Paul Meller

When Europe decided to drop import duties on computer-releated equipment 12 years ago, only PCs and printers were affected. Now, with almost every electronic device containing a hard drive, some devices are being reclassified. Unhappy manufacturers are turning to the courts

If the European Parliament supports the plan, lower rates will come into effect in July, 2009

Compromise saves plan to change telecom industry, which includes giving national regulators the power to discipline former state-owned monopolies for not competing fairly. However, the goal of creating a European-wide regulatory authority appears lost

Retail prices for fixed telephony are among the highest on the continent, complains European Commission

Microsoft Corp. and other industry giants said favouritism for open-source vendors by European governments is discriminatory

As tensions mount over global trade in IT products, EU calls for meeting to discuss tariffs on IT devices.

To improve user privacy, Google will render IP addresses anonymous after 9 months and anonymize Google Suggest after 24 hours.

EU investigation finds 80 per cent of 558 mobile-phone ringtone sites are suspicious