EU

News & Articles
157 results:
opinion

EU Domain Names Seized

You wanted a “

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

EU Probes Blu-ray, HD-DVD Over Antitrust Concerns

European Commission antitrust officials have made inquiries into the licensing arrangements employed by developers of HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the two rival next generation DVD formats.

400 Registries Sued Over .Eu

Only two months after going live, top-level domain .eu has spurred a legal controversy involving hundreds of “warehoused” domains and a handful of American companies looking to manipulate the U.K. domain registration system and capitalize on the new and popular TLD.

New EU Rules Could Hinder Internet Media/Mobile

Online media might be feeling a crimp if the EU has its way in drafting a new set of rules that could restrict video broadcasts and third-generation mobile content.

Microsoft Defends Itself Against EU Antitrust Fines

Rivals of Microsoft aren’t satisfied with the firm’s defense against fines levied by the European Union for failing to comply with remedies imposed for antitrust violations.

New .eu Domain Released, ‘Sex.eu’ Biggest Request

Today the European Union opened the doors to its own top-level domain, .eu. Sex.eu was reportedly the most popular request to the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid), the European registrar handling the new top-level domain.

EU Promises Hands Off Internet

In a move looked at with both skepticism and hope by many in the online world, officials at the European Union announced today that new broadcasting rules scheduled to hit Europe later this year will not include new regulations of the Internet.

MPA3 Adds Paycom EU as Latest Billing Option

LOS ANGELES – MPA3, the affiliate engine powering many of the industry's largest webmaster programs, has added Paycom EU to its suite of payment processing options.

EU Rep Blasts U.S. Open Source Schemas

U.S. companies are chilling the spirit of the open source movement by directing it through subsidization, a senior representative of the European Commission’s technology infrastructure said.

EU Charter Frightens Dutch

The proposed constitution for the 25-member European Union is causing concern in this and other liberal Netherlands enclaves that Amsterdam’s famous red light district would fade.

EU Child Porn Raids Arrest Many

Authorities in eight European Union countries have reported the seizure of thousands of items of child pornography, including photos, videos and hard drives, in a sting that began last Monday and concluded this weekend.

ICANN Gives Go-Ahead for .Eu Registration

Registrars will begin accepting applications for .eu top-level domain names this Fall. Competition is expected to be heated, especially for English-language names such as business.eu, press.eu and sex.eu.

2000Charge Offers EU Direct Debit

2000Charge offers EU Direct Debit so online merchants optimize their international revenues with a safe and reliable international billing solution.

European Union Backs .eu

The .eu top-level domain (TLD) could go live within a year, now that the European Union has granted their final approval for its creation, ending nearly six years of bureaucratic red tape since the TLD was first suggested by Brussels-based non-profit EURid.

EU Tightening Spam, Cookie Governance

The European Union has given eight countries a second warning Thursday to enact privacy legislation governing spam and cookies. According to a statistics, nearly 80 percent of spam originates from North America and about 53 percent of all email in the EU is unsolicited commercial email.

EU Expected to Lower Boom on Microsoft

European Union regulators next Wednesday are expected to force Microsoft Corp. to offer computer makers a version of Windows without its Media Player multimedia software for sale to European consumers. The company most certainly will be handed a huge fine, as well.

EU Assembly Passes New Piracy Rules

The European Union Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that is intended to sharply reduce piracy of digital media products.