Tagged: European Commission
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EU gives Google the opportunity to resolve anti-trust concerns News
21.05.2012 A statement from the European Commission lists four major concerns regarding the search giant’s competitive dominance and requests that these issues be resolved in a matter of...Tags: Google, Search, Android, Mobile, OS, European Commission, European Union, Anti-trust, Microsoft, -
French nanoscientist to speak in Dublin about gender and science News
18.05.2012 Anne Pépin from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France will be giving a free lecture in Dublin on Monday at the Alliance Française about gender and... -
‘We’re likely to be in a world without SOPA and ACTA’ – EU’s Neelie Kroes News
08.05.2012 The EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has admitted we are now likely to be in a world without SOPA and without ACTA. -
NUIG researcher wins EU award for road safety tech News
26.04.2012 New technology to improve pedestrian safety that’s being developed by Anthony Winterlich, a researcher at NUI Galway, has won a gold medal in the European Commission’s Young... -
Galway start-up gets €2.8m EU green tech R&D grant News
23.04.2012 Galway-based green-tech company Cellulac has been approved for a record €2.8m grant from the European Commission to commercialise its biorefining technology that converts... -
European Cybercrime Centre to crack down on cyber threats News
05.04.2012 The European Commission is proposing to set up a European Cybercrime Centre in the Hague to focus on online fraud, e-crime and identity theft.Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Search Engines, Science, Online Business, Mobile, Internet, Government, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO -
TripAdvisor files antitrust complaint against Google in EU News
03.04.2012 Online travel review site TripAdvisor has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Google, citing “anti-competitive and unfair practices by Google that...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
European Commission to investigate Motorola over patents News
03.04.2012 The European Commission will undertake two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility over complaints by Apple and Microsoft which claim the company is enforcing... -
New IBEC guide to help companies with R&D funding News
20.03.2012 Irish companies can now gain information about R&D funding from a new guide by IBEC, the business and employer association for organisations based in Ireland. -
Microsoft files antitrust lawsuit against Motorola Mobility News
22.02.2012 Microsoft has filed a competition law complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility, claiming the firm is attempting to use essential patents to block its... -
'Science could save Europe’s economy' – Geoghegan-Quinn News
09.02.2012 Science "forms and informs our path to economic recovery”. That’s according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who was in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Intellectual Property, Government, Education, Economy, Investments, Life Sciences, Science -
Institutes of technology to get technological university status? News
08.02.2012 Sources in the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have confirmed reports circulating that the process of setting up a technological university in the southeast, and potentially in...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Graduate, Government, Engineer, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
German court rejects ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Galaxy Nexus News
02.02.2012 A German court has not granted Apple a preliminary ban against the Samsung Galaxy 10.1N and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, a day after another German court upheld the ban against the... -
European Commission launches anti-trust probe into Samsung News
31.01.2012 The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether Samsung abused commonly available patents on smartphone devices to attack Apple in the companies’... -
Boeing Dreamliner to swoop in on Dublin Airport tonight News
25.01.2012 Boeing will be landing its Dreamliner aircraft, which features smart technologies, at Dublin Airport today at 9pm. The plane will leave Ireland again on Friday. The Boeing visit... -
New EU data rules: fines of up to 2pc of turnover for privacy breaches News
25.01.2012 Tough new EU data protection rules revealed today confirm penalties of up to 2pc of the global annual turnover of a company can be applied for data breaches. The EU estimates...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search, Internet, Data Management, CRM -
Major changes to EU data laws to affect online giants News
23.01.2012 Online giants Facebook, Microsoft and Google could be fined up to 1pc of their international revenues if they were ever to be found guilty of breaching tough new EU data... -
European Commission to hold e-Skills Week in March 2012 News
20.01.2012 The European Commission, DigitalEurope and European Schoolnet will hold the European e-Skills Week from 26 March this year to encourage people to develop digital skills to take... -
EU wants to double volume of e-commerce in Europe by 2015 News
11.01.2012 The European Commission has unveiled an action plan for doubling the volume of e-commerce in Europe by 2015. It says the internet economy creates 2.6 jobs for every offline job... -
EC awards IBM for energy-efficient data centres News
05.01.2012 The European Commission has awarded 27 data centres of technology giant IBM for energy efficiency, based on the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct for Data Centres.