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Article | 30/11/2011 European Commission proposals would help online shoppers resolve disputes

New European Commission proposals could prove a boon to online shoppers who have disputes with traders.

Article | 30/11/2011 Programming languages cannot be copyrighted, says senior EU court adviser

The functionalities of a computer program and programming languages cannot be protected by copyright. according to the European Court of Justice's sen...

Article | 29/11/2011 Free Software activists to take on Google with new free search engine

Free software activists have released a peer-to-peer search engine to take on Google, Yahoo, Bing and others.

Article | 24/11/2011 Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions

Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi's hard-disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard-disk drive production plant.

Article | 22/11/2011 Business Software Alliance withdraws support for Stop Online Piracy Act

The U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would allow U.S. authorities to seize the domain names of copyright-infringing websites, has taken anoth...

Article | 19/11/2011 European Parliament joins criticism of SOPA

The European Parliament has added its voice to those criticizing the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the United States criticizing the ...

Article | 19/11/2011 EU parliamentarians speak out over gag order on data deal

A leading Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has said that she will not be silenced on the shortcomings of a new deal to pass European airline tr...

Article | 18/11/2011 Net neutrality should be enshrined in EU law says Parliament

Net neutrality should be enshrined in European Union law, says the European Parliament.

Article | 16/11/2011 New EU rules on spectrum ignore interference issues, group says

The latest text to set new rules on spectrum use in the European Union fails to deal with the potential problem of interference in consumer equipment,...

Article | 15/11/2011 IANA contract is up for renewal, only to U.S. bidders

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is aiming to strengthen requirements for transparency, independence and accountability in its next cont...

Article | 12/11/2011 Too much social networking could lead to Big Brother fears, agency says

Europe's biggest cybersecurity agency, ENISA, has warned that social networking could lead to a feeling of being continuously under surveillance and p...

Article | 12/11/2011 German court rules that free software can be modified as users wish

A major challenge to the principles of free software was thrown out of a German district court on Tuesday.

Article | 8/11/2011 Open-source proponents blast proprietary software in Dutch schools

Dutch education authorities have decided to throw out their government’s open standards policy and instead lock in to Microsoft proprietary software f...

Article | 4/11/2011 EU antitrust authority investigates Samsung's use of patents against Apple

The European Union's top antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Samsung's use of patents to block sales of Apple products.

Article | 4/11/2011 Simulated cyberattack unites EU and US security experts

Almost 100 computer experts from 16 European countries jointly battled to hold off serious cyberattacks on the European Union's security agencies and ...