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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft makes changes to browser ballot screen; user testing to commence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4167]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is making changes to the ballot screen that it proposed to the European Commission EC as a way to ensure more browser choice on Windows PCs. Here's what the new ballot screen that Microsoft plans to test among European users of XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines looks like....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:00:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU likes Google's book registry idea]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5331]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has looked at the Google Books deal and likes what it sees. The EC recently proposes rules for online books that generally mirror Google's plans for online book registry, The New York Times reports.    But if the online registry is a continent-wide service, rather...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:10:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 companies agree to standard smartphone charger in Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=5509]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten of the world's top mobile phone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide standardization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday.    Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments have all signed the agreement. The 10 companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:07:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1828]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times blogger Richard Waters makes a convincing case for Microsoft being one of the unnamed forces behind a complaint filed with the European Commission EC that claims IBM is abusing its mainframe monopoly. by Mary Jo Foley]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:44:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in Windows]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in WindowsHypocrites?Where's their complaint against Apple for including Safari with OS X?  I get that it's become the cool thing to hate MS, but making yourselves look like hypocrites doesn't get you any plus points.To hell with those tarts...Europe...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Semantic Technology's place in the enterprise; key, but low-key ?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/semantic-web/?p=199]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw over 200 researchers, advocates, implementors and practitioners of Semantic Technology descend upon the delightful Austrian capital for the second European Semantic Technology Conference ESTC.    Smaller than the more established Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose and nestling uncomfortably close both spatially and temporally to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:04:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe seeks to brand open source quality]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2649]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling software European, as opposed to American or Burmese, sounds like an effort at exclusion. And a claim that your quasi-nationalistic project is the measure of quality strikes me as a way to set oneself apart. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:08:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=326]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:45:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government endorsement of technology standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported yesterday on ZDNet, the European Commission is considering whether to officially back DVB-H as the "preferred" European Union standard for mobile television. This has been percolating for quite awhile (from at least July of last year, as gleaned through a quick Google search), so it's not exactly "new"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:59:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12558-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=44902&messageID=829016&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coal in Microsoft's stocking: Google-Doubleclick gets the U.S. regulator nod]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1061]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Microsoft and other Google rivals tried, they were unsuccessful in their lobbying to derail the $3.1 billion Google-Doubleclick merger.    On December 20, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a statement claiming they found the proposed buyout unlikely to lessen competition in the online advertising market. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:24:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's the brower war v. 2.0.      No doubt, Operaâ€™s antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft today to the European Commission is causing huge headaches in Redmond.     The Norwegian company, whose pioneering open source browser rose to prominence on mobile devices, claims that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:12:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=778]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has just levied a new $689,900,000 "fine" (read: tariff) on American software company Microsoft under the pretense of anti-trust which conveniently bypasses WTO agreements.Â  The Brussels based think tank Globalization Institute has published a paper PDF where it recommends a ban on OS Operating System bundling for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:00:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit list]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=38953&messageID=714802&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit listWhat's the connection?I'm not sure it's a fair comparison, an operating system and software to interface with a specific device, in this case the iPod?  Wasn't the problem with WMP that it was inexplicably built into the os itself and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit list]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=795]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple fans might have cheered when the European Commission went after Microsoft for freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media players, but the rejoicing might be short-lived as Apple becomes the next target for the EU.    Steve Jobs is already facing pressure over...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:47:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft needs to pay up to the European Commission]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance orders Microsoft to share protocols with its competitors and to pay a $613 million fine the European Commission had required.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:00:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft weighs options after EU defeat]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6270]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated: Microsoft said Monday it will take the necessary steps to comply with a European Union ruling after an appeal court gave the software giant a stinging defeat. Now Microsoft will have to share code with rivals to ensure interoperability.  Specifically, The EU's second highest court backed a European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:35:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green Paper on Bio-Preparedness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1174749]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Terrorists target the security, the values of the democratic societies and the basic rights and freedoms of the citizens. Although in the past terrorists used explosives or improvised explosive devices, they may in the future resort to non-conventional means such as biological weapons or materials. Some of these materials have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU: Apple is violating antitrust laws]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=343]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the European Union EU announced that an investigation of Apple is underway for antitrust violations related to the pricing of music sold through the iTunes store.Whats happened so far is that the European Commission EC has issued Apple with a statement of objections to Apple.  This statement lays...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:23:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Commission finances emergency mobile networks plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=29615&messageID=551057&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[European Commission finances emergency mobile networks planBack To The FutureWell, if all else fails, there's always the old reliable string between two tin cans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
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