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EU software patent law may halt Linux development: Aussie lawyer

Should the European Commission formalise the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, it could seriously affect the development of open source software. Read more »

EU software patent plan gets thumbs up

European lawmakers approve highly controversial legislation governing software patents--but some amendments appear to be a victory for critics of the proposal. Read more »

EU slaps Microsoft with AU$1.4 billion fine

European Union regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros, or AU$1.4 billion, for failing to comply with sanctions. Read more »

ICANN's custom TLD will be a 'nightmare'

The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned. Read more »

EU tougher than US on Google-DoubleClick merger

Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets. Read more »

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Microsoft makes consumers suffer: EU court

A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company. Read more »

EC Software patents consultation ignores small businesses

Smaller companies across Europe have complained they are being left out of a consultation that could lead to the EU-wide introduction of software patents. Read more »

EU seeks 'legally clever' patent definition

The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers to amend the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions so that companies are prevented from patenting pure software. Read more »

Microsoft may appeal antitrust ruling

Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, would not rule out an appeal as the company processed a judgement by the European Court of First Instance. Read more »

Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model

Open-source software company Red Hat has said that it is concerned that Microsoft patent arrangements may not be compatible with open-source licensing models. Read more »

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Green Party urges EU to go open-source

Some EU politicians are claiming that shifting from proprietary software to open-source could improve security and save money. Read more »

EU software patent plan blasted

A proposed law due before the European Parliament next week would derail Europe's software industry while allowing big corporations to take over, warn European economists. Read more »

10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT

As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »

The open-source techie who means business

Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop. Read more »

Why the Eurocrats are patently mad

The vote on Tuesday in Brussels to remove all the limits that had been placed on software patents is a sad day for Europe, but it's not too late to change. Read more »

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GPLv3 would prevent MS/Novell

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- According to the Free Software Foundation's general counsel, Eben Moglen, GPL version 3 would prevent the type of deal made by Microsoft and Novell from happening. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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