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Article | 29/02/2012 Google's new privacy policy breaches European law, say data regulators

Google's new privacy policy does not comply with European data protection law, and the company should delay its introduction pending an investigation ...

Article | 25/02/2012 Apple's email services push up to German border, but no further

Apple has been forced to turn off its iCloud and MobileMe push email services for users in Germany to comply with an injunction in a patent lawsuit br...

Article | 21/02/2012 LightSquared defaults on $56M payment to spectrum owner Inmarsat

LightSquared has defaulted on a US$56.25 million payment due under a 2007 wireless spectrum cooperation agreement with Inmarsat, the U.K. satellite co...

Article | 16/02/2012 EMC and VMware team with Atos to create European cloud company Canopy

EMC and VMware are teaming with French IT services company Atos to create a European cloud infrastructure provider, Canopy, the companies announced We...

Article | 11/02/2012 Motorola Mobility fails to make patent case against Apple in German court

A German court has thrown out a Motorola Mobility patent lawsuit against Apple, breaking a recent run of courtroom successes for the company.

Article | 9/02/2012 Dassault Systèmes buys personal analytics site Netvibes

3D design software company Dassault Systèmes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social net...

Article | 8/02/2012 CSC names Mike Lawrie CEO, ending four-month search

CSC ended four months of speculation about the identity of its next CEO late Tuesday, announcing that Mike Lawrie, currently CEO of British IT service...

Article | 7/02/2012 Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too

A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment coul...

Article | 2/02/2012 ST Micro sees 40W LED flash in future smartphones

STMicroelectronics hopes to make blurry low-light images from smartphone cameras a thing of the past with a new chip designed to boost light output fr...

Article | 31/01/2012 EU launches antitrust investigation of Samsung patent licensing

The European Commission is investigating the way Samsung Electronics licenses its patents on technology essential to mobile communications networks, c...

Article | 28/01/2012 French telecom regulator steps into dispute over Free Mobile's coverage

ARCEP, the French telecommunications regulator, has promised to investigate whether new network operator Free Mobile is still offering the level of co...

Article | 11/01/2012 French antitrust regulator rejects HP's demand that Oracle continue Itanium support

France's antitrust regulator has declined Hewlett Packard's request for an injunction ordering Oracle to continue supporting its database on HP's Itan...

Article | 11/01/2012 French operator Free slashes mobile pricing with 3G network launch

French ISP Free lived up to its name Tuesday with its launch of France's fourth mobile phone network.

Article | 30/12/2011 Flaw in web app frameworks pushes Microsoft to patch ASP.net promptly

Many web app frameworks are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack targeting the way they handle hash tables, researchers revealed Wednesday, prompt...

Article | 21/12/2011 Google invests in more renewable energy production capacity

Google has paid US$94 million for a stake in four photovoltaic power generation projects around Sacramento, California, bringing its total investment ...