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Article | 2/05/2013 Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers

The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located...

Article | 1/05/2013 Belgian ISPs sued for providing Internet access without paying copyright levies

Sabam, the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers, has sued the country's three biggest ISPs, saying that they should be paying copy...

Article | 26/04/2013 Wolfram Alpha study of Facebook users details relationship cycles

The average Facebook user has 342 friends and teenage girls and boys tend to misreport their relationship status as married, according to an analysis ...

Article | 25/04/2013 Motorola's Android phones infringe Microsoft SMS patent, German court rules

Motorola Mobility's Android phones infringe on a Microsoft text messaging patent, the Higher District Court of Munich ruled on Thursday.

Article | 24/04/2013 Ban on iOS push mail stays but patent used to get it likely to be invalid, German court says

A patent that Motorola Mobility used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push mail service in Germany is likely to be invalid, the Higher Regional C...

Article | 23/04/2013 Facebook can keep its real name policy, German appellate court decides

Facebook doesn't have to allow nicknames on its platform and can keep its real name policy in Germany, the Administrative Court of Appeals of the Stat...

Article | 23/04/2013 Nokia wins injunction blocking sales of microphones for HTC One

Nokia has accused supplier STMicroelectronics of selling microphones Nokia says it developed to rival HTC, and on Monday won an injunction in the Amst...

Article | 22/04/2013 Germans fine Google for gathering personal data with Street View cars

Google must pay a €145,000 (US$190,000) fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi ...

Article | 19/04/2013 Motorola patent that got Apple's push mail banned in Germany could be invalid, court says

A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could b...

Article | 19/04/2013 Twitter launches its music service with iTunes, Spotify and Rdio integration

Twitter today unveiled a music service that uses activity on the microblog to help users share and discover new music. The songs shared via the servic...

Article | 18/04/2013 Google gets consumer service ultimatum from German consumer groups

Google received an ultimatum Thursday from German consumer organizations that want it to start answering questions from its users via email.

Article | 17/04/2013 Payleven launches person-to-person card payments in Europe

Germany-based card payments startup Payleven is going to make its chip-and-PIN service available to individuals, the company said on Wednesday.

Article | 17/04/2013 Google Video trial to continue to Italian supreme court

Three Google executives are heading back to court in Italy, where the prosecutor has appealed their acquittal on charges of allowing a video to be pos...

Article | 16/04/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking IBM mainframes, stealing money

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was charged with hacking the IBM mainframe of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that provided tax services to th...

Article | 15/04/2013 Find My Mac both useful and frustrating for law enforcement

Find My Mac can be used to show the location of a stolen Mac, but the service often does not provide enough evidence to obtain a search warrant and ge...