Twitter censorship to be on a country-to-country basis

27 Jan, 2012, 10:23 am IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking

Social networking and free speech, at least conceptually were synonymous; each one quite meaningless without the other. More

Poll reveals that cyberbullying is a global problem

12 Jan, 2012, 10:50 am IST General

More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fourth ... More

Hackers mistake rugby team for stock traders

04 Nov, 2011, 5:50 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

What's in a name? Well.. a lot and a French rugby union team would vouch for that. In a quirky twist of fate, a hacker targeted ... More

Now, Samsung files lawsuit against Apple in France

15 Sep, 2011, 5:56 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones

The round two of one of the most high-profile patent infringement lawsuits, in recent times seems to have begun.  More

Twitter Ban as French Lawmakers Debate Pension Bill

21 Jul, 2010, 11:01 am IST Reuters Services

French lawmakers began closed-door deliberation on President Nicolas Sarkozy's disputed pensions reform on Tuesday. More

Germany, France Warn Against IE Flaw

19 Jan, 2010, 4:43 pm IST tech2 News Staff

Germany and France are advising computer users not to run Internet Explorer and run an alternative browser instead, because of a critical zero-day security flaw. More

Germany Quits Search Engine Project

07 Jan, 2007, 1:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Windows

The German government pulls out of the multi million dollar European search engine project, Quaero. More

France Encourages Game Developers

08 Nov, 2006, 10:00 am IST Nikhil Singh

Game development is an artform says Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France's cultural minister who aims to get game developers tax breaks. More

eBay To Be Sued For Counterfeit Products?

20 Aug, 2006, 9:30 am IST Priyanka Pradhan

France's Union of Manufacturers (Unifab), an industry group, is all set to sue eBay and other auction sites, for selling counterfeit products on their... More

Coke, Apple in iTunes Giveaway

02 Aug, 2006, 7:30 pm IST Reuters

Apple is teaming up with Coca-Cola in Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its market-leading iTunes Music Store, more than a third of the to... More

Smartphone Users Driving Multimedia Consumption

10 Jul, 2006, 5:00 pm IST Sharon Khare

M:Metrics' May Benchmark Survey found that while smartphone owners comprise a small percentage of the overall population of mobile phone users, large ... More

Google Goes Mobile In Europe

28 Jun, 2006, 7:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

British mobile phone users will now be able to access Google news and Gmail from their handsets and personalize their own Google homepage on their mob... More

France Launches Positioning Website

24 Jun, 2006, 5:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani GPS Devices

The battle for localization positioning and Map search services entered a new phase with the arrival of the new website http://www.geoportail.fr. Whil... More

France Tones Down Interoperability Law

23 Jun, 2006, 8:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan GPS Devices

Apple has come up trumps in France, where lawmakers have agreed to water down the interoperability law, in favour of Apple's online music store iTun... More

Myspace Adds Restrictions, Plans To Expand

22 Jun, 2006, 5:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan GPS Devices

After numerous protests by US citizens and a $30 million lawsuit against it, MySpace has finally decided to incorporate more age restrictions on the s... More

Scandinavian Countries To Take Apple To Court

12 Jun, 2006, 3:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan GPS Devices

After France, its Norway's turn to put pressure on Apple's iTunes to pry open it's digital management right,(DRM) called Fairplay. Norway, along... More

ITunes to bow out of France?

12 May, 2006, 2:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan GPS Devices

The French senate has made significant new changes in the Digital Copyright Bill to incorporate the demands of the Apple lobby. According to the previ... More