Microsoft launched a public policy-focused blog today, Microsoft on the Issues, joining tech giants like Verizon, Cisco, and Google who all have corporate public policy blogs. The new blog features a welcome post from Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, who writes:Today we are launching "Microsoft on the Issues" to open [...]
The Czech Republic recently released its work program for the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU (which started on January 1 and will end on June 30). Given the current global state of affairs, the Czech Presidency intends to focus on preventing any further economic downturn while at [...]
The Evil Empire is back at it again. It's telling lies and half-truths about Open Source and Linux in an effort to keep the Open Source movement down! From a series of recent blog posts, it appears that the dreaded "Get The Facts" campaign is back to tearing down the [...]
Yahoo!Tech reports that “China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued licences covering the three major standards in China, Europe and North America, in a [...]
The folks over at Americans for Tax Reform hosted a debate Monday among the candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee. At one point, ATR President Grover Norquist asked representatives of RebuildTheParty.com to ask the candidates a few questions based on their organization’s “A 10-point action plan to strengthen [...]