According to InfoWorld, “[o]ver the past two years virus writers have increasingly targeted their malicious programs to users in different regions of the globe, creating programs that are specially designed to infect users in countries like Japan, Brazil, China or Germany.  Take the taunting Trojan, which goes after users of [...]

The Washington Post reports that “[s]ome of the top technology companies, including Intel, Microsoft, Dell and Advanced Micro Devices joined forces Tuesday to form the PC Gaming Alliance, which will try to promote the PC as a gaming platform.  e alliance will bring hardware makers, software companies and game publishers [...]

Yesterday, the European Commission published the 2007 European Innovation Scoreboard. Overall innovation performance is calculated on the basis of 25 indicators covering five dimensions of innovation: • Innovation drivers measure the structural conditions required for innovation potential; • Knowledge creation measures the investments in R&D activities; • Innovation & entrepreneurship [...]

The Los Angeles Times reveals that “[i]n an effort to recapture some of the national advertising dollars that have fled the pages of newspapers for major websites, Tribune Co. and three other leading media chains today will announce a joint venture to sell ads on their Web pages on a [...]

The Register reports that “[t]he European Commission's reform of VAT on internet-delivered services such as software, ringtones and music has been adopted and will take effect from 2015.  Europe's finance ministers yesterday agreed the proposed measures, which means that they become EU legislation, shortly to be published in the Official [...]