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Article | 12/06/2013 European commissioner demands Prism answers from US attorney general
Europe's justice commissioner has given the U.S. attorney general until Friday to explain how far the so-called Prism program went in collecting Europ...
Article | 11/06/2013 European Parliament delays vote on sharing passenger data with US authorities
European Union lawmakers have delayed a vote on what authorities can do with airline passengers' data following the revelations about the U.S. Nationa...
Article | 30/05/2013 EU commissioner tells parliamentarians that delivering net neutrality will garner votes
Digital Agenda Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, on Thursday called on the European Parliament to support her plans for an end to roaming charges and guaran...
Article | 27/05/2013 Report: EU investigating Apple's iPhone agreements with mobile operators
The European Commission has sent a questionnaire to a number of mobile operators in the European Union, focusing on whether its distribution terms wit...
Article | 6/05/2013 EU says Motorola abused its position by seeking and enforcing injunction against Apple
Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile ...
Article | 25/04/2013 Civil rights coalition says EU data protection bill threatens citizens' rights
A coalition of international civil liberties organizations on Thursday said that some of the proposed changes to Europe's data protection laws would s...
Article | 25/04/2013 EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals
Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday.
Article | 22/04/2013 EU details concerns about alleged smartcard chip cartel
The European Commission announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into a group of chip suppliers who are suspected breaking the Europe...
Article | 17/04/2013 EU digital rights groups demand net neutrality protection
More than 80 European digital rights organizations on Wednesday called on the European Commission to do more to protect net neutrality.
Article | 15/04/2013 EU's proposed Google antitrust settlement angers search rivals
Complainants in the European Union's antitrust case against Google said Monday that the company's proposed remedies could be worse than the current si...
Article | 26/03/2013 Proposed broadband infrastructure sharing could save €60 billion, says EC
Europe’s Digital Agenda Commissioner on Tuesday put forward a new law aimed at making broadband rollout cheaper and easier.
Article | 22/03/2013 EU mulls Apple anti-trust investigation over contracts with operators
The European Commission is deciding whether or not to launch an anti-trust investigation into Apple's contracts with European mobile phone companies.
Article | 6/03/2013 Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission
Europe's antitrust chief on Wednesday announced a €561 million (US$731 million) fine on Microsoft for its failure to include a browser choice page in ...
Article | 5/03/2013 Academy Cube aims to tackle IT skills shortage with online learning platform
Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage wit...
Article | 28/02/2013 EU to coordinate space-debris tracking to protect its satellites
The European Commission on Thursday set out new plans to better coordinate the surveillance and tracking of space debris in order to protect satellite...