The Sidney Morning Herald has an interesting story on the skills it takes to sell technology to the American market. The article points out that “[s]mall [foreign] start-up companies easily get lost in a sea of possibilities. Differences in business customs and culture can see them wasting time and money [...]

According to the San Jose Mercury News, “[w]ell-known companies such as Dell, Marriott International and Sunnyvale-based Yahoo are lobbying Congress for tougher laws targeting online scammers who profit from their brand names.” InfoWorld reports that “Microsoft gave some of the clearest examples yet on Thursday of its vision for software [...]

Matusow’s blog points out that “Microsoft [today] launched its new open source web site.” InsideHigherEd reports that “Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada [this week] announced his plan to prevent campus based digital theft through a series of requirements that he is expected to try to attach to the reauthorization of [...]

The Register reports that “[t]he European Commission wants to create a form of company across Europe to make cross-border business easier to conduct for small firms.” Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy “has proposed the creation of the European Private Company Statute which would provide a form for companies to take [...]

Inc.com writes that “[t]he Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a research grant to Nobel Prize winner Edmund S. Phelps to fund a three-year study comparing entrepreneurship in the United States and Europe.  ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Capitalist Systems,’ Phelps's project examining how different economic systems impact entrepreneurs, will study [...]