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Article | 24/07/2012 EU issues warning to suspected disk drive cartel

The European Commission on Tuesday warned 13 optical disk drive suppliers that they may face a formal antitrust investigation for participating in a w...

Article | 23/07/2012 EU mulls new rules for cybersecurity

Mandatory risk management for social networks could form part of a European Commission legislative proposal on network and information security it was...

Article | 23/07/2012 European Commission consults public on net neutrality

Europe's top law-makers on Monday launched a public consultation on how to keep the Internet open and neutral.

Article | 19/07/2012 EU court hits out against pre-ticked boxes for online consumers

Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday that websites selling airline tickets cannot have the “include flight cancellation insurance” box ticked by d...

Article | 11/07/2012 New EU music licensing rules could open up online services

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed new rules that would make it easier for online music services like Spotify to set up in the E.U.

Article | 11/07/2012 Don't believe every leak you read says EU Commission on CETA

The European Commission on Wednesday evening said that the “language being negotiated on CETA regarding Internet is now totally different from ACTA”.

Article | 11/07/2012 No ISP police rule in Canada-EU trade agreement says spokesman

A European Commission spokesman said on Wednesday that some elements of an E.U.-Canada trade deal that activists claimed infringed digital civil liber...

Article | 10/07/2012 European Commission pushing ACTA through the backdoor?

A trade deal being thrashed out between Europe and Canada was accused by digital protesters on Tuesday as an attempt to introduce the controversial an...

Article | 10/07/2012 EU court ruling on software resale could shake up apps stores

Last week's European court ruling in the case of Oracle versus Usedsoft that the trading of "used" software licenses is legal and that the author of s...

Article | 6/07/2012 Intel appeals EU antitrust fine

Intel this week presented an array of arguments to the E.U. General Court against a massive €1.06 billion ($1.33 billion) fine imposed by Europe's ant...

Article | 4/07/2012 European Parliament rejects ACTA copyright treaty by 478 votes to 39

Members of the European Parliament rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Wednesday by 478 votes to 39.

Article | 3/07/2012 EU court rules resale of used software licenses is legal, even online

In a decision that could have widespread implications, Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that the trading of "used" software licenses is legal a...

Article | 2/07/2012 Google offers concessions to EU antitrust regulators

Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has written to Europe's top antitrust authorities with proposals aimed at avoiding a fine for anti-competitiv...

Article | 27/06/2012 EU court rejects Microsoft antitrust appeal, but shaves 4 percent off its fine

The General Court of the European Union has rejected Microsoft's appeal of a 2008 European Commission antitrust ruling, but has reduced the fine Micro...

Article | 22/06/2012 Competition alone won't encourage next generation networks, says EU policy maker

Europe's top IT policy-makers said on Friday he doesn't believe that competition in the market is sufficient for investment in next generation network...