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Article | 15/01/2013 Apple sued in Belgium over guarantee misconduct

Belgian consumer organization Test-Aankoop has sued Apple, accusing the company of violating Belgian guarantee law.

Article | 14/01/2013 NXP plans to cut 700 to 900 jobs worldwide

NXP Semiconductors is planning to cut 700 to 900 jobs as part of a reorganization to reduce costs of support services, the company said on Monday.

Article | 11/01/2013 Belgian government stops work with Unisys on tax project

The Belgian Ministry of Finance said Friday that IT services and technology firm Unisys has failed to deliver on a project to modernize the Belgian ta...

Article | 11/01/2013 Ericsson will transfer almost 2,000 patents to Unwired Planet

Ericsson has agreed to transfer 1,922 patents and 263 patent applications to Unwired Planet in return for a share in ongoing revenue from the patents.

Article | 9/01/2013 Microsoft will close Messenger service March 15, asks users to switch to Skype

Microsoft has announced it will retire its instant messaging service on March 15 and asked users to switch to Skype.

Article | 8/01/2013 Facebook faces minimal penalties for flouting German law

Facebook only risks a fine of €20,000 (US$26,000) if it loses a dispute over its real name policy in Germany, but will be hurt more by bad publicity g...

Article | 7/01/2013 Apple, RIM, US telcos accused of infringing wireless handover patent

Apple, Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola Mobility are among 15 companies sued in the U.S. over a fundamental 3G and 4G patent on determining when ...

Article | 4/01/2013 Dutch government aims to shape ethical hackers' disclosure practices

The Dutch government's cyber security center has published guidelines that it hopes will encourage ethical hackers to disclose security vulnerabilitie...

Article | 3/01/2013 Samsung should withdraw US import ban requests as it did in Europe, Apple says

Samsung Electronics should keep its commitment to consumers and withdraw its demands for bans on imports of Apple products in the U.S. as it did in Eu...

Article | 2/01/2013 More heads of state are using Twitter, study says

There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a think tank s...

Article | 21/12/2012 Patent cases color mobile market, to continue in 2013

Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, howeve...

Article | 19/12/2012 European data retention rule could violate fundamental E.U. law, Austrian court says

The European Union's data retention law could breach fundamental E.U. law because its requirements result in an invasion of citizens' privacy, accordi...

Article | 18/12/2012 Samsung drops European injunction requests against Apple

Samsung dropped all claims pending in European courts in which it asserted patents that are essential for mobile communication devices to prevent the ...

Article | 17/12/2012 German privacy regulator orders Facebook to end its real name policy

A German privacy regulator ordered Facebook to stop enforcing its real name policy because it violates a German law that gives users the right to use ...

Article | 14/12/2012 Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says

When users install Google Maps on their iPhone, the option to share location data with Google is switched on by default. By doing this, Google violate...