A voluntary agreement by all the major mobile phone manufacturers comes into force today in the EU, and because of the way phones are manufactured these days it’s bound to very quickly have positive repercussions around the world. Under the agreement, all new phones announced from today for sale in the EU will have a [...]

Categories: Apple, Mobiles

We all have heard the news that the European Union made the “suggestion” that Microsoft should bundle additional web browsers with their upcoming operating system Windows 7 to make up for failings in the past and to embrace competition. Many users felt that this move was entirely unnecessary as users who wanted a new web [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

A recent article published at the Wall Street Journal suggests that EU officials are considering forcing Microsoft to include a bunch of web browsers into the operating system to dilute the advantage that Internet Explorer has so far. This could mean forcing Microsoft to add web browsers to the installation of the operating system or [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

Will Microsoft be banned from future EU contracts ? That’s the question of Heide Rühle, a member of the European Parliament is asking the European Commission. According to European Law candidates shall be “excluded from participation in procurement procedures if they have been convicted of an offense concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which [...]

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