Reuters reports that “European Union telecom ministers backed proposals on Thursday to open radio frequencies allocated exclusively for GSM mobile phone services to other technologies, such as third-generation (3G) mobile data.  The European Commission had in July proposed freeing access to the 900 MHz frequency, saying that doing so would [...]

Yahoo!News reports that “European competition regulators said Tuesday that [they] have stopped the clock in their in-depth investigation into IBM’s planned $745 million takeover of Swedish software maker Telelogic. The European Commission, Europe’s top competition authority, has asked the companies for more information about the deal in order to assess [...]

The Seattle Times has an interesting article today about “the legacy of innovation” that tech bubbles leave. The Seattle Times also reports on a new phenomenon in social networking – “[a]s in, everywhere I go lately, I meet someone starting a company targeting the older population.”  According to the publication, [...]

ChangeWaves has an interesting article today discussing “[w]hat will likely be the most important scientific and technological breakthroughs with significant commercial value and impacts on the lives of consumers out to 2025.” The Register today warns readers to “[b]eware of emails that mention you and your company by name and [...]

Inc.com reports that, according to the Commerce Department, “[o]nline retail sales grew by 3.6 percent to $34.7 billion over the third quarter, more than double the quarter-to-quarter growth of brick-and-mortar sales.  In the past year, e-commerce sales have increased by 19.3 percent, compared to just 3.8 for total retail sales, [...]