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Horizontal scrollbar prompts EU gripe from 6 browser makers
With Microsoft’s EU-appeasing browser ballot rolling out across Europe over the next three months , dissatisfaction is growing with its implementation. Last week flaws in its randomization emerged— a result of ineptitude rather than malice . Today, six web browsers have petitioned the EU to complain about the overall design of the browser ballot.
Continue reading »New ACTA leak shows major resistance to US-style DRM rules
The leaks keep coming for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A new leak from Europe has revealed the inner workings of the negotiating process through a 40+ page document showing each country’s positions on key provisions of the treaty. While most of the negotiating is quite technical, what stands out most sharply is the international resistance to the US-drafted proposals on DRM “anticircumvention” rules.
Continue reading »Samsung promises Euro 3D TV release first
Loads of kit out next month Samsung reckons it will be the first company to release a 1080p LED-backlit 3D TV in Europe.…
Continue reading »feature: What Google could learn from EU ISPs’ experience with fiber
It is clear that, according to Google, the American telecommunications Industry has dropped the ball when it comes to getting broadband out to the people. The search giant has decided to show us how it should be done, announcing its plans to run 1Gbps fiber pipes to up to 500,000 households . For obvious reasons, reporters focused on the size of Google’s bit pipe.
Continue reading »SpinVox carcass laid bare in final accounts
And you will know us by the trail of our debt Dragon’s Den TV star Julie Meyer described SpinVox as “the first major technology success story out of Europe”, but the company’s final accounts show a business running at a huge loss, spending heavily, and with interest payments alone exceeding income.…
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