This news story from last week just about speaks for itself, and little commentary is needed. (And no, it's not a leftover from April 1.) It feels like something that should be on SNL's "Really?!?!?! With Seth & Amy." I mean, China... Really?!Chinese Group Says Google Violating Copyrights
Slashdot's recent discussion of how an Australian research/tech transfer agency enforced its patent rights against 14 of the world's largest tech companies has what everybody should view as a happy ending: reinvestment. Australia's CSIRO has "injected $150 million from the proceeds of its wi-fi technology to the once-defunct science and [...]
OK, maybe nobody on the city council actually read Paying for Free, the paper where we describe the security, privacy and sustainability costs of "free" software. Still, on Monday the Los Angeles city council delayed its vote on a contract to replace the city's email system. with Google Apps. The [...]
It’s a term that’s been thrown around a lot over the past couple of years, at times being more popular than at others. Now seems to be one of those times when “innovation” is the hot word—but what the heck does it even mean?I was at a Business of Innovation [...]
Back in 2007, ACT worked with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) to write a groundbreaking paper entitled National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World with Creative Cities. The paper pointed out that “innovation is the ‘secret sauce’ for the growth and prosperity of economies,” with [...]