Concern at delay to online charter
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| Germany has drafted an initiative that would considerably increase the
| rights of European consumers who buy products on the internet. It
| could force businesses ranging from banks to online music stores
| radically to review their offerings.
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| This would make Germany, Europe's largest online market, the latest
| government after France and several Scandinavian countries to demand that
| Apple and other companies submit to the principle of "interoperability".
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fce2baae-bd17-11db-90ae-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9a36c1aa-3016-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html
http://tinyurl.com/2e2u8g
German agency funds RP open source project
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| The project's first phase is expected to end this year and has a
| budget of about 313,000 euros, according to Sianghio. Part of the
| budget was used to fund the development of open-source courseware.
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| Some 44 companies have also committed to participate in the open
| source internship program, including IBM, Sykes, Philippine
| Internet Services Organization (PISO) member companies and WSA.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=50143
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