Jennifer Baker - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jennifer Baker

Article | 4/11/2011 Simulated cyberattack unites EU and US security experts

Almost 100 computer experts from 16 European countries jointly battled to hold off serious cyberattacks on the European Union's security agencies and ...

Article | 29/10/2011 EU countries must devote 800MHz band to wireless broadband by 2013

Europe's Council of Ministers has said that all European Union countries must make the 800MHz band available for wireless broadband services by Jan. 1...

Article | 29/10/2011 Germany and Romania in hot water over data retention

Germany and Romania are caught between a rock and a hard place over data retention.

Article | 27/10/2011 Iberian telcos in hot water over non-compete agreement

Iberian telecommunications companies Telefónica and Portugal Telecom have been accused by the European Commission of anticompetitive practices.

Article | 22/10/2011 EU data watchdog slams planned database of alleged IP infringers

The European Union's data watchdog has attacked plans for a new Europe-wide database of alleged intellectual property infringers.

Article | 22/10/2011 Europe's GPS satellites blast off

Europe's GPS program, Galileo, became a reality on Friday with the launch of its two first operational satellites from the European Space Station in K...

Article | 21/10/2011 European Parliament gets it right on net neutrality say digital liberties groups

Civil liberties groups have broadly welcomed a resolution by the European Parliament's Industry Committee on Thursday that puts pressure on law-makers...

Article | 21/10/2011 Europe's satellite GPS to blast off after technical hitch

Europe's space ambitions are scheduled to blast off on Friday with the launch of the first two operational satellites of the Galileo program, the Euro...

Article | 12/10/2011 New EU law to remove online sales headache

The days of European online shoppers getting the message "this product is not available in your country" could be numbered.

Article | 7/10/2011 Pirate Bay website circumvents Belgian blocking

Following a court ruling last week that ordered two Belgian ISPs to block access to the Pirate Bay, the website has set up a new domain name to help u...

Article | 5/10/2011 New EU proposals on e-waste to help consumers recycle

All but the smallest electronics retailers in Europe could soon be required to take back unwanted electronics under new measures aimed at reducing e-w...

Article | 5/10/2011 Legal expert says anti-counterfeit deal should be scrapped

A leading data protection expert said Tuesday that the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) is "badly-drafted, breaches many funda...

Article | 4/10/2011 EU wants to push telcos to ditch copper, lay fiber

Large telecommunications companies must stop using copper-network pricing as a barrier to deploying fiber networks, or Europe will not meet its broadb...

Article | 4/10/2011 Neelie Kroes, telco CEOs wrestle over net neutrality

Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Monday took a swipe at her home country of the Netherlands for unilaterally introducing a so-call...

Article | 1/10/2011 Italian firm takes on Skype deal in a David-Goliath battle

A complaint by a small Italian firm to the European Commission could derail Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.