OLPC “Give 1 Get 1” participants encounter serious keyboard problems
Slashdot reveals that “[m]any participants in OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1' program of last November are now encountering what has come to be known as the 'stuck key' problem, in [...]
The Art Of A Legal Muxtape
Recently, The 463: Inside Tech Policy blog did a post on a new music service called Muxtape. Muxtape is undeniably cool. It brings us back to a time when creating [...]
The EU Needs to Give the Small Business Act Some Real Teeth
In order to keep the EU economy competitive, the European Commission is drafting a so-called “Small Business Act” – a set of policies that is supposed to help small and [...]
To all Europeans: Quaero is hiring!
Yahoo!News reports that “Quaero, a European consortium developing new search engine technologies, is ramping up recruitment of researchers. Although some of the consortium's research activities have already begun, the starting [...]
Silicon Valley start-up says corporate firewalls are “leaky sieves”
The New York Times writes that “[i]n the Internet age, the corporate firewall is a leaky sieve. That is the sobering conclusion, spelled out in technical detail, in a new [...]
Britain to propose limiting EU regulatory burdens for small businesses
FT.com reports that “Britain will this week propose that companies employing fewer than 20 people should be exempt from future European Union regulations, in a drive to cut the burden [...]