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French seek mandatory registration for Net publishing
News Web users in France who want to publish online will have to register their intent with the government, if a bill being considered by French Parliament this week is passed. A spokesman from The European Internet Service Providers Association...
[May 25, 2000, 16:50]
Open standards 'essential to Europe's IT future'
News A high ranking French government official has called for open standards for software to be adopted by all European countries. The French Government has not yet responded to Carayon's report. Carayon recommended that both the French Government and...
[October 6, 2006, 14:35]
French Ministry leaves Microsoft for Linux
News A French government department is replacing its legacy Microsoft NT servers with an open-source product from Mandrakesoft. The move appears to be part of a general move towards Linux by the French government, which is wrestling with a large budget...
[July 9, 2004, 18:05]
France opts for wireless 'beauty contest'
News The French government Wednesday reveals plans to distribute next-generation wireless (UMTS) licences, foregoing the auction system recently used in the UK for a "beauty contest" based on merit. But the cash influx -- 65bn francs in the next two...
[June 7, 2000, 11:36]
EC to investigate Groupe Bull loan
News Groupe Bull's 450m euro (£275m) loan from the French Government may be in jeopardy after the European Commission decided on Tuesday to launch a formal investigation into it. But last month the company had to go, for the second time in less than six...
[April 10, 2002, 17:45]
France and China form Linux alliance
News The French government is showing considerable interest in Linux. It recently asked Unilog, a French consultancy firm, to product a feasibility study into the viability of installing Linux on 17,000 government PCs in the city of Paris.
[October 12, 2004, 13:30]
Barrett points to France in Encryption lesson
News France, a country notorious for thwarting innovation with red-tape, is living in the past according to Steve Gold, news editor of a specialist UK-based magazine Secure Computing: "The French government has been thinking and talking about US-type...
[September 25, 1998, 16:45]
French campaigners win concession in mobile privacy row
News The Commission is congratulating itself after the French government followed its stance over the creation of a free 'red list' and measures to punish unsolicited marketing by fax -- crucial areas, according to the Commission, when it comes to data...
[August 12, 2003, 16:00]
France talks up its tech prospects
News Although it remains one of the largest economies in Europe, the world still looks at France as a place difficult to conduct business, where nearly everyone is either on strike or at lunch, conceded government officials and tech executives the...
[May 25, 2005, 9:25]
France passes controversial antipiracy bill
News The vote comes a little more than a month after the same government body rejected the proposal. The legislation essentially creates a new government agency known as HADOPI the Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des droits...
[May 13, 2009, 11:06]
UK local government lags behind in open source
News The French and German government have published extensive guidelines on the use of free software in government, said Ghosh. Ghosh said that one possible reason why the UK lags behind other European countries is the lack of clarity in UK government...
[January 20, 2005, 17:05]
Paris eyes open-source switch
News This week, the director of France's Agency for the Development of the Electronic Administration, Jacques Sauret, said the French government is considering installing open-source software on between 5 and 15 percent of desktop computers.
[February 12, 2004, 12:35]
Hacking tools tipped to become weapons of the state
News At the time, the French government was ridiculed in some quarters for believing that they could impose their laws on companies based in other jurisdictions. Reidenberg pointed out that the Chinese government has already imposed restrictions on...
[March 10, 2004, 12:35]
Europe and the US philosophically divided on open source?
News The government's enthusiasm for open source is for similar reasons to the French government — anti-Americanism and to encourage its software industry, according to analysts Governor and DiMaio. But, part of the reason for the French government's...
[November 8, 2005, 10:15]
Paris offered Microsoft discount
News According to French daily Libération, in January, Microsoft made an offer to Philipped Schil, the Paris mayoral authorities' director of information technology and systems -- an offer cutting licence prices by around 60 percent for the local...
[June 30, 2004, 13:40]
Firefox sneaks into the enterprise
News The French Government has already shown a keen interest in open source. Although Nitot was unwilling to reveal the names of any companies that have deployed Firefox, he said the French government is seriously considering deploying the application.
[March 1, 2005, 13:35]
Echelon: Europe quietly strengthens surveillance
News ZDNet also attempted to obtain information from the CNCIS (National Security Interception Control Commission) who support the monitoring needs and demands of the French government. Our organisation represents the private sector, we cannot speak for...
[June 29, 2000, 11:10]
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' internet law
News In May, the parliament approved a similar law that would have created a government agency called Hadopi (the Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet) to deal with suspected illegal file-sharers.
[September 16, 2009, 16:54]
Germany exits pan-European Google rival
News Quaero, the pan-European search effort intended to rival Google, has seen the German government withdraw its support, while Brussels has promised €8.5m to a rival local search project, Pharos. The German government has cited differences over the...
[January 9, 2007, 8:33]
Yahoo! yields to Chinese Web laws
News Human Rights Watch, an organisation critical of the Chinese government's restrictions on free speech and expression, issued a public statement last week condemning Yahoo! is supporting a government known for its censorship of online information.
[August 14, 2002, 11:23]
