Masnick’s Interesting Take on Microsoft/Yahoo! and What He missed.
TechDirt's Mike Masnick has an interesting post over at Forbes that suggests the Microsoft/Yahoo deal is much ado about nothing:Looking at Yahoo!'s new deal with Microsoft, it looks like it's [...]
MicroHoo! A Quick Regulatory Analysis
Our friend Andrew Noyes over at Tech Daily Dose is asking the most important DC question about today’s Microsoft/Yahoo search agreement: “Will the MicroHoo Raise Eyebrows on the Hill?” Not [...]
Paying for Free: Security, Privacy, and Sustainability Costs for “Free” Software
Braden Cox & Nora von Ingersleben | June 2009 Today's tough economy creates fiscal pressures for state and federal government budgets. Resourceful policymakers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce [...]
Microsoft Proposal to the EC Seems to Protect Developers
In May, we submitted our official response to the European Commission’s Statement of Objections regarding Microsoft’s integration of Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system. Our submission focused on the [...]
Unweildy European Patent System Smothering Inventive Small Firms: The Economist
The Economist has a great article on why innovative European companies, particularly small and medium-sized ones, need a single patent office and a unified court system for defending their inventions. [...]
Does the European Commission’s DG Comp Violate Human Rights?
“Neelie Kroes violated our human rights!” That is the curious claim being made by Intel in its appeal of the European Commission’s ruling that the company had violated European antitrust [...]