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When is "free" really free?
The ever-useful Marketing Law site (registration required) has highlighted that some useful new guidance has been published about the use of the word…
Spanish data protection fines exceed €24M
Most people now recognise the strength of European data protection legislation, and the fact that the implementation and enforcement is slightly…
CMP acquires company to rip products apart
CMP has acquired Portelligent (www.teardown.com), the company that does the product teardowns often seen in EE Times. The company conducts analyses…
International Electronics Forum 2008
The 17th Annual International Electronics Forum (IEF2008), organised by Future Horizons will be held from 7th to 9th May, 2008 in Madinat Jumeirah,…
EO News switches managing editor
Antonella Cattaneo is replacing Alessandro Ferrari as Managing Editor of EO News, as Alessandro leaves the company in order to pursue a new business…
IET discovers Web 2.0
This is one of the most interesting online ideas for European electronics engineers that we've seen for a long time. The new IET Discover system is a…
Techwatch launches monthly mechatronics title
After four successful trial issues, Techwatch (the publishers of Bits and Chips) has announced tha they will publish Mechatronica Magazine on a…
Newsletter clicks mean GreenPower prizes
The publishers of Power Systems Design Europe and China magazines have created the annual GreenPower Leadership Awards program. The selection of…
Call for papers – IET Wideband and Ultrawideband seminar
The IET has issued a call for papers for their seminar on Wideband and Ultrawideband Systems & Technologies that will be held on Thursday 6th…
Reed steals database manager from Groupe Tests
The database manager merry-go-round in Europe continues, as Reed Electonics Group steal Sylvie Jalin from French rivals Groupe Tests. Sylive will…