Europe
UK dials up "virtual doctors" in big telehealth push
December 6, 2012 1:39 pm | by Ben Hirschler, Reuters | News | CommentsShirley Silvers thinks the "virtual doctor" who monitors her chronic lung condition via mobile phone is wonderful. "It is like having my doctor sitting on my sofa," said the 64-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent in central England, explaining how her temperature, oxygen levels and sputum color - a barometer for infection - are now checked daily from home.
Swiss spy agency warns U.S., Britain about huge data leak
December 4, 2012 9:19 am | by Mark Hosenball, Reuters | News | CommentsSecret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for the NDB, Switzerland's intelligence service, European national security sources said.
New body scanner offers virtual tape measure for online shopping
November 26, 2012 11:06 am | by Chris Wickham, Reuters | News | CommentsBritish researchers have come up with a new body scanning device that gives accurate measurements and could boost online clothes shopping. Shoppers are still nervous about ordering clothes online because they often do not fit and, some say, there will never be a substitute for trying something on....
France considers broad tax clampdown on web companies
November 18, 2012 8:24 pm | News | CommentsThe French government is discussing how to tax internet companies such as Google and Amazon both at the national and international levels, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Ultra-low noise mixed-signal chip improves performance in Siemens X-ray computed tomography scanner
November 14, 2012 10:13 am | Product Releases | Commentsams announced that it is supplying a highly integrated ASIC which enables a new Siemens photo-detector module for computer tomography (CT) to deliver higher resolution images at lower X-ray dosages. The ams ASIC, which is part of Siemens’ new Stellar CT photo-detector module, captures and digitizes images of a patient’s body.
EU: Spain, Italy putting EU emissions cuts at risk
October 24, 2012 9:08 am | by KARL RITTER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press | News | CommentsDebt-ridden Spain and Italy could hinder the European Union from achieving its goal of cutting greenhouse emissions under an international climate pact, the EU's environmental agency said Wednesday. The EU considers itself at the forefront of the fight against climate change and as a bloc it's on track to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol,
Apple Loses Appeal in Tablet Patent Dispute With Samsung
October 18, 2012 12:27 pm | by Stan Schroeder | News | CommentsApple lost its appeal of a UK court’s ruling that Samsung did not copy the iPad with its Galaxy tablet, Reuters reports. In July, Britain’s High Court ruled in favor of Samsung, explaining that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet, despite certain similarities, is simply “not as cool.”
EU regulators ask Google to change privacy policy
October 16, 2012 9:08 am | by SARAH DiLORENZO AP Business Writer | News | CommentsEuropean regulators have asked Google to clarify its new privacy policy and make it easier for users to opt out of it because of concerns that the web giant may be collecting too much data and holding it for too long. France's data protection agency led a European investigation into Google's new unified privacy policy.
Tech standards body diluting Web privacy: EU official
October 11, 2012 9:42 am | by Claire Davenport, Reuters | News | CommentsInternet standard-setters are watering down a tool that is supposed to help Web users hide their data from companies, the EU's Internet chief, Neelie Kroes, will say on Thursday. When a Web user 'likes' something on Facebook or reads an online newspaper, a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on their tastes, habits, gender and age.
Module designed for European utility meter industry
September 25, 2012 10:23 am | Product Releases | CommentsTelit Wireless Solutions announced the market introduction of the ME70-169 wireless M-Bus module for the European utility meter industry. The new module operates on European license-free frequency of 169MHz allowing manufacturers to quickly integrate utility metering products which meet
Europe space agency eyes manned flights with China
September 12, 2012 8:47 am | by FRANK JORDANS Associated Press | News | CommentsEuropean astronauts could hitch a ride into orbit aboard Chinese spacecraft before the end of the decade, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The head of ESA's human spaceflight division said his agency
EU says Microsoft pledged to meet antitrust requests on browsers
September 10, 2012 9:06 am | by Reuters | News | CommentsSoftware giant Microsoft is ready to introduce measures that would address the European Union's antitrust concerns about users' ability to chose between different browsers, European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Saturday.
