Reuters reports that “Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it planned to open a search technology center (STC) in Europe as part of its plan to accelerate investments in Live Search.  The location of the STC has not yet been determined, the company said, with several cities being considered.  The STC [...]

    Successful technology standards are those created by the market, rather than those imposed on the market.  Because markets are fluid and difficult to predict, often an entity will mandate a technology standard in an attempt to isolate itself from the detrimental effects of technology’s dynamic nature.  An unfortunate [...]

This morning the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on Sovereign Wealth Funds--those state owned investment funds causing a political stir as of late. The panelists all agreed that sovereign wealth funds are a good thing for the U.S. economy. We need the money! The thought that foreign [...]

The Sidney Morning Herald reveals that, according to the European Union's information security agency, “[p]rinters and copiers could be the weak spot in many companies' cyber defences, warned on Tuesday.  In a report, the EU experts warned that companies are often unaware of the dangers posed by printers that are [...]

The Associated Press has an interesting article today on the fledgling Palestinian high tech industry and how it could one day drive the territories’ sluggish economy. The Seattle Times writes that “Microsoft is flying University of Washington student Jeffrey Bigham to Paris where he'll collect a grand prize in the [...]