Neowin News Feed for: Europe

Microsoft: Surface Pro headed to UK, Australia, Europe and more next month

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:33:59 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that its Surface Pro tablet will launch in the UK, Germany, France, Australia and 15 other markets by the end of May, with Russia, Singapore and others being added in June. Read more...

EU to debate Europe-wide ban on pornography

Paul Ferson — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:22:02 +0000

A document, the "Report on Eliminating Gender Stereotypes" includes a little clause that wants to ban access to adult content in the European Union. Controversial, and it's being debated on Tuesday. Read more...

Raspberry Pi launches $25 version of its PC in Europe

John Callaham — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:35:15 +0000

The Raspberry Pi has finally launched the cheaper $25 Model A version of its Linux-based PC in Europe that's missing parts that are in the $35 Model B version of the PC. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface Pro pricing leaked on German website

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:41:40 +0000

Microsoft's Surface RT has proved to be a big hit so far, but the IT Pros out there have been yearning for pricing details on the Pro versions of the device. Now a German retailer may have obliged. Read more...

A slip of the tongue gives away CETA's influences from ACTA

Paul Ferson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:40:19 +0100

ACTA and the whole copyright concern around it, was thought to have been laid to rest. It hasn't been: A European Commission negotiator managed to let slip CETA copies from ACTA. Read more...

More Windows Phone 8 launch events announced in Europe

Andy Weir — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:10:26 +0100

It's not just San Francisco and London that will get some Windows Phone 8 love on launch day. As October 29 approaches, more launch events have been confirmed for Milan and Munich. Read more...

Nokia reveals Euro pricing for Lumia 920 / 820 and accessories

Andy Weir — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:28:16 +0100

Nokia has confirmed pricing for its two new Windows Phones, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, in France; while the company's UK division also revealed some eyewatering prices for the devices' accessories. Read more...

EU pushing for faster rollout of 4G LTE networks

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:44:48 +0100

The European Commissioner for the digital agenda has warned and urged member states of the EU to accelerate their deployment of LTE or risk being overlooked by device makers. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 820 & 920 priced in Europe, coming in November

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:09:27 +0100

Various Nokia subsidiaries in Europe have revealed the outright pricing for both the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, listing the devices as low as €599 and €499 respectively with a November release date Read more...

Lumia 920 likely headed to Europe in November

Brad Sams — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:26:32 +0100

Even though Nokia has not announced when its new Lumia products will go on sale, new information has surfaced that says the phones will land in Europe in November. Make the jump to learn more. Read more...

Windows 8 PC upgrade prices confirmed for UK

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:32:17 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that UK residents will be able to upgrade their Windows XP, Vista and 7 PCs to Windows 8 for £24.99, with new Windows 7 PC owners getting the same upgrade for £14.99. Read more...

Report: Windows Phone market share grew during July

John Callaham — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:33:22 +0100

A new report, based on mobile OS use on StatCounter, claims that Windows Phone had a big jump in Europe during July, rising up 24 percent, and also rose 19 percent in the US. Read more...

Microsoft apologizes for Windows Azure outage in Europe

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:13:09 +0100

Microsoft has apologized for an extended outage in Europe of its Windows Azure cloud service earlier this week, saying that the issue was caused by a "misconfigured network device". Read more...

EU probing an alleged cartel among 13 optical drives makers

Alfonso Maruccia — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:57:02 +0100

Brussels announced the beginning of new investigation against a dozen optical disk drives makers, allegedly guilty of having promoted a cartel to rig the cost of PC devices. Read more...

Intel appeal against Europe's huge fine begins

Alfonso Maruccia — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:52:48 +0100

The world largest microchip manufacturers begins its appeal before Europe's General Court in Bruxelles. The European Commission has no substantial evidence to prove our wrong, the corporation stated Read more...

European Parliament rejects ACTA in crushing defeat

Steven Parker — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:31:24 +0100

The European Parliament showed some stones today and has thrown out the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in a vote that ended with 478 votes against, and just 39 in favor. Read more...

The Pirate Bay case goes to the European Court of Human Rights

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:08:21 +0100

One of the Pirate Bay founders is bringing the landmark case to the European Court of Human Rights. It isn't as much a “copyright infringement” issue as a case about freedom of speech. Read more...

European Android developers still awaiting payment

Paul Ferson — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:56:58 +0000

European developers of Android apps have still not been given their revenue for sales from February 2012, and developers are becoming dissatisfied with the state of things. Read more...

Facebook hit with European outage today

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:11:37 +0000

Facebook users in a number of European countries experienced issues with reaching the service on Wednesday morning, including problems with Facebook's mobile apps, for about two hours. Read more...

PS Vita officially launches in US and Europe

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:47:58 +0000

Sony's next generation portable gaming console, the PS Vita, is now officially available in North America and Europe. PS Vita users can now also download free apps such as Netflix, Flickr and more. Read more...