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• Huawei files antitrust complaint with EC against InterDigital

  Chinese communications equipment company Huawei Technologies has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against patent company InterDigital, claiming it is abusing its patents allegedly essential to the 3G (UMTS) standard, it said Thursday.

• Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy

  It's official: Google is now a hardware company.

• EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues the case can be solved by a so-called "commitment decision" instead of formal antitrust proceedings resulting in a fine, said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy.

• EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues the case can be solved by a so-called "commitment decision" instead of formal antitrust proceedings resulting in a fine, said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy.

• EU lawmakers warn six countries they must implement e-money rules

  The European Commission on Thursday asked six E.U. countries to explain their delay in enforcing the binding e-money directive.

• EU Commissioner Kroes wants to invest in security technologies

  Neelie Kroes, the European Union's digital agenda commissioner, wants to use funds from the E.U. budget to invest in security technologies, and also called for more transparency in the security product market during a prerecorded speech at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London on Tuesday.

• Did Google abuse its dominant position? EU decision expected within days

  A ruling from the European Commission on allegations that Google abused its dominant market position is expected within days.

• EU to get tough on cybercrime, file-sharers to be spared

  The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime, but won't target illegal file-sharing, it revealed on Wednesday.

• Iceland latest to make big noises about open source

  A recent report that the government of Iceland is making progress in its efforts to adopt open-source software is the latest indication that public sector IT leaders are increasingly interested in moving away from proprietary products.

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  EU commissioner: States must work together on cybersecurity

  Internet security cannot be left to the national security agencies said the E.U.'s digital agenda commissioner on Wednesday as she outlined her plans for a Europe-wide cybersecurity strategy.

• Europe Outspends U.S. on Exascale

  Secretariat was famous for coming from behind and winning the race, and the same may be true for the U.S. in the global push to build exascale computing systems. But for now, when it comes to delivering the funding needed to build these systems, the U.S. is just getting out of the gate.

• European watchdog pushes for Do Not Track protocol

  The European Commission's working group on data protection has warned members of the online advertising industry that their current approach does not comply with Europe's ePrivacy laws.

• Cisco: Customers drove us to block Microsoft/Skype

  Cisco's appeal of the European Commission's approval of the $8.5 billion Microsoft/Skype union is customer driven, Cisco CEO John Chambers said this week.

• European Commission to refer ACTA treaty to EU's highest court

  The European Commission has bowed to political pressure and has asked Europe's highest court to decide whether the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty is compatible with European Union law.

• Europe plans exascale funding above U.S. levels

  By Patrick Thibodeau Secretariat was famous for coming up from behind in a race to win, and the same may be true for the U.S. in the global push to build exascale technologies. Because for now, when it comes to delivering the needed funding to build these systems, the U.S. is just getting out of the gate.