Yesterday, the European Commission published the 2007 European Innovation Scoreboard. Overall innovation performance is calculated on the basis of 25 indicators covering five dimensions of innovation: • Innovation drivers measure the structural conditions required for innovation potential; • Knowledge creation measures the investments in R&D activities; • Innovation & entrepreneurship [...]
The Los Angeles Times reveals that “[i]n an effort to recapture some of the national advertising dollars that have fled the pages of newspapers for major websites, Tribune Co. and three other leading media chains today will announce a joint venture to sell ads on their Web pages on a [...]
The Register reports that “[t]he European Commission's reform of VAT on internet-delivered services such as software, ringtones and music has been adopted and will take effect from 2015. Europe's finance ministers yesterday agreed the proposed measures, which means that they become EU legislation, shortly to be published in the Official [...]
The Sidney Morning Herald reports that “Internet security provider Marshal has released the findings of its latest Threat Research and Content Engineering report for the second half of 2007, which found that the total volume of spam increased by more than 50 per cent. Spam promoting pharmaceuticals, such as weight [...]
The Sidney Morning Herald reveals that “Canada has joined China and Russia on the US software, music and movie industries' annual list of countries with the worst record of fighting piracy of copyright goods. ‘While there has been a few positive developments in these key markets over the year, the [...]