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<title>Some EU countries list Mac Pro as 'currently unavailable'</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/18/expected.move.in.response.to.new.emf.law.broken.by.computer/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361234299_macpro-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/31/may.hint.at.timing.of.long.awaited.mac.pro.update/"&gt;previously reported&lt;/a&gt;, Apple's Mac Pro tower is headed towards discontinuation in some countries of the European Union. Today, the computer is listed as "currently unavailable" at a number of European Apple online stores. The computers were...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU intensifies threats over Google's unified privacy policy</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/18/google.dismisses.allegations/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Union regulators have intensified threats over Google's unified privacy policy, which &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/05/offers.partial.response.with.promise.of.more.soon/"&gt;drew criticism&lt;/a&gt; early last year following its introduction. The group of 27 regulatory agencies in October advised the company to make a number of changes to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU Antitrust chief: Google diverts traffic, must change</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/01/11/almunia.critical.of.ftc.settlement.restates.previous.position/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357959372_almunia-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[According to the European Union's antitrust chairman Joaquin Almunia, Google should face antitrust charges for "diverting traffic," and should be required to change the way that it returns search results to users. Almunia suggested that Google make it apparent to users that the service is using its own services to tailor search results, and does not give equal billing in search results t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU prepares to charge Microsoft for browser violation</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/27/punishment.remains.unclear/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Union regulators are preparing to formally charge Microsoft for &lt;A href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/17/probe.to.determine.if.2009.commitments.were.followed/"&gt;violating a 2009 commitment&lt;/a&gt;, according to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Comments from the antitrust head suggest Microsoft is nearing punishment, potentially a ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU demands significant changes to Google mobile services</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/19/talks.said.to.be.on.knife.edge/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1342213451_google-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Union antitrust regulators have reportedly demanded significant changes to Google's mobile services to avoid &lt;A href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/21/search.giant.asked.to.address.issues/"&gt;potential punishments for anti-competitive practices&lt;/a&gt;. The company is said to be in &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/262779==http://www.ele...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU looking into Windows 8 browser lockout</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/18/antitrust.investigation.to.see.whether.windows.8.is.unfair/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1342659122_ScreenShot2012-07-18at8.51.26PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Regulators in the European Union are looking into whether Microsoft's browser policy for the forthcoming &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/262642==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/18/october.26.sees.new.system.launch/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Windows 8&lt;/a&gt; constitutes a violation of antitrust rules to which Microsoft had previously agreed. As &lt;em&gt;Ars...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft faces EU antitrust inquiry, up to $7B in fines [U]</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/17/probe.to.determine.if.2009.commitments.were.followed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;b&gt;[Update: official statement from Microsoft, estimated fines]&lt;/b&gt; European Union antitrust regulators have reportedly opened an investigation focused on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The probe is said to be a follow-up action that will attempt to determine if the company has followed guidelines that it agreed to in 2009 as part of &lt;a href="http://...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU courts: software license resales legal</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/03/oracle.usedsoft.case.returns.to.german.federal.court/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1341325154_Courtofjusticeofeuropeanunionlogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Selling used software licenses is legal, according to the European Union &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/261056==http://curia.europa.eu/"&gt;Court of Justice&lt;/a&gt;. In a judgment published today, a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/261057==http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=124564&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=EN&am...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google offers to settle with EU antitrust regulators</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/02/terms.of.negotiation.remain.unclear/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1341259600_googlesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has reportedly offered to engage in settlement talks with European Union regulators, in an attempt to avoid a formal legal dispute over &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/21/search.giant.asked.to.address.issues/"&gt;lingering antitrust issues&lt;/a&gt;. The search giant's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, is said to have sent a letter to  EU ant...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huawei, ZTE deny illegal subsidies</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/29/chinese.companies.push.back.against.rumored.eu.action/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/euflag-5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chinese telecom hardware manufacturers Huawei and ZTE have denied receiving any illegal subsidies from the government of China, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-huawei-idUSBRE84S0OH20120529"&gt;reports&lt;/a&gt; today. The two cellphone makers have come under fire for alleged unfair trade practices and n...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 22:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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