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, [...]

The Register writes that “Internet providers have reacted with confusion at Gordon Brown's announcement that the Home Office will summon them to Westminster for anti-terror discussions. The PM unveiled wide-ranging measures in Parliament this week (full speech here). Slipped into the middle of the long list of jihad-squashing pledges was [...]