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, [...]
The Silicon Valley Watcher has an interesting post today entitled “Incremental Is Not Innovative: Where Is The Next Big Thing?” The post’s author, Tom Foremski, alleges that at present “there is a lot of money flowing into companies that only offer incremental improvements over what is already available.” According to [...]
The Register reports that “Nokia faces a crippling financial bill for its strategy of bundling free music with handsets, which will give users unlimited song downloads with Nokia phones. The world's biggest label, Universal Music, joined the ‘Comes With Music’ initiative at launch last December, and Sony BMG joined last [...]