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 [...]

Yahoo!News reveals that “China said it has the right to block Web sites its says break its laws after being accused of restarting the practice it halted during the August Olympic Games as part of a promise to widen media freedom.  Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tuesday that certain [...]