Qualcomm in trouble for violating Broadcom’s patents
BusinessWeek.com reports that “[o]n May 29, Qualcomm was dealt yet another blow in its long-standing legal squabble with wireless world heavyweights, including chipmaker Broadcom and cell-phone maker Nokia. A federal [...]
British patent law stifles entrepreneurship and puts British inventors at a disadvantage
According to the Register, “[a] group of small British businesses has mounted a challenge to changes made by the Intellectual Property Office's (formerly known as the Patent Office) to the [...]
Coalition presses Congress for affordable broadband access for all Americans
Internetnews.com writes that “[a] broad coalition of some of the Internet's leading brand names, public advocacy groups and grassroots organizations called on Congress today to immediately adopt a national broadband [...]
A glimmer of hope for the permanent Internet tax ban
Internetnews.com writes that “[t]he ban on Internet access taxes would be extended for another four years under legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate. The current ban, originally passed in [...]
ACT Opposes Sanders H-1B Ammendment
ACT OPPOSES SENATOR SANDERS’ PROPOSED H-1B AMENDMENT TO IMMIGRATION BILL BY JONATHAN ZUCK, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY Today, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont began courting fellow senators [...]
Why most consumers don’t go for Linux
ZDNet today has an interesting article entitled “Five crucial things the Linux community doesn’t understand about the average computer user” in which technology author Adrian Kingsley-Hughes explains why the majority [...]