What Jimmy Stewart can teach us about the US tech industry
Last week, I presented at the inaugural Ignite DC. The event, which took place in the Artomatic building in Washington DC’s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, featured 17 speakers who each had [...]
Microsoft to debut new search engine at All Things D?
According to Yahoo!Tech, Microsoft is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week. It remains to be seen, however, whether [...]
Do You Mean to Say That We’ve Reached the Pinnacle of Human Success?
Our pals at Third Way had a nice event on Wednesday with Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway) and Ralph Eckhardt and Mark Blaxill (authors of the new IP-centric book, [...]
What the EU Doesn’t Get: Competitor Harm Does Not Equal Consumer Harm
The European Commission is a loose cannon when it comes to antitrust and competition law. It's record $1.45 billion fine is emblematic of what the Commission just doesn't get: there's [...]
Robbing Intel to Pay European Taxpayers: Did Neelie Kroes Really Say That?
According the BBC, Neelie Kroes joked that her record setting fine against Intel would be redistributed from the American-based company and its employees to European taxpayers.Ms Kroes joked in her [...]
It’s All About Consumer Welfare: The Varney Speech and Intel Case
On Monday, the US Department of Justice’s lead antitrust enforcer announced a new direction for her agency. In a speech before the Center for American Progress, Christine Varney, assistant attorney [...]