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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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". More...
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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
A large number of people are protesting in the streets all over Europe today, giving a real world voice against the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. More...
PC shipments in Western Europe continue to plummet for the fourth consecutive quarter with a 16 percent decrease from shipments in 2010, while Apple saw big gains in the United Kingdom and France. More...
Following recent news of Microsoft's plans to boost Windows Phone sales with cash bonuses for retail staff in the US, it appears that incentives will soon be offered to European retailers too. More...
Apple has hired Robin Burrowes to work as head of marketing for the App Store for iTunes Europe. Burrowes worked at Microsoft Europe for many years, including the head of marketing for Xbox Live. More...
A musician in the Netherlands has attacked anti-piracy group BREIN for distributing his work without permission on millions of DVDs. The piece was originally written for a local film festival. More...
According to the European Court of Justice, ISPs can't be forced to institute wide filtering polices to try and curb piracy, since such a policy would be a violation of users' 'fundamental rights.' More...
Samsung has come up with a solution to the German ban on its tablet: tweak the design so it looks a lot less like an iPad 2. The Galaxy Tab 10.1N is expected to launch only in Germany next week. More...
As expected, the Nokia Lumia 800 is now available across the UK and Europe. Nokia has marketed this device to the max, only time will tell if it will be a success for both the company and Microsoft. More...
Galileo, the EU's global positioning system, came a step closer to reality today. The first two satellites were launched earlier, putting the project on target for its 2014 switch-on date. More...
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet has been blocked from being sold in most of Europe, thanks to a new victory in court by Apple who has filed a patent lawsuit against Samsung. More...
Microsoft's UK managing director, Gordon Frazer, admitted that cloud data stored online, even in Europe, is not protected against the 'Patriot Act' in the United States of America. As ZDNet reports, Microsoft's admission of this... More...
A recently completed study by market intelligence company ComScore, Inc reports that Apple's iOS operating system surpasses Android in Europe. The report includes all iOS powered devices, including the iPad and iPhone series, and compares... More...
New Zealand was hit by a nasty iPhone Daylight Savings bug in late September after the country turned off DST. The New Zealand case meant iPhone owners were awoken an hour early from their deep sleep.... More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed on Monday that the software giant has no plans to release the Zune HD in Europe. Speaking at Microsoft's UK Tech Days event, Ballmer denied there were any plans to release... More...
When Google first announced its free navigation services, companies like TomTom and Garmin stocks took a nose dive. On Wednesday Google announced, via its German blog, that the service is now expanding to Europe. Google released... More...
Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun is reporting that video game maker Nintendo is losing trillions of yen due to new kinds of pirating. Nintendo says they have had a nearly 50% drop in European DS games... More...
Video conferencing has seen a boost as business travel has been restricted due to large parts of Europe's airspace being closed as ash from an Icelandic volcano covers the sky. Cisco Systems's TelePresence Technology Group... More...
Microsoft said on Friday that it will begin external testing of a browser ballot screen for European copies of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 next week. In July 2009, Microsoft proposed a ballot screen... More...
Criterion Games, the video game developer behind the award-winning Burnout series, has tweeted that the Burnout Paradise Complete Edition will be coming to the European PSN shortly. The highly-successful arcade racer will contain the following: Burnout... More...
European MEP's and Council representatives have agreed on a set of guidelines that state restrictions to Internet usage may "only be imposed if they are appropriate, proportionate and necessary within a democratic society," and that... More...
Three rivals of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser are seeking last minute changes to a proposal, that would see new users of Windows presented with a ballot screen of the top five browsers. Rivals believe... More...
Microsoft stores, which will sell Xbox 360 games, hardware and PC titles, are to be opened in major European cities such as London, according to gaming site MCV. Neowin reported earlier this month that... More...
When Apple made the switch to Intel processors it opened up its software to potential piracy to non Apple branded machine. Fast forward to today and PearC has opened a store in Germany that... More...
Microsoft has released the figures for its console to date, topping the sales charts at 28 million units worldwide, in just over 3 years. Microsoft's Xbox360 is the best selling high definition console to... More...
I am a proud member of Lycos Web Hosting but was a bit shocked today to receive a message through informing me I am being transferred due to the failure of gaining investment for Lycos... More...
Faced with the question of whether to build its European search technology center in France, Germany or the U.K., Microsoft's answer is "all three," CEO Steve Ballmer said during an event in Paris on Thursday.... More...
Sources have indicated to GamesIndustry.biz that Sony Europe boss David Reeves is due to announce that the 80GB PlayStation 3 will be released in Europe shortly. At SCEE's European press event in Los Angeles... More...
Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels. The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations... More...
The number of European broadband users has topped the 100 million mark, according to the European Commission's latest study on broadband usage, which surveyed around 150,000 households across the 27 member states. Europe was placed... More...
Google has once again been thwarted in its bid to trademark "Gmail" in the European Union because of a similar trademark in Germany. The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) has just published... More...