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European trust in US compromised, says EU data protection head

Europe’s top privacy watchdog and the Digital Agenda Commissioner both said Monday that more transparency and trust is needed between the European Union and the United States following the Prism scandal.

By Jennifer Baker | 17 June, 2013 14:15

Tags: european union, security, legal, internet, government
Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft/Skype deal, says Chambers

Cisco doesn't want to kill Microsoft's marriage to Skype -- it just wants a dowry.

By Jim Duffy | 31 May, 2013 14:53

Tags: business issues, unified communications, Networking, telepresence, european union, acquisitions, Mergers and acquisitions, mergers, CNBC, mergers and acquisition, corporate issues, skype, Microsoft
Cisco appealing EU approval of Microsoft/Skype union, again

Cisco is reportedly attempting to persuade Europe's second-highest court that it should overturn the European Union's approval of the Microsoft/Skype union, an $8.5 billion blockbuster originally announced by the companies two years ago.

By Jim Duffy | 28 May, 2013 21:04

Tags: business issues, unified communications, Networking, telepresence, european union, videoconferencing, Mergers and acquisitions, mergers and acquisition, corporate issues, skype, Reuters, Microsoft, european commission, acquisitions, Microsoft Skype, mergers
EU teachers need more IT training, report says

The latest European Union survey of ICT in schools has found that 20 percent of secondary students have never or almost never used a computer in their school lessons.

By Jennifer Baker | 19 April, 2013 15:15

Tags: education, european union, industry verticals
EU fines Microsoft $US732m over browser ballot debacle

European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers.

By Gregg Keizer | 06 March, 2013 12:59

Tags: new york times, opera software, Microsoft, european union, european commission, Windows, legal, software, operating systems

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Analysts debate effect of Facebook's policy changes on users

Despite calls for Facebook to stop planned changes to the way it makes privacy policy, analysts are divided over how bad the changes would be for users.

By Sharon Gaudin | 28 November, 2012 21:15

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, security, european union, social media, internet, privacy, Facebook
Europe looks to ARM chips for supercomputing edge

The European Union is moving to build a high-performance computing industry to challenge U.S. dominance, but it doesn't want to play catch-up. It wants to leapfrog, and it is seeing whether ARM Holdings technology can give it that edge.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 15 November, 2012 11:13

Tags: HP, european union, Components, processors, high performance computing
FAQ: Microsoft's browser 'ballot screen,' the EU and you

Microsoft's surprise offer last week to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators that it will give Windows users a chance to download rivals' browsers stunned some, who likened it to waving the white flag.

By Gregg Keizer | 29 July, 2009 08:32

Tags: antitrust, Microsoft, european union, Windows 7, Internet Explorer