EU Stories for 2012

EU Charges Samsung With Abusing Vital Telecoms Patent 96
ACTA Gets Death Certificate In Europe 36
European Data Retention Rule Could Violate Fundamental EU Law 61
Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws 89
New EU-Wide Patent System Approved 75
Nintendo Puts a Bedtime On Wii U Content In Europe 190
Facebook Says EU 'Right To Be Forgotten' Would Harm Privacy 277
EU Resists US Lobbying As Privacy War Looms 131
EU Issues Largest Antitrust Fine to Date for CRT TV Price Fixing 153
Researchers: PATRIOT Act Can 'Obtain' Data In Europe 133
Raided For Running a Tor Exit Node 325
EU Passes Resolution Against ITU Asserting Control Over Internet 133
Report Says Climate Change Already Evident, Emissions Gap Growing 623
Why Big Data Could Sink Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' 128
Pirate Party MEP Helps Draft New Credit Card Company Controls 129
EU Working On Most Powerful Laser Ever Built 83
European Central Bank Casts Wary Eye Toward Bitcoin 301
Mozilla: Browser Ballot Glitch Cost Us 9m Firefox Downloads 90
EC Sends Statement of Objections To Microsoft For Violating Anti-Trust Agreement 173
Twitter Censors German Neo-Nazi Group, Within Germany 227
Will EU Regulations Effectively Ban High-End Video Cards? 303
EU Authorities To Demand Reversal of Google Privacy Policy 177
Galileo: Europe's Version of GPS Reaches Key Phase 328
US and EU Clash Over Whois Data 67
UK Broadband Plan Set To Clear EU Approval 37
EU Says Apple's Warranty Advertisements Are Unacceptable 266
EU Privacy Watchdog To ICANN: Law Enforcement WHOIS Demands "Unlawful" 81
EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach 254
EU Court Asked To Rule On Private Copying 157
Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. 1080
Plans For Widespread Monitoring of Communication In Europe Revealed 166
Google Could Face Heavy Antitrust Fines In the EU 292
Facebook Disables Face Recognition In EU 96
Ultra-Powerful Laser To Be Built In Romania 41
iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission 543
RIPE Region Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses 241
Europe Sets Sights On Asteroid Tracking Radars 44
Ask Slashdot: How To Begin Work In IT Freelancing? 140
Microsoft Ready To Address EU Antitrust Concerns 176
EU Calls for Unified Approach to Allocating "White Space" Spectrum 25
Electronic Retailers In Europe Now Required To Take Back Old Goods 162
Missing Paperwork Delays UK Broadband 81
EU Parliament Debates a DMCA Equivalent 73
EU Investigating Microsoft Over IE Bundling Again 299
EU Commission: CETA 'Totally Different From ACTA' 112
Bye ACTA, Hello CETA 225
China Begins Stockpiling Rare Earths, Draws WTO Attention 227
ACTA Rejected By European Parliament 142
EU Parliament Adopts eCall Resolution 212
EU Court Upholds Microsoft Antitrust Fines 126
EU Commissioner Reveals He Will Ignore Any Rejection of ACTA 253
Reject ACTA, European Parliament Trade Committee Recommends 24
ESA Announces the Summer of Code In Space 2012 23
European ISPs Ask ITU To Limit Net Neutrality 120
After Modifications, Google Street View Approved For Switzerland 84
UN To Debate Taxing Internet Data 284
EU "Clean IT" Project Considers Terrorist Content Database 101
Five EU Countries Taken To Court For Failing To Implement Cookie Law 130
European Parliament Committees Reject ACTA As IP Backlash Grows 98
EU Commissioner: I Will End Net Neutrality Waiting Game 71
EU Offers Google Chance To Settle Prior To Anti-Trust Enquiry 119
'First Base' In Greek Courts For ISP-Level Blocking 86
Judge Who Ordered Pirate Bay Censorship Found To Be Corrupt 104
Microsoft Raises UK Prices By a Third and Can't Rule Out Future Hikes 185
EU Court Rules APIs, Programming Languages Not Copyrightable 215
German Court Grants Motorola Xbox and Windows 7 Sales Ban 163
YouTube Ordered To Remove Videos, Filter Future Uploads By German Court 215
EU Commissioner: We Cannot Allow ISP Disconnects 106
Europe Agrees To Send Airline Passenger Data To US 403
Scientists Say Spread of Schmallenberg Virus Is 'Warning To Europe' 113
Everything Everywhere To Sell UK 4G Spectrum 16
EU Targets Motorola In Antitrust Investigation Over Standards-Essential Patents 85
Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products 270
DHS Will Now Vet UK Air Passengers To Mexico, Canada, Cuba 417
European Parliament Takes Step Toward Burying ACTA 53
Raspberry Pi Gets a Red-Tape Delay; Awaits CE Certificate 135
European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence 147
German Pirate Party Enters 2nd State Parliament 188
Apple Sued By Belgian Consumer Association For Not Applying EU Warranty Laws 290
Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers 667
European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout 297
US, EU, Japan Complain To WTO Over China's Rare Earth Ban 218
Google Privacy Policy Could Violate EU Law 135
ACTA Referred To Europe's Top Court For Analysis 61
Europe Plans Exascale Funding Above U.S. Levels 70
European Parliament To Exclude Free Software With FRAND 219
EU Court Rules Social Networks Cannot Be Forced To Police Downloads 81
EU and US Approve Google-Motorola Deal 187
Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Threatens Online Free Speech 410
Germany Delays ACTA Signature, Wants More Discussion 72
Facebook On Collision Course With New EU Privacy Laws 195
ACTA's EU Future In Doubt As Poland Suspends Ratification 139
French Court Calls Free Google Maps Unfair Competition 238
Thousands Take To the Streets To Protest ACTA 217
Ask Slashdot: Does Europe Have Better Magazines Than the US? 562
New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry 119
EU ACTA Chief Resigns 253
ACTA Signed By 22 EU Countries 138
New EU Legal Privacy Framework: We're Not Kidding 243
Spanish Extremadura Moving 40,000 Desktops To Linux 137
International Organization To Assess Earth Defense From Space Dangers 93
EU To Sign ACTA Later This Month 168
EU Moves To Ban Iran Crude Oil 361
EU Proposal Would Encourage Web Users To Flag Suspicious Web Pages 95
Spanish Website Blocking Law Implemented 65