Europe is a Dracula theme park with highways that have no speed limit. And the park’s employees are on strike.
Over the weekend, a piece of art commissioned by the Czech Republic to mark the start of its six-month presidency of the European Union was installed in the European Council [...]
Will we see changes to the Bankruptcy Code in 2009?
The Wall Street Journal reveals that “[a]s bankruptcy filings ramp up amid the world-wide financial crisis, companies are finding that changes made to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code three years ago [...]
Why Policy Matters
Over at the Innovators Network—ACT’s project that focuses on intellectual property and entrepreneurs—our pal Andre Carter has a post about that Carnegie Institute conference this week. (Morgan wrote about aspects [...]
Turns out Interoperability Ain’t That Easy
Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in open standards as the only fool-proof way to facilitate interoperability in the ICT sector. But, a recent study out [...]
PC sales grew in 2008 – just by single digits, but…
Internetnews.com reports that “[p]ersonal computer sales managed the barest of growth rates in the fourth quarter of 2008 even in the face of a worldwide economic slowdown. The U.S. saw [...]
Task force finds that online child safety concerns are overblown
Yahoo!Tech reports that “[a] high-profile task force formed last year to study dangers young people face on the Internet has found that fears of sexual predators are overblown and that [...]