French court denies Samsung's bid for iPhone 4S sales banSamsung's bid to halt the sales of Apple's iPhone 4S in France has failed. One case down, another case in Italy to go, as the global, on-going patent dispute spreads.December 7, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Hardware
European data protection law proposals revealedA draft of Europe's upcoming data protection laws is revealed for the first time. December 7, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Legal
Defense giant ditches Microsoft's cloud citing Patriot Act fearsBAE Systems has pulled the plug on a proposed outsourcing mission to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud solution, after data sovereignty could not be guaranteed.December 6, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Microsoft
Europe begins antitrust case against Apple, e-book publishersEuropean antitrust authorities are to investigate the 'cartel' practices of e-book publishers, and Apple, in the region. December 5, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Apple
Wikileaks' Assange can fight extradition to Sweden, court rulesWikileaks' founder Julian Assange will be allowed to take his appeal against extradition to the highest court in the UK.December 4, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in United Kingdom
Massive fines planned in European data breach crackdownThe European Commission could impose huge fines on companies who breach new data laws, currently under review, even if they are based in the United States.December 4, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in EU
Europe set to accuse Google of 'abuse of dominance'Google is set to receive a 'statement of objections' next month from European antitrust regulators, that detail alleged abuses of its search dominance.December 2, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Google
Apple questioned by German authorities over Carrier IQ softwareGerman regulators have written to Apple to ask how the company uses Carrier IQ mobile tracking technology.December 1, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Data Centers
Carrier IQ 'not used' by major UK mobile networksMobile networks in the UK have been quick to deny that the phones they sell, to the best of their knowledge; do not contain the mobile tracking Carrier IQ software.December 1, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Security
New Wikileaks files expose widespread mobile phone, email hacking capabilityWikileaks has released dozens of new documents highlighting the state of the once covert, but now lucrative private sector global surveillance industry.December 1, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in United Kingdom
Sacked Apple employee loses appeal over negative Facebook commentsAn Apple UK employee has failed in his appeal to overturn his dismissal from the company, after a series of critical Facebook comments got him fired.December 1, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Apple
European Commission stonewalls Parliament over Patriot Act fearsEuropean Parliament members are being 'stonewalled' by the European Commission over questions pertaining to the reach of invasive U.S. law on European territory.November 30, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Government: US
Europe wants unified privacy approach: One data protection law, one single authorityEuropean politicians are seeking simplifying and harmonising measures to the EU Data Protection Directive, which would allow businesses to have "one law" with "one data protection authority".November 29, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Storage
UK government to invest £100m for super-connected citiesAs part of the UK's fall spending review, George Osborne announces new funds to speed up and spread out the government's super-fast broadband plan.November 29, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Government: US
UK government reneges on censorship-free web promise; Plans to ban 'cyber-criminals' from the webWhile the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web.November 27, 2011 by Zack Whittaker in Security