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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Intel responds to EU charges, deems actions 'beneficial' to consumers |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 3:34 pm |
| Tags: Antitrust, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Intel, Lawsuit, Legal, Litigation, Objection, Sue |
| Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Shortly after the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections against Intel asseverating that it used unfair and unlawful tactics against AMD, Intel has fired back a statement of its own in response. Put simply, Intel declared that it is "confident that the microprocessor market segment is functioning |
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| US and EU reach agreement on satellite navigation |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:32 pm |
| Tags: European Union, Europeanunion, Galileo, Galileo L1f, Galileol1f, Gnss, Gps, Gps L1c, Gpsl1c, Navstar |
| Filed under: GPS The United States and the European Union are moving forward on a common system of satellite navigation after reaching an agreement on a joint civil signal for the technology. The US system, called Navstar GPS, is the only fully operational GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) currently in use, though the EU's Galileo project |
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| Microsoft to learn its EU antitrust fate tomorrow |
| Published: September 16, 2007, 2:07 pm |
| Tags: Antitrust, Breaking News, Breakingnews, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Microsoft |
| Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Microsoft will be in a familiar position tomorrow when it stands before a European Grand Chamber of the Court of First Instance, where the special 13-judge tribunal will be issuing its final verdict in an antitrust case that has been dragging on since long after the software giant finished its controversial little dance |
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| Reigning in capitalism seems appropriate for the EU, especially when it comes to Microsoft (MSFT) |
| Published: September 24, 2007, 9:40 am |
| Tags: Antitrust, European Union, Europeanunion, Fine, Judgment, Lawsuit, Litigation, Microsoft, Msft |
| Filed under: Law, Microsoft (MSFT)Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has overcome some legal hurdles in the U.S. in recent years (and has been slammed as well), but the world's largest software maker continues to see complete opposition from its European Union buddies (heh), as evidenced by last week's ruling. It's tough these days for regulatory |
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| Qualcomm hit with antitrust case from European Commission |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 3:57 pm |
| Tags: Antitrust, Court, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Legal, Qualcomm |
| Filed under: CellphonesQualcomm finding itself in more legal trouble? Say it ain't so! Sure enough, the chip maker is now facing even more heat as the European Commission "has launched formal antitrust proceedings" against it after "mobile phone manufacturers complained it charged far too much for vital technology licenses." The move had |
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| NXP supplying Germany with second-gen ePassports |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 4:46 am |
| Tags: Biometric, Biometrics, Epassport, Epassport Ii, Epassportii, European Union, Europeanunion, Fingerprint, German, Germany, Nxp, Passport, Rfid, Smartmx |
| Filed under: WirelessConsidering just how well the first round of RFID ePassports withstood subversion attempts from hackers, we're amazed that anything needs to be tweaked at all. Sarcasm aside, NXP is all set to make Germany the first country on the planet to utilize second-generation ePassports, as the EU-set deadline to migrate doesn't pass |
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| DVB-H to become European mobile video standard |
| Published: November 29, 2007, 9:38 am |
| Tags: Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld, Digitalvideobroadcasting Handheld, Dvb H, Dvb T, Europe, European Union, Europeanunion, Mobile Broadcasts, Mobile Video, Mobilebroadcasts, Mobilevideo, Standards |
| Filed under: Cellphones The European mobile phone community was rocked by the news today that DVB-H (or Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) is set to become the new standard for mobile TV across the Union. The technology -- a superset of DVB-T -- has been spearheaded by Nokia, and this move is meant to help widen the system's audience. Though |
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| EU reaches agreement on Galileo satnav, Spain goes home angry |
| Published: November 30, 2007, 1:22 pm |
| Tags: Agreement, Control Centers, Controlcenters, European Union, Europeanunion, Galileo, Germany, Italy, Positioning, Satellite Navigation, Satellitenavigation, Satnav, Spain |
| Filed under: GPS The European Union's next generation satellite navigation system has finally gotten to green light from all involved parties... except Spain. As we reported in July, the project had gotten the high five from US interests, but the works had been stalled as Spain fought to maintain a control center in Madrid. In the end, 26 of the |
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| EU says all sheep and goats must be electronically tagged by 2010 |
| Published: December 20, 2007, 3:28 pm |
| Tags: Electronic Tagging, Electronictagging, European Union, Europeanunion, Goats, Sheep, Tagging |
| Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe're not exactly sure why the EU feels the need to track sheep and goats across Europe, but it just voted to make electronic tagging mandatory by the end of 2009. The move comes after a two-year delay at the insistence of the UK, and it means that all sheep and goats will be implanted with a €1 ($1.43) tag that will |
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| Intel (INTC) makes its case to Europe authorities |
| Published: March 12, 2008, 5:33 am |
| Tags: Amd, Antitrust, European Union, Europeanunion, Intc, Inthenews, Msft |
| Filed under: Law, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD)Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is finally making its case to European Union authorities, saying its practices in the region were not anti-competitive. It may be a hard sell. The extent to which Intel has beaten rival AMD (NYSE: AMD) does not look good on paper. |
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| Nintendo pushes back against 149.1 million Euro fine |
| Published: May 21, 2008, 3:28 pm |
| Tags: Antitrust, Eu Fine, Eufine, European Union, Europeanunion, Nintendo |
| Filed under: GamingThe EU has doled out some pretty hefty fines in the past, but it looks like Nintendo is pushing back against the one it got slapped with back in 2002, with the company now saying that it was "unfair, illegal, even shocking." That fine (some 140.1 million Euros, or about $220 million), was the result of some alleged price fixing |
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| US files complaint with WTO over EU tariffs on high-tech products |
| Published: May 28, 2008, 7:56 pm |
| Tags: European Union, Europeanunion, Information Technology Agreement, Informationtechnologyagreement, United States, Unitedstates, World Trade Organization, Worldtradeorganization, Wto |
| Filed under: Misc. GadgetsYeah, so Sony's hitting us with magically-thin OLED TVs, Microsoft is showing off Windows 7, and Google's demoing hot new Android phones, but nothing gets us going like an old-fashioned tariff agreement dispute based on the classification of certain types of goods, you know? That's just good clean fun. It's also what's |
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