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European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has acknowledged that there are "legitimate concerns" about proposals to create a pan-European patent litigation system.

Close to six hours of Congressional testimony today failed to reveal much more in the way of specifics around the HP spy scandal. The marathon session, however, did make clear who has been set up to take the blame for the mess and who is ducking for cover.

The European Union is teaming up with car manufacturers to promote automotive accident-avoidance technologies.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Europe is slightly ahead of other continents in developing mobile television, but lack of joint radio spectrum for the service means it may lose its leadership, regulators and industry leaders said on Thursday.

Patricia Dunn, the recently ex-chairman of HP, is to appear before a Congressional committee later today to defend her actions in spying on board members and journalists.

Invest Victoria, Victoria government’s lead agency for promoting the state of Victoria, has set up its first business office in Bangalore to help Indian companies to invest in the state of Victoria.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Consumer agencies in Sweden, Denmark and Norway said on Tuesday they made progress in talks with Apple Computer on complaints its iTunes service breaches consumer laws, though questions remained to be solved.

IT Services business Alphawest Services tendering a Hummingbird Enterprise Suite solution has made the Western Australian (WA) Government’s Common Use Arrangement (CUA) preferred supplier panel.

Enterprise Content Management software provider, Objective Corporation Limited (ASX:OCL),has won a deal with Powerlink Queensland to provide an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution. The contract covers the deployment of Objective’s ECM solution to 800 users.

New research shows that there are significant disparities in countries’ eGovernment preparedness in the Asia Pacific region, with many governments failing to effectively harness the internet, Australian governments being among of the worst offenders.