Google privacy issues have been highlighted in an open letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt. The letter signed by privacy officials from 10 nations including UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, flags up Google Streetview privacy issues and looks back at all those Google Buzz teething problems.
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New European regulations effective from July 1 will enforce a cut-off limit on mobile roaming bills in Europe which should put an end to nightmare stories of massive bills from mobile dongles. Read on to find out what operators are now obliged to do…
Microsoft’s browser choice ballot screen officially launches today via a regular Windows update. It will give you the choice of replacing Internet Explorer with another browser of your choice and is the final move in Microsoft’s long anti-trust tussle with the EU. What browser are you going to plump for?
Microsoft’s ten year anti-trust battle with the European Union over pre-installing Internet Explorer has finally come to an end. Microsoft will now offer users a choice of web browsers which could mean Google Chrome, Safari, Opera and Firefox all find themselves with a shedload of new users.
Using your phone abroad is about to get a lot cheaper. Roaming data, call and text message costs on the continent will be slashed from July: the European Parliament has just voted to bring in caps for mobile charges abroad. How much could you save? An absolute ton!
According to Swedish news paper DN (Dagens Nyheter) the European Union is to vote on imposing a 14% import tax on any mobile phone with an inbuilt GPS or mobile TV receiver.