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EU Fines Microsoft $1.4 Billion

BBC News reports that the EU has fined Microsoft a record setting $1.4 billion USD or 899 million Euros. The fine came after the EU found that Microsoft had not complied with a 2004 ruling that said the software giant... Read more Feb 27 2008, 9:49am CST
 

Google and EU Argue Over IP Addresses

Google is having a dispute with EU data protection officers who claim that IP addresses are personal data even when processed by service providers. Google disputes this fact saying that only the ISP can link an IP... Read more Feb 26 2008, 11:59am CST
 

Iris Scanning May Become the Norm at European Border Crossings

Iris Scanning May Become the Norm at European Border Crossings
The EU commission is proposing that anyone entering the EU be subject to iris scanning. The recommendations are based on a pilot program in Frankfurt called the Automated Biometric Border Surveillance which is claimed... Read more Feb 14 2008, 8:03am CST
 

Microsoft Press Conference on EU Court Antitrust Decision

Microsoft will hold a press-conference in less than one hour to discuss the European Court of First Instance's judgment on Microsoft's appeal of the European Commission's March 2004 decision. As reported the EU Court... Read more Sep 17 2007, 6:44am CDT
 

European Union signs off on cap for mobile roaming fees

European Union signs off on cap for mobile roaming fees
The next time you're stuck in a ditch and can't connect to your mobile provider, it will cost a little less to borrow some time from a different network. The EU has capped roaming charges to less than a half a Euro.... Read more May 24 2007, 5:00am CDT
 

EU focuses on Record Companies in Apple iTunes Complaint

EU focuses on Record Companies in Apple iTunes Complaint
As everybody expected the EU complaint against the Apple iTunes store is actually mostly aimed at the record companies. The WSJ reports that EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said: "This is an arrangement imposed on Apple... Read more Apr 4 2007, 11:20am CDT
 

Talking BMW at CeBit 2007

Talking BMW at CeBit 2007
German researches show a voice activated BMW in the Future Park at CeBit 2007. The EU supported TALK project of the Saarland University focuses on the development of new technologies for adaptive multimodal and... Read more Mar 12 2007, 12:24pm CDT
 

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