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Article | 14/12/2009 Oracle-Sun merger gains favor in Europe

Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems seems set for regulatory clearance in the European Union. The companies' latest promises to safeguard...

Article | 11/12/2009 Oracle defends planned Sun deal at EC hearing

Oracle is expected to portray its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and more specifically of Sun's MySQL unit, as a procompetitive move necessa...

Article | 30/11/2009 European ISPs lash out at secret ACTA negotiations

Secretive international trade negotiations intended to clamp down on counterfeiting risk undermining the openness and innovation-friendly nature of th...

Article | 30/11/2009 Viviane Reding picked to re-write EU data protection laws

Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner who for the past five years has championed consumer rights in the telecommunications and IT arenas, has been...

Article | 26/11/2009 EU charges Philips, others with forming CRT screen cartel

The European Commission has accused manufacturers of cathode-ray tubes of running cartels in the markets for computer monitors and TVs, the regulator ...

Article | 25/11/2009 European Parliament adopts telecom laws after bitter debate

After two years of often bitter debate, the European Parliament approved a raft of new telecom laws Tuesday.

Article | 22/11/2009 EU gives Oracle extra time to respond to Sun inquiry

Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned US$7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European ...

Article | 18/11/2009 EU Ombudsman faults EC's Intel antitrust ruling

The European Ombudsman accused the European Commission on Thursday of "maladministration" during its antitrust investigation of Intel, which resulted ...

Article | 10/11/2009 EU rebuffs Oracle's criticism of Sun merger investigation

In an unusually blunt rebuff, the European Commission has dismissed as "facile and superficial" criticism of its decision to issue formal objections t...

Article | 5/11/2009 Oracle plans aggressive fight with EU over Sun takeover

Oracle is planning an aggressive fight with European regulators if its attempt to take over Sun is slapped with a statement of objections in the comin...

Article | 21/10/2009 Richard Stallman joins call for Oracle to divest MySQL

Oracle must be stopped from taking over MySQL, according to Richard Stallman, a developer and prominent activist for free software.

Article | 20/10/2009 EU says Europe must scan books as does Google

The European Commission issued a call to arms to European lawmakers and those involved in the process of digitizing books Monday, urging the European ...

Article | 8/10/2009 Microsoft, EU reach accord on antitrust

Microsoft appears to have reached an agreement with the European Commission that concludes an antitrust battle that has lasted a decade, Europe's top ...

Article | 29/09/2009 EU wants safe volume settings on portable music players

The European Commission has ordered all makers of portable music players to add a default volume setting of around 80 decibels (dB) and a health warni...

Article | 23/09/2009 Google wins partial victory in legal battle over trademarks

Google appeared to have won a partial victory in its long-running legal battle with trademark owners Tuesday, when a senior judge at the European Cour...