France founds “sovereign wealth fund” supposed to protect French companies from hostile takeovers
The Seattle Times reveals that “French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday proposed creating a state-run investment fund aimed at defending French companies from unwanted predators and helping small companies in [...]
What do we do about Privacy and Security? (according to the next President…and me)
Online and IT privacy is a ripe issue for President Obama's or McCain's administration. It often takes a confluence of concerns and momentum to elevate an issue to the national [...]
Flemish parliament angers other Belgian regions by demanding its own top-level domain
According to the Register, “[t]he detente between Belgium's fractious regions is under strain again after the Flemish parliament demanded its own top-level domain. Instead of .be it wants vla, [...]
Losing When You Win
Although the availability of patents, in general, certainly provides great benefits to small- and medium-sized enterprises and can level the playing field vis-à-vis much larger entities, recent news stories highlight [...]
Will economic downturn result in tech bargains for consumers?
PCMag.com’s Tim Bajarin predicts that “weak markets” will mean “big tech bargains.” This is because, according to Bajarin, people stay in more during economic downturns, meaning that they will be [...]
Sequoia Capital Good Times RIP presentation
Here is the "Good Times: RIP" Presentation from Sequoia Capital that was mentioned yesterday. Too there is no audio track, but it does a great job of explaining the current [...]