Yahoo!News has an interesting article on Net Neutrality. According to Yahoo!, “[w]hile this past year, AT&T and Verizon pursued both national and state legislation, they now seem determined to focus on state legislation as a way to bypass Net Neutrality requirements. This month they focused on Michigan, yet they'll quickly [...]
Internetnews.com reports that “[o]ne of the most notable changes to Office 2007, its Ribbon interface, is now available to software developers wishing to adopt a similar look and feel for their applications”. According to Inc.com, the Small Business Administration seeks to prevent corporations from landing small-business contracts. Earlier this month, [...]
According to CNET News, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Seventh Circuit recently declared that the “GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws”. The court’s verdict came in response to a federal complaint charging IBM, Red Hat and Novell with conspiring to thwart competition in the [...]
BBC News published an interesting article today on new US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s intention to review financial market rules. According to the BBC, Paulson wants to achieve a regulatory balance that is “agile” and “responsive to changes in today’s marketplace”. Paulson also aims to make changes to the way [...]
It's been over a week now and it's interesting to meter the reaction to the Microsoft and Novell deal. Popular, mainstream reaction has been generally positive -- this could create a win/win for the companies, and consumers will benefit form the partnership. But for those more steeped in the open [...]
