LG KF300 Announced for Japan and Europe
	LG Electronics has announced the release of its KF300 clamshell in both Europe and Japan. Part of the Wine series, the new handset was first seen on the Web several months ago. Now the phone is finally official and should be available across Japan and on most of the European markets in the next few days or weeks. The KF300 is already on sale in some South American countries – in Venezuela, for example, Movistar is offering i ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2008, 02:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG KS360 Available Soon All Over Europe
	After being announced for a UK release, LG KS360, one of the latest QWERTY handsets to come from South Korea, is now ready to be launched all around Europe. The KS360 is mainly targeted for young users, thus it brings an array of features especially made for them. [admark=1]The full QWERTY sl ... [read more >>]
	18 July 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lara Croft Goes Underworld this November
	Everybody's favorite game heroine, Lara Croft, will once again mark her return to consoles and PC systems all over the world for a new adventure starting November 21st. The game, developed by the same studio behind Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Crystal Dynamics, will be released by Eidos for all the platforms on the market: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 04:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Server Virtualization Enjoys Growing Popularity in Europe
	Server virtualization is an uprising phenomenon for European companies. Surveying enterprise IDC conducted two studies, in 2007 and in the first quarter of 2008, regarding the spread of virtualization, along with the intentions of further use of the technology. On a large sample of big companies and small organizations, the researchers certified that 35% of the servers bought in 2007 in Europe were virtualized. Although 2008 ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 11:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Edible Antifreeze for Ice Cream Developed
	It's ironic how the biggest nightmare of ice cream companies around the world is in fact ice. To prevent the formation of large ice crystals, most of them resort to adding edible antifreeze to the cream mix, thus keeping the texture of the ice cream smooth and silky no matter how many times it has been refrozen. However, certain types of edible antifreeze, such as the one made of proteins extracted from animals, may never become [ADMA ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 11:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

BlackBerry Bold out on July 21 in Europe, SAR Problem Spotted
	After the news of BlackBerry Bold 9000 being released in Canada on July 25, via Rogers, we now have an even earlier release date for RIM's flagship smartphone: July 21. Unfortunately for all the BlackBerry fans in North America, the Bold will be available start ... [read more >>]
	05 July 2008, 06:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New PS2 Model Hits Europe and India
	If you remember well, we brought you a while ago the news regarding the release of a new PlayStation 2 model in Japan (a really nice red one, too) - and it was not at all a big surprise to find out that Sony does something "Japan only". It seems that we were wr ... [read more >>]
	04 July 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG to Release a European Design Mobile Phone
	LG Electronics, currently the fourth largest handset manufacturer in the world, after Nokia, Samsung and Motorola, has opened a new European Design Centre in London. More exactly, the Centre is located in the Covent Garden district and it was formally opened yesterday by The Duke of York, His Royal Highness Prince Andrew. LG needs a European Design Centre in order to come up with products that can better answer the needs ... [read more >>]
	25 June 2008, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Revolutionary Arthritis Drug Hits Europe in Just Six Months
	Rheumatoid arthritis is a very aggressive and painful condition that affects a large number of people worldwide and is among the leading causes of disability in developed countries. This form of arthritis is the second largest cause of work disability after heart disease in the US and the first such cause in the UK, affecting women much more than men. The disease, which can begin to manifest itself anywhere between the ages of 20 and 45, i ... [read more >>]
	16 June 2008, 06:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

iPhone 3G Will Actually Be Expensive in Europe
	Apple's new and much-talked-about iPhone 3G was announced on June 9 with the now famous line "Twice as fast, half the price". Steve Jobs, Apple's big boss, first said that the new iPhone would cost as low as $199, revealing no further details about exactly how and where that was going to happen. Despite the fact that most users hoped this would be the retail price of the handset, it is actually what it sells for on ... [read more >>]
	12 June 2008, 07:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Smart Cards Work
	Smart cards are electronic devices with a striking resemblance to credit cards, although with a broader range of applications and higher security levels. Typical credit cards are basically all plastic. On credit cards information is stored on a magnetic strip similar to that of the magnetic tape inside audio cassettes, which makes the read/write operations relatively simple. The disadvantage of typical credit cards is that most of the info ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2008, 08:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Two Pokemon Mystery Games Come to Europe
	The tons of Pokemon fans in Europe were probably very envious on their American or Japanese friends, since they already have Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Darkness, enjoying all the fun of actually being a ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2008, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

