Yesterday I wrote and article about how Iran apparently wants to create its own in-country Internet. This move is almost unprecedented with only North Korea having done this before. In the article I discussed the situation with Internet access in these two countries and also in China, which has a reasonable open policy for web [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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European Mobile Charger Agreement Comes into Force Today
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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera Downloads Triple After Browser Ballot Screen Goes Live In Europe
Opera is in the news quite a lot in the last couple of days. First they manage to rush out the final release of Opera 10.50 in a less time than some companies need to provide a patch for their application and then they are the first to release figures on the impact of the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Europe To Get Standard Phone Chargers
Non-standard phone chargers are one of the most annoying things of cell phones. The lifecycle of a cell phone is usually two years. That’s when the contract ends and a new cell phone is offered as an incentive to stay with the cell phone provider for another two year period. Cell phone manufacturers use their [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Those who would give up essential Liberty..
to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. This quote by one of the founding fathers of the United States dates back more than 200 years ago but it has a huge relevance to the current situation in our world. The so called democratic countries of the West are reducing the rights [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Microsoft to be banned from EU contracts ?
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 [...]