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30 November – Five Stories You Need to Read

Yahoo!News has an interesting article on Net Neutrality.  According to Yahoo!, “[w]hile this past year, AT&T and Verizon pursued both national and state legislation, they now seem determined to focus on state legislation as a way to bypass Net Neutrality requirements.  This month they focused on Michigan, yet they'll quickly [...]

By |2006-11-30T15:17:00-05:00November 30th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

29 November – Five Stories You Need to Read

Internetnews.com reports that “[o]ne of the most notable changes to Office 2007, its Ribbon interface, is now available to software developers wishing to adopt a similar look and feel for their applications”. According to Inc.com, the Small Business Administration seeks to prevent corporations from landing small-business contracts.  Earlier this month, [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:38-05:00November 29th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

28 November – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to CNET News, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Seventh Circuit recently declared that the “GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws”.  The court’s verdict came in response to a federal complaint charging IBM, Red Hat and Novell with conspiring to thwart competition in the [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:38-05:00November 28th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

Choosing ODF – the Right Way

Brazil, India and Italy recently joined the Open Document Format parade, according to today's press release from the ODF Alliance. Brazil will recommend ODF as the government's preferred format, India decided to use ODF at its tax office, and Italy will recognize ODF as national standard. Is this good or [...]

By |2014-04-14T10:08:07-04:00November 28th, 2006|Blog, Open Standards|

Promoting Entrepreneurship in the New Congress

While Democrats often get a bad rap on small business  issues, it seems like the incoming chairman of the House and Senate small business committee's are committed to improving the environment for entrepreneurship.  Kristin Edelhauser over at the Entrepreneur.com blog, has a nice summary of a recent press conference call [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:38-05:00November 22nd, 2006|Blog|
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