10 January – Five Stories You Need to Read

The Washington Times reports that “[t]he U.S. Supreme Court yesterday made it easier to challenge the patents of drug maker Genentech Inc. and other companies that receive royalties on their products.”

According to the BBC News, “[t]he EU’s laws on labor migration are being tested by a court case about a Latvian firm that offered Latvian pay and conditions for work done in Sweden.”

The Register claims that “[t]he latest snapshot of teenagers’ web surfing habits should further debunk sky-high valuations of, and membership [claims] by, popular social networking sites.”

BusinessWeek.com writes that “Sony, Apple, and other heavyweights have introduced new gear for delivering digital content to your screen, and they have competing visions as well as devices”.

According to the International Herald Tribune, “Michael Dell, who made his name building computers, has a new goal: planting trees".