Neowin News Feed for: Denmark

Denmark ditching Windows and Office for Linux as it may not want to rely on Microsoft, Trump

Sayan Sen — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:12:01 +0000

Following Germany's move last year, Denmark is also trying to transition away from Windows and Office towards Linux. Read more...

EU's big tech hammer won't be returning as a commissioner

Paul Hill — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:32:01 +0000

Margrethe Vestager, an EU commissioner known for her tough stance on big tech, will no longer hold the position in the next von der Leyen Commission due to domestic politics in Denmark. Read more...

PSA: Prices for Microsoft Cloud services are increasing in Europe very soon

Usama Jawad — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 08:02:01 +0000

As announced back in January, Microsoft is increasing the cost of its Microsoft Cloud services by up to 15% in certain regions of Europe. This move will impact organizations, not consumers. Read more...

Danish job search company files antitrust complaint against Google

Usama Jawad — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:54:01 +0000

A job search firm in Denmark has filed a complaint against Google, saying that the company uses its inferior Google for Jobs tool to stifle the competition and tighten its grip over the labour market. Read more...

Boston Dynamic's Spot gets 5G upgrade in Ericsson trial

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:34:01 +0000

Ericsson has trialled Boston Dynamic's Spot equipped with 5G, making it operable at far greater distances than when a WiFi connection was required. In the trial, it did fence perimeter checks. Read more...

Microsoft plans renewable Danish data centre and 200,000 jobs

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced #DigitalLeapDenmark, a plan that includes building a renewable data centre in the country and providing 200,000 jobs and job training to all ages by the year 2024. Read more...

Apple to expand green energy production in Europe

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:32:01 +0000

Apple will expand its green energy production in Europe with two onshore wind turbines in Esbjerg, Denmark. They will provide energy for the Viborg data centre which powers Apple services. Read more...

Denmark reviewing whether Google should pay more tax

Paul Hill — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:16:01 +0000

Denmark is looking into whether Google owes more tax. The country's Prime Minister has been a proponent of implementing a digital tax that would extract more profit from big tech firms. Read more...

FSFE urges Denmark to make its contact tracing app free software

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:40:01 +0000

Free Software Foundation Europe has urged Denmark to put its new contact tracing app, Smittestop, under a free software license. The WHO and the EU have both urged countries to do the same. Read more...

Danske Bank announces Apple Pay support to customers in four European countries

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:14:01 +0000

Apple Pay is now available to all Danske Bank account holders in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Customers in these regions can use the iOS payment app with both Visa and Mastercard. Read more...

Danish football club, Brøndby IF, deploy Panasonic facial recognition cameras at venue

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:52:02 +0000

The Danish Superliga team, Brøndby IF, has collaborated with Panasonic in order to deploy facial recognition cameras around its stadium in order to keep blacklisted people from attending matches. Read more...

French President Macron not giving up on tech tax despite pressure

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Emmanuel Macron is hopeful that he can get the Germans to side with proposals to levy big tech firms with a digital sales tax of 3%. Yesterday, Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden put brakes on the plans. Read more...

Google Wifi availability expands to five more countries

Hammad Saleem — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:12:02 +0000

Google has added five more countries to the list: Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. The device is available as a single pack as well as a pack of three at a discounted price. 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...

Uber will stop operating in Denmark

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:02:01 +0000

Following laws which require taxis to carry fare meters and seats sensors, Uber has decided to pull out of Denmark effective as of April 18th. Its software division in Aarhus will remain. Read more...

OnePlus partners with Denmark's wireless carrier 3 to offer its 3T

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 04:10:01 +0000

OnePlus has formed a partnership with Denmark's wireless carrier 3 to offer its 3T handset. That means you can check out the device through its local stores and purchase it on contract. Read more...

Apple invests almost $2 billion in green European datacenters

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:28:01 +0000

The iPhone maker has announced the construction of two additional data centers in Europe, both of which will rely on renewable energy and sustainable development. Read more...

Pirate Bay founder judged guilty in hacking case

Usama Jawad — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:14:01 +0000

The founder of Pirate Bay and his accomplice have been found guilty in what is now being called the the biggest hacking case in Danish history. Both could face a maximum of six years in prison. Read more...

Microsoft owes Denmark $1 billion in tax

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:44:57 +0000

Microsoft owes the Danish government $1 billion in tax from their $1.3 billion purchase of Navision, later rebranded Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Navision nets Microsoft $1.8 billion in revenue annually. Read more...

Netflix coming to Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:39:03 +0000

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...

Danish ISPs to begin blocking Grooveshark

Paul Ferson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:17:13 +0000

A court in Denmark has ruled that the music site Grooveshark is to be blocked by internet providers due to its questionable previous history and approach to copyright. Read more...

Denmark leads the networked world

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:31:19 +0000

Denmark has snatched the top spot from the US as the most network-ready country, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The 2006-2007 Global Information Technology Report saw America slide to seventh spot, with the... Read more...

Denmark cracks down on piracy.

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:51:07 +0000

Thanks to jerichohol for posting in BPN A group affiliated with the Danish music, film and software industries has been sending out invoices to users of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Kazaa... Read more...