Neowin News Feed for: Sweden

More Surface Pro launch dates revealed in Europe

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:12:04 +0100

After revealing details of its UK launch, Microsoft has announced availability and pricing info for the Surface Pro in a number of European countries, with most of them going for a May 31st date. Read more...

The Pirate Bay co-founder deported back to Sweden

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:35:12 +0100

Gottfrid Svartholm, one of the co-founders of The Pirate Bay website, is now back in Sweden after being deported from Cambodia and may be charged with another crime. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder to be deported out of Cambodia

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:50:05 +0100

Gottfrid Svartholm, the once missing co-founder of The Pirate Bay file sharing site, will be deported out of Cambodia after being found and arrested in that country last week. Read more...

Anonymous attacks websites in a bid to help Assange

Paul Ferson — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:07:44 +0100

Anonymous have led their latest attack on government websites in an attempt to 'help' Julian Assange, with a particular focus upon ensuring specific targets are disrupted and stay down for some time. Read more...

Netflix coming to Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:39:03 +0100

Netflix has announced that it will expand its streaming movie and TV show business to the countries of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland before the end of 2012. Read more...

Pirate Bay founder: how's about a second chance?

Tyler Holman — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:31:39 +0100

Peter Sunde, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay, has written an official plea for pardon to the Swedish government, three years after he was sentenced to a year in prison for piracy related crimes. Read more...

Ikea's cardboard camera offers digital photography in a disposable package

Paul Ferson — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:35:02 +0100

Ikea has unveiled a cardboard digital camera, offering photography in a completely recyclable manner. The camera, known as the "Knappa", unfortunately won't be sold publicly. Read more...

The Pirate Bay claims it could be raided by police soon

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:43:17 +0000

The Pirate Bay claims that a new raid on its operations by Sweden-based law enforcement officials is in the works, but says it is prepared to deal with a Megaupload-style shutdown. Read more...

The Pirate Bay co-founder: dying industry dictates the terms of democracy

Tyler Holman — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:01:42 +0000

Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, claims that the entertainment industry is subverting governments and legal systems to protect a business model that's no longer relevant. Read more...

Sweden's Supreme Court won't grant Pirate Bay appeals

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:18:01 +0000

Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled today that the three Pirate Bay team members that were given prison sentences and fines won't be given an appeal, making their sentences permanent. Read more...

File-sharing religion Kopimism recognized in Sweden

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:57:12 +0000

It's hard to believe, but a new report claims that a religion that has file-sharing as one of its major themes, the Church of Kopimism, is now an officially recognized religion in Sweden. Read more...

Apple states iPhone apps are not for business use

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:58:13 +0100

A Swedish customer found out the hard way that applications sold through the iTunes store are for personal use only, with business use forbidden by Apple, when trying to reclaim tax on a purchase he... Read more...

Sweden targets The Pirate Bay

Slimy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:31:35 +0000

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Sweden's public prosecutor Hakan Roswall plans to charge the Pirate Bay's organizers with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law, which could lead to fines or up to two years in prison. The charges will... Read more...

Anti-Piracy Lobby Urges Sweden To Take Down The Pirate Bay

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:06:10 +0000

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Several anti-piracy lobbyist organizations have joined forces in urging the Swedish authorities to take "swift and decisive action" against The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay laughed away this attempt, and assures its users that they... Read more...

Sweden opens diplomatic relations with Second Life

Slimy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:34 +0000

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Sweden is hoping to increase the country's profile by establishing an officially sanctioned embassy in the Second Life virtual online world. A digitally created building will be based on Sweden's actual embassy in Washington and... Read more...

Sweden bans consoles in prison

malebolgia — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:45:36 +0100

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Recent jailbreaks force prison officials to crack down on communication abilities in gaming systems. The Swedish prison service has banned PlayStations and other gaming systems in its prisons, according to reports in... Read more...

Japanese broadband prices make Sweden look dear

crusher — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:49:44 +0000

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While swedes might feel they are lucky getting 100Mbit/s broadband connections for SEK 895, that's ludicrously expensive compared to Japan. A colleague from a Japanese magazine says that NTT East has offered 100Mbps... Read more...

Microsoft takes Lindows fight to Sweden

malebolgia — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:28:55 +0000

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Microsoft has opened another European front in its war to get Lindows.com to change its name. The company has won a temporary restraining order which prohibits Lindows.com from use of the marks "Lindows", "Lindows.com", and... Read more...