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Article | 24/09/2012 French government outlines plans for free software adoption

French government agencies could become more active participants in free software projects, under an action plan sent by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayra...

Article | 21/09/2012 Noisy protests greet buyer of first iPhone 5 in Paris

The first buyers of Apple's iPhone 5 in Paris were treated to cheers, banner-waving ... and catcalls. Apple Store employees' cheers as the first custo...

Article | 20/09/2012 Samsung plans to drag iPhone 5 into patent suit against Apple

Samsung Electronics intends to drag the iPhone 5 into an ongoing patent lawsuit with Apple, according to documents filed with a U.S. court on Wednesda...

Article | 13/09/2012 French court levies first fine under three-strikes law on illegal downloads

A French court fined a man €150 (US$193) on Thursday for failing to secure his Internet connection, according to a spokesman for the French High Autho...

Article | 7/09/2012 Intel cuts its Q3 revenue forecast by about $1 billion

Intel shaved about a billion dollars off its third-quarter revenue forecast on Friday, blaming the global economy for slowing sales. It will announce ...

Article | 6/09/2012 French sovereign wealth funds invests in two local cloud computing providers

The French government is so keen to encourage the development of cloud computing infrastructure in France that it is investing in two competing home-g...

Article | 5/09/2012 French antipiracy authority 'happy' it has sent just 14 cases to court in the last year

Just 14 of the 1.15 million emails warning of copyright infringement sent out by the French online antipiracy authority have resulted in a case file b...

Article | 29/08/2012 Video site Dailymotion plans homepage refresh to boost video views

Video site Dailymotion hopes to show its visitors more videos with a redesign of its homepage that appears to draw inspiration from the checkered inte...

Article | 8/08/2012 Android and iOS dominate mobile market, says IDC

Android was on over two-thirds of smartphones shipped in the second quarter, with Apple's iOS on around a sixth of them -- more than all the remaining...

Article | 20/07/2012 Vodafone's Q2 revenue drops 7 percent

Vodafone Group reported a 7 percent year-on-year drop in revenue for the second quarter. The mobile phone giant saw year-on-year declines in almost ev...

Article | 19/07/2012 Nokia's Q2 smartphone sales fell 39 per cent, as loss widens

Nokia reported a 39 percent year-on-year drop in the number of smartphones it sold in the second quarter, to 10.2 million, while its net loss more tha...

Article | 17/07/2012 European Commission investigates Microsoft's browser choice commitments

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation of Microsoft's compliance with commitments it made to settle a browser antitrust case.

Article | 9/07/2012 French company fined €10,000 for failing to share GPS tracking data with employee

A French company must pay a €10,000 (US$12,281) fine for failing to provide an employee with GPS data tracking the movements of his company vehicle, t...

Article | 6/07/2012 Facebook buys a stake in $450M Asian undersea cable consortium

Facebook has taken a stake in a US$450 million project to link South Asian countries with an undersea cable, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The pr...

Article | 4/07/2012 French tax inspectors search Microsoft offices in dawn raid

French tax authorities have visited the headquarters of Microsoft France to conduct an inspection, a spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday.