The EU Consumer Commissioner has called for new rules to make it easier for consumers to buy online across national borders. “We must see to it that the adoption of the Internet is not unnecessarily slowed down by our failure to remove important regulatory barriers,” said EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.

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The infamous Internet bully implicated in the suicide of a 13-year-old girl may get some comeuppance in a California courtroom, but it will probably not be enough to quell the fury of her many detractors. Although facing four charges, it is unlikely that she will serve any jail time. Indeed, there’s a fair chance the […]

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Hewlett Packard on Monday said it is making its Tru64 Unix Advanced File System available under the open-source General Public License, version 2.
The AdvFS file system, which was originally developed for Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha Unix machines, can be adopted to Linux, the company said.
HP chose version 2 …

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