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Article | 12/04/2013 Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul copyright enforcement law
Organizations representing Europe's electronic communications industry on Friday urged the European Commission not to change the directive on the civi...
Article | 12/04/2013 UK investigates unfair trade in children's game apps
The U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into free children's game apps to explore whether these games are misleading, comm...
Article | 11/04/2013 Google submits antitrust remedies to EU
The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust ...
Article | 10/04/2013 EU watchdog: Data collection can't fly under 'user experience' flag
“Improving users' experience” is not justification for using consumer information in Big Data projects according to Europe's top data protection offic...
Article | 9/04/2013 Rural carriers complain about broadband obstacles
Rural telecom and broadband providers in the U.S. face big challenges in connecting their most remote customers, as the U.S. Federal Communications Co...
Article | 8/04/2013 Chinese authorities to keep close watch on Apple despite apology
Apple may have apologized to Chinese consumers over its warranty policies, but regulators in the country signaled they would keep a close eye on the U...
Article | 3/04/2013 US NIST: Industry should lead creation of cybersecurity framework
The U.S. government agency leading an effort to create a voluntary cybersecurity framework for companies operating critical infrastructure wants to he...
Article | 2/04/2013 Six European privacy regulators launch formal investigations of Google's privacy policy
Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google's privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their req...
Article | 2/04/2013 Apple apologizes to China over warranty policies
Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized to Chinese consumers over concerns about its warranty policies after government-run media attacked the company for its c...
Article | 1/04/2013 Saudi Arabia warns Internet messaging applications to follow local regulations
Saudi Arabia has threatened action against Internet-based communications applications if they do not meet local rules, suggesting that the kingdom is ...
Article | 1/04/2013 China slams U.S. for discriminating against nation's tech vendors
China has slammed a new U.S. funding law that will tighten scrutiny of information technology purchases from the country, and said it could severely d...
Article | 29/03/2013 Chinese authorities investigating Apple for violations in customer service
Chinese authorities are investigating Apple for violations in its customer service, after state-run media ran reports critical of the company's warran...
Article | 28/03/2013 Sprint pledges not to use Huawei, lawmaker says
Sprint Nextel and Softbank have pledged to keep Huawei Technologies products out of the Sprint network and try to replace Huawei gear that is already ...
Article | 28/03/2013 U.S. to scrutinize IT system purchases with ties to China
Certain U.S. federal agencies could be hindered from buying information technology systems made by companies with links to the Chinese government unde...
Article | 27/03/2013 North Korea halts 3G mobile Internet service to foreign tourists
North Korea has abruptly stopped offering 3G mobile Internet access to tourists entering the country, just three weeks after the service was launched,...