Free Speech and Innovation are Dead
Unless ICANN instantly gives individuals the ability to launch .porno or .gphone, that is. At least those are the popular arguments with those who hate the new gTLD process ICANN [...]
Legal high-tech workers in the US express frustration about stalled immigration reform
The Seattle Times reports that “[h]igh-tech workers [in the U.S.] on federal permits are speaking out — many for the first time — over rules that leave them in personal [...]
My Name. My Language. My Internet.
I’m at the ICANN public meeting in Los Angeles this week. This is my first time at ICANN, so I’m going to be giving you my impressions of the whole [...]
Breaking News: A Corporation Competing With Microsoft is Concerned That It Can’t Use Microsoft’s Property Without Paying for It.
An article on c|net yesterday exclaimed that “Red Hat voices concern over Microsoft patent Model”. Apparently, Red Hat is not altogether satisfied with Neelie Kroes’s announcement that Microsoft would offer [...]
Don’t Politicize Foreign Direct Investment in 3Com
If you we’re offered a pill that would cure a disease that afflicted you or a family member or friend, but the pill wasn’t researched or manufactured in the U.S., [...]
European Union vies with United States to attract highly skilled foreigners
CNet News writes that “[t]he European Union's new proposal aimed at fast-tracking the immigration process for workers in ‘highly skilled’ [occupations] is making some U.S. technology heavyweights nervous. It's no [...]