A group of companies that includes Microsoft has said that a possible concession from Google to settle its EU antitrust issues will likely not be good enough for the group. More...

Microsoft and Nokia are part of a group who have complained to the EU about how Google is unfairly using Android to promote Google's own products which has the majority of the marketshare. More...

A new rumor is stating that Google and Opera were the ones who tipped off the EU about the absence of the browser ballot screen after the rollout of SP1 to Windows 7 users in the EU. More...

After this morning's EU ruling that Microsoft will be required to cough up another 732 million dollars, we have calculated out the total fines levied against the company since 2004. More...

A recent update to the Windows platform accidently removed the browser ballot screen and the EU is not impressed and is set to fine Microsoft before the end of March. More...

Microsoft is being investigated by EU data protection regulators for potential privacy issues, this time for changing the policies around Internet based services such as Hotmail and Bing. More...

After investigation the EU has imposed a record breaking fine on 5 electronics companies including Philips, LG and Samsung that worked together to fix prices and share TV and computer monitor markets. More...

Mozilla's senior lawyer claims that an issue with Microsoft's EU 'browser ballot' menu resulted in millions of failed downloads for its Firefox web browser over the course of sixteen months. More...

The European Commission has charged Microsoft following a breach of the agreement made around the “Browser Ballot Screen” first seen in 2009. If found guilty, a heavy fine awaits the Redmond giant. 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...

EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia hinted strongly that it would impose a large fine against Microsoft for breaking its earlier agreement with the EU to offer Windows users a menu of web browser choices. More...

A new report claims that the European Union is preparing to file an official complaint against Microsoft soon over the company's alleged violation of its web browser settlement with the EU. More...

A new update, KB976002, has brought the browser ballot screen to Windows 8 users in the EU, allowing people to select a new browser through a Modern UI-style application More...

Google has publicly admitted that it has not deleted all of the Street View data it collected in the UK and other European countries in 2010, as it promised to do. More...

The UK is working to pass a new bill that would require ISPs to store all internet data for 12 months, with metadata open for warrantless examination by everyone from law enforcement to tax inspectors More...

Microsoft can't seem to escape the watchful eyes of the EU as it is now being reported that they want to investigate browser options on Windows 8 Surafce and RT tablets for browser options. More...

Microsoft has found itself once again under the microscope of the EU after the company admitted that a technical glitch prevented them from achieving compliance to a 2009 agreement. More...

A European Union court today upheld a fine against Microsoft for roughly $1 billion. The fine was slightly lowered, however, from 899 million Euros ($1.1 billion) to 860 million Euros ($1.07 billion). More...

Google has filed a complaint with the EU, accusing Microsoft and Nokia of trying raise the price of mobile devices and creating patent trolls. And we thought being a patent troll was bad More...

The European Union's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has now said that Google's new privacy policy, which the company made official on Thursday, is in violation of European law. 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...

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...

If someone took $13.5B from your back pocket, most likely you would be pretty upset. That's the case with Microsoft who wants the EU to start cracking down on software pirates. More...

Microsoft Corporation is to file a European antitrust complaint against Google, accusing the worlds number one of violating European competition law and trying to squeeze other search engines out of the market. The Redmond giant... More...

From May 25 European law, due to the e-Privacy directive, will force change in the UK meaning consent must be granted from websites before they store cookies on a users computer. The only exception to... 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...

Neowin has several news poster positions available. We are primarily looking for writers based in Europe who can submit articles between the hours of 8am and 2pm GMT or those in Australia/New Zealand who are... 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...

Google has relaxed its opposition to European regulators and will hand over the open wireless network data it collected from its Street View cars over the past three years. Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt,... More...

Privacy concerns are always a hot topic when it comes to the Internet and your government. If you live in the EU, your privacy is about to be imposed upon further if the EU... More...

The New York Times is reporting nine memory chip makers are expected to be fined by European Union regulators this week for illegal price fixing. The companies which have been charged are Samsung Electronics, NEC... More...

"Child pornography is great." Johan Schluter, of the Danish Anti-Piracy Group, spoke these words at a seminar in 2007 that tried to tackle the issue of Sweden becoming a safe place for pirates to operate. Instead... More...

Hakon Wium Lie, Opera's chief technology officer, told The Register that the ballot screen is hidden when users download Internet Explorer and the ballot screen at the same time. Opera demonstrated the problem at The Register's... More...

According to Reuters Canada, last month's implementation of the European Union browser ballot isn't exactly helping Internet Explorer's overseas market share. Then again, that was the entire purpose of it--to give people other options. The... More...

The European Union (EU) has issued a devastating blow to Google saying that they must delete unblurred Street View images after 6 months ; Google’s policy had been that it deletes or updates the photos... More...

TechCrunch put out an interesting piece regarding Microsoft's upcoming browser ballot. The ballot will allow a user to pick their computer's default browser through a well laid out menu. While the ballot is set to... More...

Mozilla commissioned a YouGov study recently that found over three quarters of the UK are unaware of the upcoming browser choice ballot. Microsoft said last Friday that it will begin external testing of a browser... 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...

The European Commission and US Department of Justice have both approved a Microsoft and Yahoo! deal that will see the software giant acquire the internet search and search advertising businesses of Yahoo!. In a statement on... 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...

The EU took a big step forward last night and approved a measure to ensure "internet freedom" would remain and that individuals would not have their internet cutoff unjustly. The Internet freedom provision, which was... 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...

The European Commission is going to publish plans this week that will propose to limit the volume output on MP3 players and cell phones that are capable of playing music. The idea is that... More...

George Orwell would be most amused to hear about the latest development in the EU. Ten countries of the European Union have agreed to help develop computer programs that monitor the internet and CCTV images,... More...

Intel President Paul Otellini has said the company is confident of winning its appeal against the record $1.45 billion fine which was imposed by EU anti-trust regulators in May this year. Speaking to the... More...

With mapping technology evolving, eventually we knew problems were going to arise. Google's evolving "Street View" has been implemented in parts of the United States, and so far has received good press. By... More...

The European Union launched an investigation today into U.S. laws on Internet gambling, after European betting companies complained that Washington's actions against them were infringing world trade rules. Online gambling is a growing business, worth... More...