After leaving--or losing--his job at Microsoft.Steven Sinofsky will probably not be standing in an unemployment line. The 23-year veteran of Microsoft,and until Monday,its top Windows executive,has nearly 650,000 shares of company ...
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The councils of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire have awarded BT a multi-million pound contract to roll out superfast broadband. The two local authorities formed a partnership when applying for government funding for the project, which ...
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A European project to introduce labeling on injection molding machines that gives a rating for their energy consumption has completed the first stages. However it will be at least a year before the labeling system is launched by European ...
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The head of BT's broadband division has defended itself against claims of favouritism when it comes to the awarding of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contracts. Questions arose about BT's dealings with the national scheme, which will see ...
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A text message delivered to O2 subscribers in the UK this week has revealed an intention by the telecoms giant to raise the cost of making and receiving calls and using data outside Europe dramatically. From 28 November ...
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Bulten Fasteners China has prevailed in an antidumping investigation before the European Commission, resulting in a complete removal of the additional duties that had previously struck the company. A new EU Regulation of 10 October 2012 ...
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After the European Commission on Wednesday formally objected to Microsoft regarding the company's failure to fulfill its commitment to offer Windows users a free choice of browser in settlement of an earlier antitrust case, Microsoft said ...
BT and Virgin Media have each submitted complaints to the European Commission (EC) about plans for a state-funded broadband network in Birmingham. The City Council was awarded the money for the project after applying to the Urban ...
The Swedish government would like to focus on the need for coherent Union legislation on hazardous substances in textiles. Large amounts of chemicals are used in the manufacture of textiles and many of them may remain in the finished ...
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Microsoft and Google are to feel the full force of EU regulations this month as antitrust and privacy concerns threaten to catch up with the technology giants. The EU could issue Microsoft with a formal antitrust complaint, after it ...
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The FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) Council of Europe has blamed the tradition of one large incumbent provider and the lack of ambition from the government for the UK lagging behind when it comes to fibre broadband. This week sees the council ...
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IDG News Service - The international affairs chief at the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday expressed concern with the European Union's revision of the Data Protection Directive. U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce C. ...
Tough times seem to be looming on the Sri Lankan garment sector as European Commission(EC)has forewarned of a further decline in value of Sri Lankan rupee in terms of US dollar. Additionally,the Sri Lankan garment exports have now started ...
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By the 12th October the European Union is expected to confirm the continuation of anti-dumping measures, first applied in early 2009, on certain steel fasteners from the People's Republic of China but to reduce the levels of tariffs ...
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The European Commission(EC)has said it will work with the US and Japan to prevent data protection regulation from curbing the uptake of cloud computing across the region. According to the EC,up to€45bn could be spent on cloud ...
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