Apple licenses Active Sync from Microsoft – World continues to spin safely
As someone who forks over real cash each year for an Apple developer license, I am pretty pleased with today’s Apple iPhone SDK announcement. Without question, the iPhone has moved [...]
Microsoft opens “Office Live Workspace” to public
The Washington Post reports that Microsoft today said “it was opening to the public a test version of its ‘Office Live Workspace,’ a service that allows users to save Office [...]
We Need the Money! Don’t Politicize Foreign Investment
There's a lot of hoopla surrounding Bain Capital's buyout of beleaguered 3Com Corporation, due to the fact that one of the buyers is Huawei, a company from China. Or "communist [...]
Germany needs to tread carefully when it comes to restricting sovereign wealth funds
Last week, the European Commission laid out its position on sovereign wealth funds, saying that EU nations should avoid ‘uncoordinated responses’ that could scare off investors. In spite of this, [...]
Japanese government wants to regulate the Internet
According to the International Herald Tribune, “[a] Japanese government panel is proposing to govern ‘influential, widely read news-related sites as newspapers and broadcasting are now regulated.’ The government is [...]
Online advertising revenues exceed $21 billion
The Mercury News reveals that “[o]nline advertising revenues exceeded $21 billion for the first time in 2007, although preliminary data compiled by an industry trade group also suggests growth is [...]