Neowin News Feed for: Dutch

Dutch party moves to legalize DDoS attacks

Tyler Holman — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:50:50 +0100

In a bold move, a Dutch opposition party wants to turn DDoS attacks into a legitmate form of online protest by legalizing one of Anonymous' favorite tactics, calling it a 'fundamental right.' Read more...

Nokia Lumia 910 details surface on Dutch website?

Brad Sams — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:45:42 +0000

The Lumia 900 has not even gone on sale yet and a Dutch website has posted up information that the Lumia 910 is right around the corner. Read more...

Dutch arrest 19 year old for DDOS attacks

Brandon Boyce — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:37:15 +0000

A few days ago, Neowin reported that Dutch authorities had arrested a 16 year old in connection to the distributed denial of service attacks that took place on behalf of Wikileaks as part of Operation:... Read more...

Dutch internet TV company 'Joost' to show CNN

Slimy — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:19:29 +0100

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Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the entrepreneurs who developed both Kazaa and Skype, are now using p2p technology to broadcast television via the Internet. Joost announced that it had signed several new content distribution agreements:... Read more...

Dutch campaign maintains anti-p2p offensive

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:41:02 +0000

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Dutch anti-p2p campaigners have forced another filesharing website offline, bringing the total number of p2p sites that they have closed down in the past 15 months to 131. BREIN, a coalition of authors, artists and... Read more...

Dutch reject USB flash drive tax

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:32:16 +0000

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Dutch justice minister Hirsch Ballin has rejected calls for a copyright tax on USB Flash drives. The tax was proposed by Dutch industry group SONT, which two years ago also wanted to levy a tax... Read more...

Dutch man fined for 9 billion spam e-mails

Slimy — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:28:55 +0000

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Dutch telecommunications regulator OPTA has levied the largest fine against an unidentified spammer whom authorities say e-mailed more than 9 billion unwanted advertisements. The Netherlands outlawed spam in May 2004. The man is being charged... Read more...

Dutch Government Snub to Open Source

Mr magoo — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:46:13 +0000

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Open Source advocates have kicked up a fuss over a contract given to Microsoft in the Netherlands this week. The Dutch government had been negotiating with Microsoft for desktop software, valued at €120 per PC.... Read more...

Microsoft, Lindows face off in Dutch court

malebolgia — Tue, 11 May 2004 23:08:12 +0100

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Microsoft and Lindows faced off in a Dutch court Tuesday over allegations the Linux operating system company infringed on the Windows trademark. Microsoft's lawsuit, which seeks a fine of more than $100,000... Read more...

Dutch Judge prohibits use of name Lindows

Steven Parker — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:53:59 +0000

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Finally a judge sees sense in the lowlands, now the rest of the world - Ed Thanks Bink, for this article translated from Dutch. The use of the name Lindows is not... Read more...

Windows XP SP1 Languages, IE6 SP1 Dutch & Swedish

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:53:18 +0100

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Here a couple of links for our European friends thanks to Vla and WindowsXP.nu. So if you happen to use Dutch or Swedish Windows XP & Internet Explorer you can now update to the latest... Read more...

Windows XP Service Pack 1 Dutch released

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:49:57 +0100

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Thanks Vla who has told me that the link for Dutch Windows XP Service Pack 1 has just become available, 10 minutes ago. Additionally Dutch visitors can also choose to get the Service... Read more...

Dutch ISP exposes confidential data

Darren Bolton — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 10:00:59 +0100

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Ex-customer inundated with customer details A Dutch internet service provider has accidentally spammed a former customer with hundreds of confidential emails. The problem started when Albert Curvers tried to cancel his... Read more...

Dutch Govt. Blocks Sale of Sony Playstation Ones

vincent_inactive — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:29:10 +0000

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The Dutch government said on Tuesday it had blocked the sale of more than 1.3 million Sony Corp. 6758.T Playstation One consoles and accessories in November because the cables contained too much cadmium. ... Read more...

IE6 Dutch & Swedish versions available

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:03:21 +0100

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Thanks Vla for this. Internet Explorer 6 lets you control how your personal information is used by Web sites you visit, so you don't have to worry about security or privacy. By providing simple tools,... Read more...