Stories by Paul Meller

Article | 9/03/2004 Microsoft loosening contracts for PC makers
Amid mounting pressure from competition regulators, Microsoft will scrap a clause in its licensing contracts with PC manufacturers that prevents them ...
Article | 3/02/2004 OECD calls for cooperation on spam
Governments around the world were urged to cooperate more in their fight against the proliferation of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, at a conference Mon...
Article | 1/10/2003 EU court rules Playstation 2 a computer, not a game
In a move that will exempt Sony's Playstation 2 from European tariffs, the European Court of First Instance ruled Tuesday that the device is a compute...
Article | 7/08/2003 EC threatens to fine Microsoft
The European Commission (EC) could fine Microsoft up to 10 percent of its global annual sales for monopoly offenses, it said Wednesday.
Article | 16/07/2003 EU: The US must ban spam
Attempts to combat spam, the scourge of e-mail users the world over, would be hampered if the U.S. fails to introduce an outright ban, said a senior E...
Article | 28/04/2003 EC hits Hynix with 33 percent punitive duty
The European Commission Thursday slapped 33 percent duties on imports of DRAM (dynamic RAM) made by the South Korean firm Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
Article | 31/01/2003 Microsoft agrees to EU .Net changes
European data protection officials said Thursday they have made Microsoft agree to make "substantial changes" to its .Net Passport, to bring it into l...
Article | 28/01/2003 EU privacy watchdogs expected to accept .Net changes
European privacy watchdogs are next week expected to accept changes offered by Microsoft to its .Net Passport authentication software, and to drop the...
Article | 5/11/2002 EU unlikely to follow US ruling on Microsoft
Microsoft Corp., which expressed pleasure with District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's antitrust ruling in the U.S. on Friday, is likely to be ...
Article | 17/06/2002 EU officials downplay music-player concerns
European data protection watchdogs have played down reports that they might add music-playing software to a list of PC devices they fear breach E.U. d...
Article | 31/05/2002 EU law on data retention sparks condemnation
Bowing to a hawkish mood that has gripped European policy makers since September 11, the European Parliament Thursday voted in a new European Union da...
Article | 4/02/2002 EC to clear Intel in antitrust inquiry, source says
The European Commission will drop its antitrust probe of Intel, after concluding that complaints it received toward the end of 2000 from two rivals pr...
Article | 1/02/2002 HP/COMPAQ: EC clears HP acquisition of Compaq
The European Commission Thursday approved the planned acquisition of Compaq Computer by Hewlett -Packard, removing one of many hurdles that stand in t...
Article | 14/11/2001 Europe waffles on spam; holds the cookies
A Europe-wide measure on direct marketing via e-mail appeared less likely than ever to win approval Tuesday, as the European Parliament failed to agre...
Article | 13/11/2001 EU expected to reject longer data retention
European Union lawmakers are expected to ignore a request by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to revise a data protection law they ...

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