Richard Orange

GlobalPost

Reports: Microsoft to buy Nokia smartphone division

Well-sourced analyst Eldar Murtazin says Microsoft will buy Nokia’s smartphone division.

Sweden recognizes digital piracy religion: Kopimism

Finnish ISP blocks Pirate Bay

Norwegian mass killer allowed to receive visitors

Conflict

Indian women in Norway abort females, study says

Sony drops “Ericsson” brand

Tech pioneer that invented the “smart phone” sinks further toward oblivion.

Denmark loosens harsh immigration rules, right wing protests

Denmark’s right wing attacks the new liberal government for dismantling draconian immigration laws.

Swedish Guerrilla marketers behind Austrian sex-school hoax

Lifestyle

Media organizations were left red-faced by a concocted story about “Austrian International Sex School.”

Queen Margrethe plays down abdication talk on eve of 40th jubilee

Politics

Danish Queen shrugs off polls showing more Danes want her to abdicate than stay in place.

The Pirate Bay suffers another setback in Europe

Dutch court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, just as the file-sharing site faces SOPA threat.