still far from reaching its research and development investment targets, the European Commission has warned.
[January 23, 2009, 15:40]
Survey: European patents have quality problems
Talkback The European Parliament actually has the power to block the directive and to propose amendments, and they have done a pretty good job in the first reading. So there is a point in voting, and UKIP in fact seems to be a very good choice, although for...
[June 10, 2004, 15:55]
European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato on Wednesday, in favour of a strict regulation of law enforcement authorities' access to personal data in the electronic communications sector.
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
European Commission to fund 'Safer Internet' hotlines
News A European Internet safety project has received six million euros to fund a beefed-up awareness campaign promoting the dangers of children using Internet chatrooms. The funding awarded by the European Commission will form the final part of the...
[November 12, 2001, 17:06]
European wireless carriers unite
News Three European mobile phone providers announced on Monday that they are jointly developing wireless services, a new level of cooperation among competitors that one analyst predicts could soon reach US shores.
[April 8, 2003, 9:01]
European firms warm to WAP
News Nearly a quarter of European businesses currently deploy WAP services and another nine percent are planning to do so within the next 12 months, according to analyst firm IDC. According to IDC, nearly a quarter of European businesses currently...
[February 27, 2001, 10:40]
European Businesses Aren’t Adopting Video Conferencing
Blog New analysis from Easynet Global Services has shown a surprising two thirds of European businesses have not considered or trialled video conferencing, even though 87% can see the potential for the technology to save them money.
[March 13, 2009, 8:33]
Intellect: European software industry booming
News The European software industry is booming at the moment, according to IT trade association Intellect. At an awards ceremony in Brussels on Monday, Intellect announced the top European IT companies for 2007 — the "Truffle 100".
[November 21, 2007, 11:12]
European companies 'afraid of new tech'
News European companies are 'gun-shy' when it comes to implementing new technology, making the region a lot harder to sell into than the US or Asia, according to a leading venture capitalist. If Schoendorf's observations are accurate then UK companies...
[March 2, 2004, 16:00]
European cybercrime squad gets green light
News The EC has given the go-ahead to setting up a pan-European cybercrime squad, designed to help police forces across the continent coordinate their efforts. The Brussels-based agency will go by the name of the European Network and Information...
[November 24, 2003, 15:30]
European Manufacturer Reduces Costs and Improves Delivery with BizTalk Server 2000
White Papers Key to Mayer & Co.s success is the strength of its European-wide trading relationships, especially with its key partners in Britain, Italy, Germany, and Austria. Mayer & Co.is a leading Austrian manufacturer of door and window fittings.
[December 11, 2003, 23:00]
European firms threaten mass P2P lawsuit
News European Digital Rights (EDRI), a coalition of European digital rights groups, said the case was insubstantial and would probably never be filed, noting that Ribas said in a recent radio interview that the lawsuit had not yet been presented to the...
[August 1, 2003, 10:55]
Intel: European start-ups starved of funding
News Intel Capital, the investment arm of the chipmaker, has said that European venture funding has slowed down. After a record year in 2005 for investment in European companies, with investment hitting €42.6bn (£30.4bn), funding fell away to €28bn last...
[December 18, 2007, 15:28]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
News The European Parliament on Wednesday voted against a proposal that would have allowed companies to defend nationally granted patents throughout the EU region. European software patents are difficult to enforce largely because of the differences...
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
European Parliament accepts telecoms competition laws
News The European Parliament has accepted a compromise telecom package to open up the telecommunications market to internal competition. The deal will bring the European telecoms industry under standard competition law, and remove the exclusive...
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
