The Register reports that “[t]elecoms watchdog OPTA has fined three Dutch firms and their two directors a total of €1m for the illegal distribution of spyware. It is the first time OPTA has imposed fines for spreading malicious Trojans, and has been called ‘one of the biggest cases of illegal [...]
Friday came and went without the WTO delivering its expected ruling in the ongoing Internet gambling case between the US and Antigua/Barbuda. For those of you who aren't familiar with this case, here is the short summary: In their infinite wisdom, Congress and the Bush administration have made it essentially [...]
The New York Times points out that even though the “big research houses [such as IDC] have been trimming their 2008 forecasts for global technology spending lately, mainly because they see a weaker United States market next year […],Mark R. Anderson, chief executive of the Strategic News Service, a predictive [...]
Via IP/Updates: According to a paper by systems analysts at George Mason, the biggest culprit for the USPTO's consistent and growing delinquency in processing patent applications is that they refuse to make decisions on applications. As summarized by Bill Heinze over at IP/Updates, the queuing theory-based analysis found that: "the [...]
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article on the tech boom that the inflow of venture capital into Southern California has created. The Register reports that “[t]he [UK] government claimed today that its red tape reduction drive is already saving UK businesses £800m a year. The savings were detailed [...]