CNetNews.com writes that “[o]n Monday, reports surfaced that business social network LinkedIn is likely looking to raise a round of venture capital (rather than find a corporate parent). TechCrunch reports that investment bank Allen & Co. is hoping to help LinkedIn pull in that funding at a $1 billion valuation. [...]
According to Wired, “[t]he government's new cyber-security ‘Manhattan Project’ is so secretive that a key Senate oversight panel has been reduced to writing a letter to beg for answers to the most basic questions, such as what's going on, what's the point and what about privacy laws. The Senate Homeland [...]
The European Commission recently released figures on EU patent protection which show that 20 years’ protection in Europe is on average nearly nine times more expensive than in Japan or the US. In large part, these costs result from translation requirements. […]
AFP points out that “[t]his week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday. But the message sent on May 3, 1978 by a marketer [...]
CNet News has an interesting article by Ina Fried today in which Fried details her experience with buying a “recertified” iPod from Buy.com which turned out to have a virus. Reuters writes that “[o]ffering unlimited music downloads to phone buyers will make money for Nokia as well as record labels, [...]