Paul Meller
EU dismisses reports it has reached Intel antitrust decision
Commission gives no timetable for the conclusion of its probe into reports of Intel abusing its market position
Top EU security agency calls for policing of social network
ENISA asks for new legislation to protect people from the risks of sites such as Facebook and MySpace
EU raises privacy issue for Google Street View
Europe's data protection supervisor urges Google to respect local privacy rules when launching Street View
EC approves TomTom buy of Tele Atlas
Competition commissioner is satisfied that innovation and competition will continue in satnav products after the merger
EU won't seek new antitrust complaint against Microsoft
Microsoft said it will continue to work with the Commission to resolve the issues raised in the complaint
Europe rejects plan to criminalize file-sharing
In a close vote, the European Parliament rejected attempts to criminalize the sharing of files by private individuals and to ban copyright abusers from the Internet
Microsoft's ISO win may worsen its antitrust woes
Allegations of foul play in the OOXML voting process could draw the ire of European Commission antitrust investigators, who had previously addressed the issue
Otellini defends Intel in EU's antitrust hearing
European Commission antitrust officials will now begin drafting a final ruling on charges that Intel abused its dominant position in the chip market
DoubleClick could snap Google out of its funk
Facing threat of Microsoft buying Yahoo, missed earnings, and a report exposing its Achilles' heel, search giant's execs commit to rebalancing
Intel prepares for EU antitrust hearing on Tuesday
Next week's hearing will focus purely on Intel's practices relating to PC manufacturers; however, the EC may build a bigger case to include Intel's behavior in the retail trade
Google-DoubleClick approval expected in Europe
The absence of any official statements of objection from the European Commission shows that the proposed Google-DoubleClick merger will be approved
IBM takeover of Telelogic gets European approval
With the acquisition of Telelogic, IBM becomes by far the largest vendor of software modelling and requirements management tools
Microsoft's European antitrust point man leaves for Apple
Public affairs specialist who spent years helping Microsoft battle European Commission's competition regulators moves on to Apple's government affairs department
EC approves Acer's buying Packard Bell
Acer gets the go-ahead for a takeover aimed at thwarting rival Lenovo from buying Packard Bell and gaining a foothold in the European market
Update: EU fines Microsoft another $1.3 billion for antitrust abuse
Microsoft's latest punishment -- for continued failure to honor the 2004 antitrust ruling against it-- brings the total of fines to just under $2.6 billion
E.U. has guarded reaction to Microsoft open-source move
The European Union welcomed Microsoft's move to open up its APIs, but the group noted warily that Microsoft has failed to deliver on similar promises in the past
EU revisits copyright levy conundrum
European Commissioner will hold a conference in June to see if there is common ground to streamline the current system of copyrights
EU aims to clarify legal status of IP addresses
A European Parliament hearing on Google-DoubleClick ventured into murkier territory as it tackled the question of whether an IP address should be considered private data
Microsoft faces two new European antitrust cases
New antitrust investigations concern the interoperability of Windows with other software and Microsoft's tactic of bundling software products with Windows