1 Million Nokia Handsets Produced at the Cluj Factory
	Nokia announced today that it had produced the 1 millionth mobile phone at its new factory from Cluj, Romania. This comes after only three months since the factory started the production, as the plant opened its doors at the beginning of the year, in February. For the moment, the Cluj factory makes Nokia cell phones for the European market and it mainly roles-out entry-level devices. The plant has around 700 employees, but wh ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2008, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia Already Shipping the N78
	The newest addition to Nokia's Nseries family of high-end mobile phones, namely the N78, is available now in Finland and Nokia will probably announce its launch for the rest of Europe in the next few days/weeks. The Finnish online retailer Verkkokauppa has started selling the N78 ... [read more >>]
	24 May 2008, 06:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung F480 TouchWiz Hits Europe
	Samsung announced today the upcoming European release of its latest high-end touchscreen handset, the F480 TouchWiz. The phone will be available starting June, in most European countries, coming with a major advertising campaign. The F480 was first presented in ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2008, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bangai-O Spirits Invade the DS
	One of the nicest things about the Nintendo DS handheld is the fact that it is something like an XBLA for smaller game developers - meaning that, at least in theory, everything is possible and can be released on the platform at pretty low costs. And that is a great advantage, probably one ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2008, 04:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Street View's European Expansion Still in the Balance
	Since it was first rumored that Google may want to expand its Street View technology into Europe, the EU officials came out and explained that in case the Mountain View company really considered such an expansion, it had to comply with the local laws that may or may not allow it to display photos showing residents' faces. In France, for instance, citizens have the right to choose whether or not they want to appear on a publi ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2008, 09:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Wiiware European Lineup Set
	The Wiiware service from Nintendo has launched in America with an interesting array of games, ranging from Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (another contender for the title of longest video game name), which is essentially a kingdom building spin-off of the franchis ... [read more >>]
	14 May 2008, 18:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG HB620T Brings Mobile TV to Europe
	LG just announced one of its newest handsets to feature mobile TV capabilities, the LG HB620T, a device that will be released soon in several countries across Europe. The new HB620T comes in a clamshell form factor and it features DVB-T compatibility. Unlike ... [read more >>]
	14 May 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PS3 Exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Coming to Europe
	The Leaf Village is, once again (and definitely not for the last time) in danger and you will have to save the day while enjoying a great game. Atari has just announced the release of Namco Bandai's latest Naruto title, which is coming as a PS3 exclusive in Europe ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 02:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung P960 TV Phone Released in Europe
	Samsung announced today that its P960 TV mobile phone was ready to hit the European market and that it would be commercially available in the next days / weeks / months, depending on each country. First unveiled at the beginning of the year, during MWC 2008, Samsung P960 is among the few handsets to come to Europe with support for Mobile TV. The device works with both of the current European mobile TV standards: DVB-CBMS ( ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 16:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

