Privacy advocates deeply concerned by FTC approving merger of biggest players in search and online advertising, respectively
Internetnews.com today asks if the approval of the Google DoubleClick merger means that “privacy is dead.” The publication points out that “[t]he Federal Trade Commission's decision to approve Google's acquisition [...]
New venture fund aims at growing larger pie instead of extracting as much as possible from pie for itself
According to the Mercury News, “[s]uggesting that some venture capital colleagues have gotten greedy at the expense of entrepreneurs, the four Internet tycoons behind the Founders Fund on Tuesday touted [...]
Small Businesses Still Lead the American Economy
Well, at least they did in 1996. According to the "The Small Business Economy 2007" report produced by the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses remain the engine of the [...]
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 [...]