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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
The European Commission will launch a public consultation on the issue of network neutrality this quarter, Neelie Kroes, commissioner for the digital agenda, said Tuesday.
By Peter Sayer | 14 April, 2010 01:50
French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic, a measure the government says is intended to catch child pornographers. The bill will now go on for a second and final reading.
By Peter Sayer | 17 February, 2010 22:09
Cyclist Floyd Landis, stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after a positive drug test, is now being labeled a computer hacker by France, which has issued a warrant for his arrest.
By John Fontana | 17 February, 2010 09:36
A French court has fined eBay €1.7 million (US$2.5 million) for failing to comply with an earlier ruling that required the online retailer to prevent the sale of certain brands of perfume to French consumers on its sites.
By Nancy Gohring | 01 December, 2009 07:20
France has created a new national IT systems security agency to better defend its IT networks.
By Peter Sayer | 10 July, 2009 04:46
Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.
By Peter Sayer | 27 June, 2009 01:26
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