EU

EC Forces Mobile Carriers To Lower Roaming Charges

The EU has once again reduced the price of roaming, as it prepares to discuss competition in the market

13 years ago

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

14 years ago

Duplicated Green Standards Are Doubly Wrong

If Green IT is all about efficiency and cutting waste, then why are organisations duplicating their efforts, asks Peter Judge

14 years ago

EC Urges More Action On Cyber-Defences

Member states must act swiftly to establish Computer Emergency Response Teams by next year

14 years ago

Microsoft Opens European Cloud Centre

Microsoft will invest €5.3m to drive regional innovation and growth through cloud applications in Europe

14 years ago

Facebook Questions EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

The EU's right to be forgotten is not what users actually want from a social network, says Facebook

14 years ago

Reding Unveils EU Data Protection Law Update

Non-EU companies such as Google and Facebook could face legal action of they violate EU privacy regulations

14 years ago

EU Lowers Targets For New E-Waste Rules

The EU Council has lowered e-waste targets from the 85 percent proposed by the European Parliament

14 years ago

EC Backs Europe-Wide ‘Get Online Week’

Councillor Neelie Kroes is targeting Internet virgins across the EU this week

14 years ago

Why We Are Pissed Off With WEEE

The only way to reduce the tonnes of electronic waste we all produce is to re-use and repair equipment, says…

14 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Looks For Anti-Trust Compromise With EC

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has said the search engine is willing to change its algorithms to head off a…

14 years ago

Europe Votes For Tougher WEEE Recycling Rules

European countries should collect 85 percent of their e-waste by 2016, according to a new WEEE directive

14 years ago

Britain Keeps Quiet About Data Protection Day

Friday was European Data Protection Day. Well, did you notice?

14 years ago

European Project Keeps Personal Details Private

The EU-backed ABC4Trust scheme stops users over-sharing on websites

14 years ago

European Carbon Exchange Closed After £6m Theft

Virtual bank robbers stole €7 million in carbon credits, breaking the green exchange

14 years ago

Report: Intel McAfee Deal May Face EC Probe

The European Commission has expressed concerns over Intel's $7.68bn deal to acquire McAfee

14 years ago

IBM Mainframe Foe TurboHercules Gets Microsoft Investment

Microsoft has invested in TurboHercules, a company that has filed an antitrust complaint against IBM in Europe

14 years ago

EU Code Of Conduct For Data Centres ‘Failing’

The EU code of conduct for data centres is failing to engage the industry, say critics

14 years ago

EU Initiates Cloud Storage Research With €15.7m Funding

The EU is funding research into better ways of storing and accessing data in a federated cloud

14 years ago

EU Seeks To Introduce Stronger Online Privacy Laws

The European Commission plans to strengthen the rules governing the collection and use of personal data online

14 years ago

Europe Holds Cyber-Warfare Test

The Cyber Europe 2010 will simulate an attack designed to cut Europe's nations off from one another

14 years ago

Movable App Scheme Gets €10 million Funding

A project that will allow apps to move between platforms has attracted €10 million Future Internet funding from the European…

14 years ago

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

EC Develops Disaster Zone Collaboration Tech

Peer-to-peer technology should help relief agencies communicate more effectively in disaster zones

14 years ago

IBM And EU Developing Cloud Consortium

A research group forms to help businesses understand the nature, structure and business purposes of cloud systems

14 years ago

Reding Says Google Does Not Respect EU Rules

Google flouted EU rules in its Wi-Fi data harvest, says Commissioner Reding. There will be a reckoning

15 years ago

EU Clears Google Of Trademark Breach

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google's Adwords service does not infringe trademark law

15 years ago

Lords Demand NATO, EU Cooperate On Cyber Security

The House of Lords has criticised NATO's lack of cooperation with the EU, claiming member states are being left vulnerable…

15 years ago