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Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: Respect it now or pay more later
The Obama administration's plan last to improve data privacy.
Europe's IT ministers call for open standards
Europe's IT and telecom ministers have issued a collective call for government agencies across the continent to purchase non-proprietary software. When you consider the number of municipal, regional
E.U. to regulate roaming charges for text messaging
The European Commission will announce new legislation that is proposed to reduce tariffs that users have to pay when sending or receiving text messages when roaming. A report in January pegged the
Nokia acquisition of NAVTEQ cleared by EU
The
European Commission has okayed Nokia's proposed $8.1 billion acquisition of
digital map maker NAVTEQ. In a written
statement, an EU executive said, "The commission concluded that the
UK tech agency files complaint against Microsoft
The
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (or Becta) has filed a
complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft. The root of the issue has to do with the lack
of
Google pays $3.1 billion for DoubleClick
Google finalized a $3.1 million deal on Wednesday for DoubleClick, a New York company that places ads on web pages that targeted consumers are likely to use, says the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Rivals of
AMD launches Intel-slandering website
Boy, this is really starting to get good. The ongoing antitrust battle between AMD and
Attack of the deadly printers: Researcher fires back
In the latest news in what's set to become an ongoing story, the authors of that controversial
EU launches official probe into iTunes, big four
Interesting choice of timing: expert parade-rainers, the European Commission, have slammed Apple for anti-competitive practices again and this time, the big four music labels are tagging along for
Vista gets okay from U.S., European outlook good
In a rare bit of good news for Microsoft, things appear to be moving ahead for Vista on the legal front. Last week, the U.S. government announced that it had given Microsoft the green light for both Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, based on documentation provided by the company in accordance with an antitrust ruling. Meanwhile, in Europe, where Microsoft has traditionally had …