Premier Farnell partners with Sony UK Technology Centre to manufacture the Raspberry Pi in the UK
September 6, 2012 4:55 pm | News | CommentsPremier Farnell has agreed to a multi-million pound deal with Sony UK Technology Centre (UKTec) that will see the revolutionary Raspberry Pi computer manufactured in the UK for the first time. This deal is a major coup for the UK manufacturing industry and represents a return home for the innovative British-designed Raspberry Pi...
Smartphones see accelerated rise to dominance
August 30, 2012 10:26 am | News | CommentsDriven by increased demand from developed regions for high-end models, along with an unexpectedly strong push from emerging economies for lower-cost products, smartphones are expected to rise to account for the majority of global cellphone shipments in 2013 — two years earlier than previously predicted.
Germany hosting massive tech nerds party
August 23, 2012 8:37 am | Videos | CommentsThousands of geeks and nerds have gathered at an unused airport in Berlin to hold their version of a summer festival. But the event may play an important role in driving future technology. From the AP report: Bringing together developers, designers, and businesspeople fosters intense brainstorming and networking.
Lab in the Wild asks: What's your Internet like?
August 6, 2012 2:36 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsCambridge, Mass – August 6, 2012 - One size fits all? Not on the Web. Users from different countries and cultures actually interact with information in different ways. To explore how people click and tap through the vast network of online offerings, a team of computer scientists from Harvard have launched the "Lab in the Wild".
Tech start-ups: the last refuge of Spanish optimism
August 6, 2012 8:53 am | by Clare Kane, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Half of Spain's youth are unemployed, and yet at the Wayra business start-up project on Madrid's majestic Gran Via avenue, young people buzz around an office chatting animatedly, typing furiously and holding up trails of wire and computer parts.
Enough with the Twitter Olympics
July 31, 2012 3:38 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Articles | CommentsIt’s official, people: Twitter has taken over the Olympics. Yes, we all know about Ryan Loche and Michael Phelps. Even the Queen’s granddaughter (a silver medalist) is popping up in the Olympic news, but let’s focus on what’s important during this competition: Twitter. It seems for every story you read about the craziness of antiquated gymnastic rules and disappointing defeats, there is a story about Twitter.
Olympics fans find ways to circumvent NBC's online control
July 31, 2012 8:41 am | by Liana B. Baker and Yinka Adegoke, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - It took Jason Legate, a Walnut Creek, California-resident, all of 10 minutes to connect his computer to a London-based server and access BBC's coverage of the Olympics Saturday, thereby circumventing NBC's lock on coverage in the United States.
Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told
July 30, 2012 9:23 am | by Avril Ormsby and Paul Sandle, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage.
EU wants Google concessions for all platforms: sources
July 20, 2012 1:15 pm | by Foo Yun Chee, Reuters | News | CommentsEU regulators, investigating Google for alleged anti-competitive behavior, want the internet search giant to offer concessions that cover all platforms, including computers, tablets and mobile devices, two people familiar with the issue said on Friday.
Nokia revival hopes fade as analysts cut targets
July 20, 2012 10:35 am | by Tarmo Virki, Reuters | News | CommentsAnalysts cut their price targets on Nokia to little more than the value of its cash and patents on Friday as hopes fade that phones using new Microsoft software can revive the ailing mobile company anytime soon.
Vodafone Q3 revenue down 7.7 pct as emerging market gains offset by patchy European results
July 20, 2012 10:22 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsVodafone Group PLC, Europe's largest mobile phone company, said Friday that revenue fell by 7.7 percent in the three months ending June 30 compared with a year earlier as gains in emerging markets were offset by a patchy performance in Europe.
German scientists concoct new coolant for electric cars
July 16, 2012 10:39 am | by Chris Wickham, Reuters | News | CommentsScientists in Germany have come up with a new fluid for cooling the expensive batteries in electric cars and thereby extending their life, another potential step in improving the cost efficiency of electric propulsion. The fluid, dubbed CryoSolplus, absorbs heat more effectively than either air or water and could allow for tighter packing of batteries under the hood, according to a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology in Oberhausen.
Private subway cars: The personal luxury of today
July 13, 2012 10:05 am | by Clara Ennist, Editorial Intern | Blogs | CommentsPininfarina, the Italian automaker, has come up with a solution to long commutes and rude passengers on the subway with its Personal Rapid Transit Vehicle.
