Recently, the tech press and blogging community have been buzzing over a new European Commission report on the economic impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. One thing, however, is notably missing from the online debate over the nearly 300 page [...]
ZDNet points out that the newly announced merger between FSG and ODSL “[shows] who's driving open source–corporations.” According to Computerworld, Steve Jobs' blockbuster keynote address at last week's Macworld was "a colossal mistake”. The Register reports that “[t]he US hosted more than one third of the websites containing malicious code [...]
According to Business Week online, “in recent days, two titans of the Internet have warned” that any effort to insure net neutrality by prohibiting network operators to charge for premium service “could cripple the future of the Net”. Ft.com reports that “Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone have announced an agreement [...]
According to Slashdot, “[t]he WIPO is currently engaged in negotiating a new treaty on digital IP rights, but they're having trouble agreeing on the particulars”. Computerworld reports that “[e]ven while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright [...]
Small business owners overwhelmingly consider their website domain name a good value for the money and place greater value on ensuring a higher-performing Internet than lower domain name prices, according to a new national poll sponsored by the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). Small Business Poll on the Internet