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Belgian Government Workers Ordered to Drop Firefox and Return to IE6

The government of the Walloon Region has ordered its local administrations to ban the use of Firefox on their networks, beginning today. It seems that the reasons are related to security and compatibility concerns and the recommended browser is Internet Explorer 6.The eight-year-old Internet Explorer 6 represents aro...

28 September 2009
10:04 GMT

BlackBerry Storm Hits Belgium via BASE

Mobile phone users in Belgium can now enjoy yet another high-end handset, as BASE has recently launched the BlackBerry Storm on its airwaves. The new device comes to the market with a SurePress touch-screen, which has been designed so as to offer an enhanced user experience while typing or navigating through the menu...

10 July 2009
06:16 GMT

Samsung Omnia II and Omnia Pro Availability and Pricing

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung unveiled the new additions to its Omnia family not too long ago, and now the availability and pricing of two of the company's handsets, the Samsung Omnia II and Omnia Pro, have been made public. The two devices are expected to hit the market as soon as this summer, at leas...

4 July 2009
05:10 GMT

Belgian Antarctic Base Is Carbon-Free

More than two years ago, Belgium announced its intentions of constructing a zero-carbon permanent base in Antarctica, one that would rely solely on smart materials and renewable energy sources in order to survive. On Sunday, that dream came true, and the Princess Elisabeth Base was inaugurated as the world's fir...

16 February 2009
04:36 GMT

Google Asked to Pay $77 Million for Publishing News without Permission

The Mountain View-based company Google is, once again, sent to court for copyright infringement, being accused by the copyright organization CopiePresse that it has published news belonging to Belgian newspapers without authorization. The copyright group demanded damages of $77 million due to the fact that Google pos...

28 May 2008
06:42 GMT

Belgium Suspecting Chinese Hackers of Cyberespionage

Belgium is the latest country attacked by Chinese hackers who attempted to break into the state's computers in order to conduct cyberespionage activities, the Belgian officials warned a few days ago according to UPI. The Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen sustains that Chinese hackers may have sent dangerous emails ...

8 May 2008
03:36 GMT

Google's Conquest Route: Netherlands Through Belgium

Google is now aiming to become an important Dutch service as the company tends to conquer Netherlands with several partnerships in the area. The search giant made the first step today when it signed a deal with Ghent University to digitize their content and offer the books stored in their library to the entire world....

24 May 2007
05:17 GMT

Google to Partner with Its Enemies

Google might sign a deal with several Belgian newspapers to publish latest news and headlines on the News service, although the company recorded several problems in the past. The Belgian group Copiepresse agreed to have the news indexed on Google's product, but without the cache option that allows users to acces...

3 May 2007
08:33 GMT

Google: Sue Us and We'll Open a New Office!

Or maybe not. But this seems to be the latest Google motto after the company announced that it plans to open a new data center in Belgium, a country that often brought Google quite a lot of trouble. If you didn't know yet, Google lost an important lawsuit against some Belgian newspapers, the publications suing t...

30 April 2007
06:29 GMT

Finally, Google Won the Belgian Suit!

Because Google is the most well known company on the Internet, there are a lot of small firms looking for money and popularity and which sue the search giant based on several complaints. ServersCheck BVBA from Leuven, Belgium, is just one of the examples because the company sued Google for its suggest feature include...

26 March 2007
02:18 GMT


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