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Facebook: EU’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Will Enforce More User Tracking
Facebook tells TechWeekEurope the right to be forgotten would actually damage privacy
EU Resists ‘Extreme’ US Lobbying As Data Privacy War Brews
Exclusive: US officials try to alter and delay EU data privacy reform, sources tell TechWeekEurope, but Commission stands firm
Italian ISP Aruba.it Prepares For European Expansion
ITALY: The web hosting and services company form Tuscany is ready to offer its cloud in France, Germany, UK and Spain
Justice Committee Tells EU To Rethink Data Protection Proposals
They are over-prescriptive, confusing and unrealistic - just a few of the committee's problems with EC proposals
Quiz Of The Week: Europe’s Tech Pioneers
How well do you know European tech history? Our quiz takes in the inventors of radio, telephony and computing!
TechWeekEurope Shows Tech Strength Of Europe: Gallery
BRITAIN: NetMediaEurope's editors, from five countries across Europe gathered in London
Neelie Kroes Warns On Do Not Track Watering Down
Kroes calls on industry to ensure DNT is not weakened because of advertiser pressure
Europe Plays Cyber War Games – But What Now?
Evangelos Ouzounis, the leader of Europe's cyber war games tells us what happens now as the EU prepares to launch its grand security strategy
European Nations Fending Off Massive DDoS Attack In Cyber War Games
Tests will challenge over 300 security pros on more than 1200 security events and a massive DDoS
UK Users Fear Online Payments: European Study
Brits are online scaredy-cats, a European Commissions study shows
Video: CIO is one of the toughest jobs in the world
Hendrink Deckers, managing director of CIONet in Europe talks about the role of IT management
European Crises Cripple Cloud Adoption
Europe will lag behind the US by two years when it comes to cloud adoption
ACTA: “The Devil Is In The Lack Of Detail”
MEP David Martin expects the vote to go 2:1 against ACTA, and explains why
O2 Offers Roaming Deal As Operators Accept EU Vote
O2 says it was already working within the EU guidelines set to come in this July, as it announces a Travel plan
New EU Regulation Makes Roaming Cheaper
A vote in Brussels will drastically bring down roaming charges
European Parliament To Vote On Roaming Charges
Roaming costs look set be capped in Europe thanks to an activist campaign
Neelie Kroes Accepts ACTA Is Doomed
Controversial agreement is unlikely to pass the vote
Microsoft: Patents Aren’t Perfect, But They’re The Best We’ve Got
Patents may be the best man-made invention ever - but they need perfecting, says Microsoft's Ron Zink
Microsoft Backs Patent Promotion Group
Ideas Matter preaches the benefits of patents to inventors, but is quiet on their use in corporate warfare
Infosec: Neelie Kroes Warns EU Is Unprotected From Cyber Attacks
Neelie Kroes says a new vision, in which nations, organisations and individuals work with one another, is needed to fix EU cyber security.
Space App Developer Competition Launches
The ESNC calls out to entrepreneurs and developers to cash in on space-related ideas
European Regulators Could Investigate Five Major Mobile Networks
Vodafone, France Telecoms, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica suspected of industry collusion
Analysts Claim BlackBerry Sales Are Dropping Significantly In Europe
RIM's BlackBerry sales "decreased significantly" in Europe putting pressure on the launch of BlackBerry 10 in autumn
Kroes Promises EU Cloud Strategy – Based On Angry Birds?
EU Internet Champion Neelie Kroes wants to unify regulations across Europe's states, so we can all play nicely
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
British Businesses Lag US In Cyber-Worrying
Lloyds of London finds that UK firms should be more concerned about the cyber-crime threat
HP Seeks EU Help In Oracle/Itanium Support Case
European regulators have been asked to investigate Oracle's decision to end Itanium support
Router Bug Crashes Networks Across US, Europe
Level 3's Juniper Networks routers crashed, causing disruption in North America and Europe
UK Leads In Private Cloud Adoption
Businesses in the UK are pushing into the cloud at a faster-than-average rate, according to VMware