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 [...]

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 [...]

For all those in the Obama administration-to-be, Congress, and policymakers around the country looking for ways to "stimulate" the American economy, I suggest reading Steve Hamm's great BusinessWeek article, entitled "Whatever Happened to Silicon Valley Innovation?"  Hamm clearly outlines a phenomenon that America needs to address if it's going to [...]

Over the past few weeks, venture capital firms from New York City to Silicon Valley have called in their portfolio companies to tell them that they better prepare themselves for a protracted economic downturn.  As we pointed out on our blog, the VCs’ cataclysmic announcements sure made it sound like [...]