First Ninja Gaiden to Be Rated 18
	The upcoming release of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Xbox 360 consoles, set for the 6th of June this year will be available to less people than expected, since the BBFC has decided to rate the game 18. This means that, unlike the previous titles, this is the title ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 13:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bishi Bashi Special Returns to PlayStation
	The mini-game collection originally released for the PSOne back in 2000 entertained a lot of people who were up for some fast, crazy fun together with their friends. Having this in mind and knowing that the request for the game is still high, Konami has decided to relea ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 03:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ninja Gaiden II Release Date Confirmed for Europe
	The super-violent and bloody follow-up to Ninja Gaiden will be released in Europe for the Xbox 360 consoles on the 6th of June 2008, for an estimated retail price of £44.99. Ninja Gaiden II, in development by Team Ninja, will follow the European release of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Unlocked iPhones for Everyone
	Numerous reports claim that Apple is set remove some of the restrictions surrounding its iPhone, particularly the one tying it to one carrier per country. In what seems like an attempt to boost Wall Street's confidence in Apple's meeting its goal of selling 10 million iPhone units, Belgium, Italy and other multi-network-fancy countries are now on track to receive unlocked iPhones. Carriers in Italy and Belgium will be selling ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 06:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smash Court Tennis 3 Warms up for Europe
	Atari has announced the release of their tennis simulation game in Europe, for the Xbox 360 console. Smash Court Tennis 3 will hit the stands this June and it will bring to all the fans the excitement of playing a tennis match in the company of superstars ... [read more >>]
	23 April 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Atari Announces Alone in the Dark Limited Edition for Europe
	The highly anticipated horror action adventure game that is going to be released this June in Europe will also get a Limited Edition packed with goodies, according to Atari. The company plans to release both editions of the game simultaneously for Xbox 360, Wii and PC sys ... [read more >>]
	23 April 2008, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google to Launch Street View in Europe
	It seems like Google's Street View function is one of the hottest technologies inside Googleplex since the Mountain View-based company continuously improves the feature. Following the integration of Street View in Google Earth, it looks like Google wants more than that as the famous Street View car was spotted in Italy. According to Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped, the photo was captured in Rome and, as you can see i ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 09:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Xbox 360 Sales Double in Europe
	Microsoft reports that sales of their Xbox 360 console have "more than doubled" in Europe since the price cut that happened about one month ago, solidifying its leadership position as the number one console. Since the data comes straight from Microsoft and we kno ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Charms Its Way to Europe
	The developer Rising Star has announced that Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon will be brought to Europe this September on the Nintendo DS. The game debuted in Japan in August 2006 and also saw a 2007 release date in North America. Rune Factory is a more violen ... [read more >>]
	15 April 2008, 18:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Baroque Hits Europe This Summer
	Rising Star Games is going to bring Europeans a great dungeon crawling role playing experience this summer on the 27th of June, for Nintendo Wii and ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rock Band European Prices Are Outrageous
	When Rock Band at last hits European stores later in May, the price tag you'll have to pay for the whole game and instruments package may seem high. ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rock Band Dated for the UK
	The thing many people were expecting and, at the same time, wondering why it hadn't already happened, was finally and officially confirmed: Rock Band, the super hit game from Harmonix, would be released in the United Kingdom this year, on the 23rd of May, when the ... [read more >>]
	08 April 2008, 05:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lineage II Set to Conquer Europe
	Lineage II is set to get a new and extremely well endowed Collector's Edition especially for the European market. NCsoft was quick to present details and also set a date for the release of the special offering. So, on April 25 prepare to experience the best that Lineage has to offer for ar ... [read more >>]
	04 April 2008, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Antigua Welcomes IP Piracy
	A rather strange decision of the World Trade Commission was awarded last December to Antigua, should its negotiations with the United States fail. The problem in question is that of the US rules, more or less blocking foreign gambling sites. Even Europe is going at the regulations, as many sites based there (bwin among others) have encountered the same ban and are threatening to ask for a WTC ruling of their own. Antigua, bas ... [read more >>]
	20 March 2008, 14:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rock Band Comes to Europe With New Songs
	For now only the North Americans living in their land of honey and milk are fortunate enough to play Rock Band, drumming on plastic drums and riffing on fake guitars. The music loving nations of Europe (we have Mozart and Chopin, Americans!) have to do with playing Guita ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mario Kart Wii Launch Dates Announced
	If Mario didn't start to bother you to death, make you cry and feel like the moment of quitting has come (but a much more detailed feature about this will be posted tomorrow, so stay tuned!), then you'll probably be really excited to hear that the release dates for Mario Kart ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

European Version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Gets Exclusive Stuff
	It rarely happens that a game is released in the US and Europe at the same time and these kinds of delays are most likely to create some controversy – we will most likely debate this topic sometime, in our new Weekend Reading category, but until then we ... [read more >>]
	12 March 2008, 03:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MS Cuts Xbox Prices All Over Europe
	It's no longer a big surprise for anybody, as solid rumors started to be heard for quite a while, but here it is, official from Microsoft: the Xbox 360 prices have been cut in Europe. However, this does make the recent rumors regarding the release of a 60GB Xbox 360 a little bit ha ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lineage II to Ready to Grow Bigger in Europe
	Lineage is one of the most successful MMORPGs in the world, with 17 million reported players. It also got a huge expansion back in December 2007, called The Kamael that brought a lot of new features, items and fun to the fans. And, probably, what ... [read more >>]
	07 March 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

