The European Union signed up to the controversial Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday despite widespread opposition, particularly in Poland, where people took to the streets in protest.

Apple came up short in the latest twist in the seemingly endless Android patent saga, as a Dutch court ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab can be sold in the Netherlands and distributed throughout the European Union.

The European Commission has launched infringement measures against Hungary over concerns that binding data protection rules are being undermined.

The European Union's foreign ministers issued a statement on Thursday reiterating the rights of whistleblowing websites such as Wikileaks.

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators today launched a formal investigation into how Apple and several major publishers priced electronic books.

Almost 100 computer experts from 16 European countries jointly battled to hold off serious cyberattacks on the European Union's security agencies and power plants as part of a simulated exercise on Thursday.

Europe's Council of Ministers has said that all European Union countries must make the 800MHz band available for wireless broadband services by Jan. 1, 2013 as part of an ambitious deal agreed on Friday.

The days of European online shoppers getting the message "this product is not available in your country" could be numbered.

Microsoft's surprise offer last week to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators that it will give Windows users a chance to download rivals' browsers stunned some, who likened it to waving the white flag.