Neowin News Feed for: Austria

Microsoft brings more data control to Austria with new cloud region

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new Microsoft 365 cloud region in Austria and it's now generally available for commercial customers. Read more...

Austrian privacy group goes after Microsoft for allegedly tracking children

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:30:01 +0000

None of Your Business (NOYB), an Austrian privacy organisation, has filed two complaints against Microsoft with the Austrian privacy watchdog. It said Microsoft 365 Education is tracking kids. Read more...

Google: We need an EU-US data transfer framework as soon as possible

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:36:01 +0000

Google has highlighted the urgent need for a robust EU-US data transfer framework in light of the recent ruling against the use of Google Analytics issued by Austrian data protection authorities. Read more...

Dutch document say Google Analytics might be banned soon

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:28:01 +0000

The Dutch data protection regulator is investigating Google Analytics with results due in early 2022. Google could be forced to alter its software if it's found to contravene the GDPR. Read more...

Apple store in Vienna, Austria to reportedly reopen on May 5, the first in Europe

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 04 May 2020 19:16:01 +0000

Apple will reportedly resume operations of its brick-and-mortar store in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday after months of closure due to coronavirus. The focus will initially be on support and services. Read more...

Google's acquisition of Looker Data Sciences approved by UK's competition authority

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:02:01 +0000

Google's purchase of Looker has been approved by UK, US, and Austrian competition bodies. Looker is a business intelligence firm and will join Google Cloud with integration due in the next few months. Read more...

T-Mobile Austria stores passwords in plain text because its security is 'amazingly good'

Usama Jawad — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 08:04:02 +0000

In a mind-boggling series of tweets, T-Mobile Austria's social media managers have confirmed that it stores customer passwords as plain text because its security is "amazingly good". Read more...

The Surface Studio will be available in 13 additional markets starting mid-June

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 23 May 2017 14:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally announced the date at which the Surface Studio will be available in new markets. Starting June 15, you'll be able to grab the Studio in the UK, Austria, France, China, and more. Read more...

Here are the prices for the Surface Book in all its new markets

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:02:01 +0000

The Performance Base model of the Surface Book has been opened to preorders in 13 new markets, and as such, here is a list of prices in the different countries. Includes offers for the regular model. Read more...

Microsoft opens pre-orders for Surface Book with Performance Base in 13 new markets

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:30:13 +0000

In December, Microsoft announced plans to launch its Surface Book with Performance Base in eight new markets in early 2017. Today it opened pre-orders for the device in thirteen new markets. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface Book now available in the UK, Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland

Andy Weir — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:44:01 +0000

The Surface Book - which Microsoft calls 'the ultimate laptop' - is now available in several European markets, just a few weeks after the company opened its first international pre-orders. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Book pre-orders open tomorrow in UK, France, Germany, Australia and more

Andy Weir — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:18:02 +0000

Microsoft will open pre-orders for its Surface Book tomorrow in several markets around the world, including many across Europe - although shipments won't actually begin there until mid-February. Read more...