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European Microwave Week call for papers
The organisers of European Microwave Week 2008, to be held on 27th to 31st October in Amsterdam, have issued a call for papers. You need to get the…
Swedish event runs lead-free
The Electronics/EP 2008 show in Stockholm, Sweden, will again run their "Live Production" demonstration. This year they will have two full lead-free…
LA ELFA results
We've been reviewing the results of the LA ELFA German readership study with interest. In previous years, there have been huge arguments over this…
Techniktalk closes
Perhaps European countries are different! Despite having 3727 articles from 425 companies on the site, Pro-Talk has decided they will not continue to…
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…