The General Secretariat has weighed my “interest in being informed of progress in this area against the general interest that progress be made in an area that is still the subject of negotiations”… “As there is no evidence suggesting an overriding public interest to warrant disclosure of the document in question, the General Secretariat has [...]
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No ACTA from the Swedish Presidency for me
Posted in European Union, tagged ACTA, copyright, counterfeiting, EC/1049/2001 on November 4 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Commission does not like UK unlawful interception of telecommunications
Posted in European Union, Future of the Web on October 31 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From a press release of the Commission:
The Commission today moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding over the UK to provide its citizens with the full protection of EU rules on privacy and personal data protection when using electronic communications. European laws state that EU countries must ensure the confidentiality of people’s electronic [...]
Helmbrecht takes over ENISA
Posted in European Union on October 17 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just read at Heise that Helmbrecht actually will take over ENISA. I mentioned it before when it was just rumours. It is an excellent chance to drive the ENISA cyber security agency into a meaningful direction and take the trash out. Part of the cleanup is to overcome the national security and capture problems of [...]
Sustainable future for transport: towards an integrated, technology-led and user-friendly system
Posted in European Union, ITS on September 14 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new communication from the EU-Commission “Sustainable future for transport: towards an integrated, technology-led and user-friendly system”, outlines the future of the European car industry. Of course Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and car automation are a part of the package. Increasingly the efficiency efforts move to a network infrastructural view:
44. Transport is a network industry [...]
European Software Strategy industry paper
Posted in European Union on September 11 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Commission of the European Union has published the final report on the European Software Strategy. It is a document drafted by several industry stakeholders, ironically most of them do not represent European companies. The preparatory documents are also published. The leakage of draft documents by an American SME representative causes great confusion. The editing [...]
Commission statement on Microsoft Internet Explorer announcement
Posted in European Union on June 12 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EU press release:
The SO sets out the preliminary view that, should the Commission conclude that Microsoft’s conduct was abusive, any remedy would need to restore a level-playing field and enable genuine consumer choice between Internet Explorer and third-party web browsers, in order to bring the infringement effectively to an end. A potential remedy to these [...]
EU consultation on low carbon computing
Posted in European Union, Organic Computing, tagged consultation, low carbon on June 2 2009 | Leave a Comment »
European Citizens do not only get their say in the upcoming EU Parliament elections, they are also invited to contribute to the consultations of the Commission presents with the IDABC Interactive Policy Making tool.
On March 12, 2009, the Commission adopted a Communication on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to facilitate the transition to an [...]
Ballmer Cannes Lions media person of the year 2009
Posted in Cloud, European Union, tagged Cannes on May 31 2009 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft Corporations’s Steve Ballmer was announced as the Cannes 2009 media person of the year in advertising. Together with its prestigious movie festival Cannes is also known as the Mekka of commercial advertisement. Over 28,000 ads from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion [...]
IE bundling and the mad client desease
Posted in European Union, tagged competition, incompetence, Internet Explorer, Microsoft on May 23 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In European competition enforcement cases you can request a hearing which you should better do. Of course it is optional, an opportunity for you. Same in the recent Internet explorer bundling case.
Opera, a Norwegian browser manufacturer filed a compaint, the competitor’s product Internet Explorer is as we know bundled with the Windows operating system, [...]
Amicus letter of Donald E. Knuth
Posted in European Union, Future of the Web, tagged EPO, G03/08, knuth, patents on May 16 2009 | 1 Comment »
Prof. em Donald E. Knuth, the algorithm pope, sent an Amicus Curiae letter to the European Patent Office in the case G03/08 and expressed his desire to “innovate in peace”:
Dear Ms Brimelow,
A friend in Europe just told me that you are interested in “amicus curie” letters to explain why so many computer scientists around the [...]
