OPTA imposes fine on three Dutch firms for spreading malicious Trojans
The Register reports that “[t]elecoms watchdog OPTA has fined three Dutch firms and their two directors a total of €1m for the illegal distribution of spyware. It is the first [...]
It takes time to translate “Ludicrous” into all the WTO Languages
Friday came and went without the WTO delivering its expected ruling in the ongoing Internet gambling case between the US and Antigua/Barbuda. For those of you who aren't familiar with [...]
Not everybody thinks that global technology spending will slow in 2008
The New York Times points out that even though the “big research houses [such as IDC] have been trimming their 2008 forecasts for global technology spending lately, mainly because they [...]
Perhaps All the PTO Needs is a Copy of Getting Things Done for Christmas?
Via IP/Updates: According to a paper by systems analysts at George Mason, the biggest culprit for the USPTO's consistent and growing delinquency in processing patent applications is that they refuse [...]
Wave of high technology investments transforms Southern California into second Silicon Valley
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article on the tech boom that the inflow of venture capital into Southern California has created. The Register reports that “[t]he [UK] government [...]
Microsoft makes online office document-sharing available to all
Yahoo!News reports that Microsoft today made “online office document-sharing available to all. Office Live Workspace was released today as public open beta available to anyone with a Windows Live ID. [...]