CNetNews.com reports that “Quaero, the pan-European search effort intended to rival Google, has seen the German government withdraw its support. At the same time, the EC has promised $11.05 million to a rival local search project, Pharos.” In a different story, CNetNews.com writes that “Linden Lab on Monday released as [...]
Yahoo!News writes that Apple “CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple execs [are] facing a New Year’s hangover of antitrust lawsuits, software holes, and a nagging SEC investigation into stock-option irregularities” which together “threaten to undermine longtime strengths for the company.” According to eWeek.com, “VeriSign and Adobe Systems will collaborate on [...]
A new study finds that in 25% of technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. from 1995 to 2005, at least one key founder was foreign-born. The report builds upon a similar study from AnnaLee Saxenian at U-Cal Berkeley in 1999. The study highlights the importance of immigrants for [...]
I'd like to call out an interesting development from the past week that is a great example of how the Internet can do an end run around traditional regulation--in this case, federal broadcast indecency rules. As described very well in this NY Times article in yesterday's Arts section, Saturday Night [...]
CNetNews.com reveals that “[a] patent feud between IBM and Amazon.com took a new twist this week as the e-commerce giant countersued Big Blue for infringement and blasted its earlier accusations as ‘meritless and misleading.’” MSNBC writes that “[a]n Australian court ruled Monday that a concert promoter cannot block eBay users [...]