All Search Engines Must Bow to the Law
	Internet data collection is a delicate issue with the search engines and regulators everywhere, the classical example of one pulling against the other. With the users being left in the middle, it cannot go on any longer, so yesterday, European data privacy regulators ruled that even search engines based outside the Old Continent must comply with the EU rules on how private data and preferences are stored. It’s final for Europe ... [read more >>]
	22 February 2008, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 10 European Dinosaurs
	There are around 800 species of dinosaurs described worldwide. Dinosaur fossils have been found in all continents, Antarctica included. But, if you ask somebody about dinosaurs, the most popular are those discovered in North America, like Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. Other hotbeds of dinosaur discoveries are Argentina and China-Mongolia, while Saharan dinosaurs have been made famous by the expeditions led by Paul Sereno. But wh ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung i780 Available in Europe
	First announced back in September 2007, the Samsung SGH-i780 smartphone is now finally available in Europe, bringing its advanced features to users that have been waiting it for months. Measuring 115.9 x 61.3 x 12.9 millimeters and weighing 120 grams, Samsung i780 has a compact and business-like design and comes with tri-band GSM and 3G / HSDPA connectivity, offering data transfer speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. The handset r ... [read more >>]
	20 February 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 Approaching Europe
	The European PlayStation 3 owners have all the reasons to be extremely happy right now, since Midway has announced that Epic's Unreal Tournament 3 for the PS3 will hit the store shelves starting this 22nd of February. Even though this rel ... [read more >>]
	20 February 2008, 04:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Europe, the Best Place to Get Spam from
	For the third month in a row, Europe has been the top source of spam, according to security vendor Symantec. It’s a worrying fact, because historically, the United States have been the leader of the trend, both in spam sent and as the most spammers’ home. Hearing what Frederik Sjostedt has to say and in what terms he talks about people that deliver spam is somehow frightening: words like gangs and turfs are no strangers to the vocabulary u ... [read more >>]
	06 February 2008, 15:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Firefox Is Slaughtering Internet Explorer
	Stuck at a negligible share of the browser market, Opera has filed a formal complaint with the European Union Antitrust Commission pointing to the bundling of Internet Explorer into Windows, as the reason for what it referred to as a lack of consumer choice. But Firefox seems to have no problems growing from under Internet Explorer and, furthermore, dislodging large chunks of IE's audience and converting them to open source. In Europe ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 13:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

EU Court Rules in Favor of File Sharers
	The legal aspect of the Internet is still in between the white and black, somewhere in that hazy grey area. As a result, many of the claims being made by one or another, regarding crimes on the web, have a long and difficult documentation process before actually going to court. Reuters reports that the European Court of Justice has just settled a dispute between two Spanish companies, music rights holders Promusicae and teleco ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Firefox Rises Big Time in Europe
	The browser war is somewhat the opposite to the search engines war: it too features a favorite and an underdog, but unlike Google and Yahoo, the startup switch has not yet been made. It’s where things are headed, definitely, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is slowly backing up from the ever rising Firefox that Mozilla brought on stage. Europe is the place where the spikes at IE’s feet start growing sharper, the Old Continent is ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 06:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Will the IP be Considered Private Data According to the Law?
	The acquisition of DoubleClick by Google was certain to be a lengthy process the moment that the Microsoft giant took Yahoo!’s hand and filed a complaint that if it went through, it would spell Monopolistic move with capita Ms. So far, the Commissions both in Australia and the U.S. have approved of it and all that’s left for Google to conquer is the European bastion, the last. Some interesting and pretty unexpected topics arose along th ... [read more >>]
	28 January 2008, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soccer Fans, THE Map for You!
	Sports maps have been popping up every once in a while, but none has been as good and as detailed as this one is: SoccerMap.net is the best I’ve seen so far when it comes down to a single sport, and one of the most popular as well. There’s nothing missing from it, it’s virtually an encyclopedia updated as things happen. I said it has it all: from current standings and results, team statistics are just the tip of the iceberg. C ... [read more >>]
	25 January 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia