Reuters reveals that “[a] Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple's iPod. Consumer Ombudsman Bjoern Erik Thon told Reuters he hoped other countries would follow [...]
The Register reveals that “[t]he European Union yesterday called on Member States to participate in a major review of the accounting directives for small biz firms to help reduce the administrative burden on SMEs. Charlie McCreevy, who is the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, said that during [...]
This paper is written to provide technology innovators with an understanding of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the opportunities it provides for research and development of new products and services. The DMCA, as required by international treaties, makes it illegal to gain unauthorized access to copyrighted works online [...]
On Monday, IBM announced a “new” standards policy and an accompanying threat to pull out of standards bodies that do not adjust their policies to IBM's liking. The coverage of the announcement has been particularly interesting because of the complete lack of serious analysis. It's early, of course, but you [...]
According to SFGate.com, “Oracle, the second-largest software maker, is entering the hardware market for the first time, teaming with Hewlett-Packard on a pair of new storage server products. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage at Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco Wednesday to unveil the HP Oracle Exadata Storage [...]