Immigrants Behind 25% of Startups
A new study finds that in 25% of technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. from 1995 to 2005, at least one key founder was foreign-born. The report builds [...]
YouTube – A Viable End Run of FCC Indecency Rules?
I'd like to call out an interesting development from the past week that is a great example of how the Internet can do an end run around traditional regulation--in this [...]
18 December – Five Stories You Need to Read
CNetNews.com reveals that “[a] patent feud between IBM and Amazon.com took a new twist this week as the e-commerce giant countersued Big Blue for infringement and blasted its earlier accusations [...]
15 December – Five Stories You Need to Read
The Wall Street Journal reports that European officials set EU-wide frequencies for short-range wireless products on Thursday. CNetNews.com reveals that ‘[t]he New York City Pension Fund wants shareholders to force [...]
14 December – Five Stories You Need to Read
According to SFGate.com, “[t]he Internet accelerates while [the] U.S. trails behind”. CNetNews.com features an interview with Google’s open source programs manager Chris DiBona in which he talks about how Google, [...]
12 December – Five Stories You Need to Read
According to Yahoo!News, security experts predict that “[c]omputer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion [dollar] ‘cyberwar’ in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites [...]