Neowin News Feed for: European

Twitter to open European HQ in London

Tom Dwyer — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:46:58 +0000

Twitter, the rapidly growing social networking site, seems to moving out of their comfort zone as they prepare to build their European headquarters in London. Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has remained in the... Read more...

EU says games are good for children

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:01:50 +0000

A European Union report on Wednesday concluded that video games can in fact be good for children, and also said that there was no definitive link between violence in video games and violent behaviour. "Video... Read more...

Herschel and Planck ready for dual launch

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:28 +0000

The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and Planck space telescope have successfully completed their tests in Europe, and will be flown to the space port in Kourou, French Guiana this week, ready for their... Read more...

European Union vs Microsoft, Opera - The war continues

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:56:13 +0000

It is known that the European Commission(EC) is considering forcing Microsoft to bundle rival browsers alongside IE in the Windows OS. It is likely that this is based on a complaint filed by Opera which... Read more...

European Union accuses Microsoft of antitrust violations

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:00:47 +0000

Microsoft said yesterday that it has received a Statement of Objections from the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission(EC). This is not the first time the EC has objected Microsoft business practices and... Read more...

Deezer Signs European Agreement With Universal Music

Popcorned1 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:42:30 +0100

Deezer announces the signing of an agreement with the Universal Music giant covering 35 countries. With this move, the first French music on demand website launches its international deployment in order to position itself as... Read more...

Dell Opens Second European Plant in Poland

Slimy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:10:12 +0000

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Thanks to the Dell's decision to open the company's newest and most advanced manufacturing facility in Poland, Dell production and personalization capabilities will now be closer to increasing numbers of consumers and businesses in Central... Read more...

European Politicians Launch Pro-Filesharing Campaign

EL1TE — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:51:37 +0000

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Greens EFA, a coalition of two political parties that currently have 42 seats in the European parliament, have launched a pro-filesharing campaign named "I Wouldn't Steal". Their goal is to counter the anti-piracy propaganda put... Read more...

Dell And Tesco Announce European Retail Agreement

Slimy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:09:28 +0000

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On November 17, a user suggested on Dell Ideastorm that the company should “Do A Deal With Tesco”. Just over a month later, it's happening. Beginning next month, Dell notebook and desktop computers will be... Read more...

The 1st European Silverlight Challenge.

HappyAndyK — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:38:33 +0000

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Microsoft & INETA Europe, has organised the 1st European Silverlight Challenge. This competition is taking place in different European countries: Italy, United Kingdom , Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, France, Spain , Belgium, Croatia, Ukraine,... Read more...

Microsoft won't appeal European antitrust ruling

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:13:37 +0100

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Microsoft has decided not to appeal last month's appeal ruling against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally agreed to comply with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling that sparked the... Read more...

Baidu denies plans for European expansion

Slimy — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:56:20 +0100

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According to previous reports, Baidu CFO Shawn Wang was planned to announce details of a European expansion for China's largest search engine at a London conference. Baidu.com has denied such claims saying there are no... Read more...

European Blu-ray Disc Sales Jump Following PS3 Release

Slimy — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:30:06 +0100

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As seen with sales of Blu-ray movies in North America, the Sony PlayStation 3 is one of the best Blu-ray Disc players currently on the market. In Western Europe, the PlayStation 3 launched on March... Read more...

European officials question Google's privacy policy

Slimy — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:24:07 +0100

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A European Commission advisory group, composed of representatives from all of the European Union countries, sent Google a letter expressing concern over Google's new privacy policy announced in March. The issue surrounds Google's policy of... Read more...

Adobe CS3 European Prices Revealed

acidsex — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:29:21 +0000

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Adobe Systems Inc. will announce Tuesday that its highly-anticipated Creative Suite 3.0 software suite will be available in six distinct bundles with European pricing ranging from €999 to €2799, AppleInsider has learned. Most applications in... Read more...

CeBIT 2007: HD DVD forms European promotional group

Slimy — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:39:22 +0000

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At a press conference at CeBIT 2007, Studio Canal, Universal, Toshiba and Microsoft announced the formation of a new trade organization, the European HD DVD Promotional Group. The new organization will include movie studios, distributors,... Read more...

European Union Will Not Regulate RFID-For Now

Slimy — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:42:32 +0000

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The European Commission has put off, for at least a year, any decision to regulate radio-frequency identification technology, according to EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding. In a press conference at the CeBIT... Read more...

Sony Warns About European PS3 Backwards Compatibility

Slimy — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:49:49 +0000

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said that backwards compatibility with PlayStations 2 games of the PlayStation 3 console, slated to be released in PAL regions in about a month, will not be as good as that... Read more...

European Space Agency to test Satellite Radio

Slimy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:38:25 +0000

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Conventional satellite radio, such as services offered by XM and Sirius, uses new satellites and networks of ground-based transmitters. This new European system, which has been in development for three years, uses existing communications satellites... Read more...

European Consumer Groups Unite to Pressure iTunes

Slimy — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:53:37 +0000

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Consumer groups in Germany, France, Norway, and Finland are in talks with consumer authorities in Sweden, Denmark, and the U.K. The countries are pressuring Apple for a unified iTunes policy in Europe. At the top... Read more...