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Microsoft Fined Half A BILLION Pounds

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Tech

Microsoft has been fined half a billion pounds by European regulators for breaking an agreement to let users pick a browser of their choice when loadi...

EU Officials' Laptops 'Hacked' At Web Conference In Azerbaijan

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.01.2013 | UK Tech

Officials from the European Commission had their laptops hacked while at a conference in Azerbaijan, it has been claimed. European Commissioner Nee...

European Consumer Groups Attack Google's 'Unfairly Stacked' Search Results

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.09.2012 | UK Tech

Google has issued proposals to the European competition commissioner over concerns it abused its dominant position in search. But Google's response...

Online Message Board Proposes Crowd-Sourced Internet Censorship Law

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK Tech

The message board Reddit has released the first draft of a crowd-sourced bill to protect internet freedom. The 'act' is intended as an alternative ...

EC President: EU May Require Treaty Change To Cope With Crisis

PA | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK Politics

Treaty changes to achieve even closer European integration will "probably" be necessary to cope with the economic crisis, European Commissio...

EU Commission Proposes Financial Tax, But UK Indicates It Will Veto

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK

The European Commission has formally proposed placing a financial transaction tax (FTT) on EU members. The tax would levy 0.1 per cent of every fin...

Fears Of A Eurozone Split As Greece Plumbs New Depths In Debt Crisis

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK

Concerns are growing of split in the eurozone over the terms of Greece's second 190 billion euro (£166 billion) bailout, as the president of the Euro...