At least “privacy czar” sounds better than “war czar”
In light of British activist group Privacy International’s scathing report saying that Google is “hostile to privacy,” CNetNews.com wonders: is the Mountain View company is “in need of a privacy [...]
A computer on every desk and in every home in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
CNetNews.com writes that “[i]t's taken 27 years to reach 1 billion PCs in use, and market researchers say it will take only five to reach the next billion.” According to [...]
Innovation and Integration in Desktop Computing
Abstract Success in the computer desktop market is all about reading and responding to consumer demand. Although desktop competitors look at common clues for consumer preferences, they respond based on [...]
At&T and Verizon Wireless try to prevent mandatory resale of airwaves
The Seattle Times reports that “AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest U.S. mobile-phone companies, urged U.S. regulators to reject Google's proposal for the mandatory resale of some airwaves the [...]
Think About It: Copyright Owners Didn’t Ask For DOJ IP Bill
It comes as no surprise that the blogging community critical of the DMCA assumed the major copyright industries used their muscle to get the Department of Justice to propose a [...]
FLOSS Developers: Cheaper by the Dozen?
Are FLOSS developers the future promise of a competitive ICT sector in the EU because they are…cheaper? In Section 7.4, (Skills Development and Employment Generation) the EC’s FLOSS report argues [...]