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  • EU drops two Apple iPhone antitrust investigations

    The European Commission has dropped two antitrust investigations concerning Apple's iPhone after the company reversed two policies that drew the regulator's scrutiny.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk27 Sept. 10 19:41
  • EU promises tougher rules on airline passenger data

    The European Commission has adopted a plan to limit third-country access to travelers' data and intends to use the plan in negotiations with the U.S., Australia and Canada.

    Written by Jennifer Baker22 Sept. 10 02:31
  • Radio frequencies to be reallocated for broadband in EU

    The European Commission is planning to reassign radio frequencies for faster wireless services as part of a five-year plan outlined by Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Monday.

    Written by Jennifer Baker21 Sept. 10 01:43
  • Creation of common EU patent system faces legal setback

    The European Court of Justice looks set to derail plans for a common patent system across the European Union. The court's Advocate General believes that a centralized patent is "incompatible with the treaties" that created the E.U., according to a leaked document.

    Written by Jennifer Baker26 Aug. 10 05:53
  • Disagreements on transparency fail to stop ACTA treaty leak

    Disagreements between the European Union and the US over whether to release the current negotiating text of a secretive international copyright treaty became moot this week, with the publication on a French website of a leaked version of the latest draft of the treaty.

    Written by Peter Sayer17 July 10 01:56
  • EC exec says Google antitrust probe continues

    Europe's top antitrust official said Wednesday that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc.

    Written by Computerworld Staff08 July 10 08:01
  • Europe fines nine chipmakers €331M over price fixing

    European antitrust regulators fined nine semiconductor manufacturers more than €331 million (US$404 million) on Wednesday following a years-long investigation into price fixing in the market for DRAM memory chips.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk19 May 10 20:41
  • Open-source advocate enters IBM antitrust fray

    Software developer and political lobbyist Florian Mueller weighed in on the European Commission's investigation of monopoly abuse claims against IBM, accusing the computing giant of deserting the interests of the open-source software community.

    Written by Paul Meller07 April 10 02:39
  • Microsoft says Google shouldn't be so quick to point fingers

    Microsoft and Google are stepping up their war of words. This time it's Microsoft's turn: It says Google is pointing fingers rather than addressing the European Commission's investigation into the search giant.

    Written by Nancy Gohring01 March 10 10:01
  • EC, Microsoft settlement broadly welcomed

    Microsoft's successful settlement of its antitrust issues with the European Commission was welcomed by the software company's foes and friends alike Wednesday, with many hailing the moment as a turning point for the computer industry.

    Written by Paul Meller17 Dec. 09 05:51
  • 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 competition in the market for database software, make the Commission optimistic that the case will have a satisfactory outcome, it said Monday.

    Written by Paul Meller14 Dec. 09 20:37
  • 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 necessary to balance the might of Microsoft in the low end database market during a two-day hearing in Brussels that opened Thursday.

    Written by Paul Meller11 Dec. 09 04:12
  • 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 in a hefty fine earlier this year, as well as an order to desist from its anti-competitive practices.

    Written by Paul Meller18 Nov. 09 23:18
  • Europe moving slow on IPv6 deployment

    Few organizations across Europe have upgraded to IPv6, the new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk30 Oct. 09 09:29
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