The Register states that after British “business leaders met chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday to detail their objections to his proposed changes to how capital gains tax is charged,” Darling said “he would look at further evidence offered by the lobbyists, but [seemed] unlikely to completely abandon the changes.” In a [...]
The Guardian reports that “[t]he leaders of the UK's four biggest business groups will meet the chancellor today for talks as disquiet continues to grow over his pre-budget announcement of changes to the capital gains tax regime. The chancellor has faced a hostile reaction from the business community over the [...]
The Sidney Morning Herald reports that “Amazon.com, one of the world's largest online retailers, is on the brink of losing one of its most coveted patents […] - its famous 1-Click patent, a process that enables online shoppers to buy goods with the single click of a mouse button.” In [...]
The Emerging Bot Armies: What are the Threats to US Cybersecurity? Bots are the weapon of choice for cyber crime and orchestrated attacks Bot networks are already generating attacks of overwhelming volume, in ways that are nearly impossible to stop or to trace back to their origins. Earlier this year, [...]
There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek today on “[a] just-released study on technology transfer that looked at the surprising tech transfer results of a number of smaller colleges and universities whose research and development budgets fell far short of the funds expended by tech development superstars such as MIT [...]