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IBA Health edges close to iSoft takeover

ASX-listed Aussie upstart IBA Health is a step closer today to closing the deal on its proposed takeover of beleaguered UK-based eHealth supplier iSoft, with IT behemoth CSC providing written consent for the deal to go ahead. Despite securing a key role with CSC in the UK's National Program for IT (NPfIT) in 2005, iSoft's fortunes took a turn for the worst in 2006, when a series of accounting discrepancies lead to an investigation from the UK's regulator the Financial Services Authority.

June 18, 2007 by Jeanne-Vida Douglas

No change to privacy status quo

Despite the activity and outrage surrounding e-privacy, experts don't expect the Web to change the way it does business anytime soon.

April 23, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

Europe--the guardian of the Net

Even though it took Europe longer than the United States to dive into the Net, the EU leads the way in setting rules for the Web.

January 15, 2002 by Rachel Konrad

Congress fears European privacy standards

The European Union is moving forward with strict new protections for personal data on the Internet, but some on Capitol Hill fear the rules may grind e-commerce to a halt.

March 8, 2001 by Patrick Ross

EU privacy pact draws Microsoft support

The software potentate commits to an agreement that in effect holds U.S. companies to a higher data-sharing standard when doing business abroad.

May 16, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen

U.S. tech protests EU privacy laws

IBM, Oracle and VeriSign lead the fight against EU data protection laws--saying empasis on personal privacy comes at the expense of the free flow of information.

September 30, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Losing the loss

weekly roundup I consider myself an easy-going person, but if there's one thing I can't stand, it's losing my belongings.Even if it's a pencil I've used for three days, I grieve to no end when it's not where it's supposed to be.

December 21, 2006 by Eileen Yu

Vista and antitrust confusion

The EU claims that the burden of determing what should or shouldn't be included in Vista in order to comply with EU antitrust rules falls on Microsoft. Unfortunately, this claim reveals a fundamental lack of understanding about the nature of antitrust law.

September 8, 2006 by John Carroll

Fly the green skies at Mach 5

The European Union has launched in 2005 its Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies project (LAPCAT). Several companies worked on this €7 million EU-funded project. For example, Popular Science reports that Reaction Engines Limited has designed an hydrogen-powered hypersonic airliner simply dubbed A2. This plane would fly at Mach 5 (3,400 mph or 5,500 km/h) on very long distances, such as non-stop flights from Europe to Australia in less than 5 hours. And because it would be hydrogen-powered, it would not release any greenhouse gases over our heads. The A2 plane has been designed to carry about 300 passengers who would pay a price equivalent to current business class tickets. The question is: will this plane ever take off? But read more...

January 31, 2008 by Roland Piquepaille

EU privacy plan talks continue to end of year

Negotiations between European Union officials and the U.S.

November 1, 1998 by Maria Seminerio