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Californian software firm chooses to pay for Microsoft’s “non-innovative” code
The Wall Street Journal reports that “[u]nder threat of new multimillion fines, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday […] it had signed up its first licensee [...]
ACT has a Fellow????
I know... we're as surprised as you are. Fellowships are no longer just for universities, Congress, and Hobbits. After some cajoling, we were able [...]
H.R. 1201: Where’s the Fire?
U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle have reintroduced legislation to amend the DMCA. In a joint statement they argue the amendments are necessary [...]
Innovators are Happier in Malta 🙂 Miserable in Germany 🙁
You can tell by the look on their faces. Our friends over at Business Europe just released their "European Reform Barometer Spring 2007" this [...]
The number of Internet users is rising, but not everybody has access to the Web
Internetnews.com writes that “[s]ome 747 million people aged 15 or older used the Internet worldwide in January 2007, a 10 percent increase from the [...]
EntrepreneurshipWeek USA Policy Summit
Last week, I went to a roundtable discussion on how to enhance innovation which was organized by the Kauffman Foundation as part of its [...]
FLOSS: The Software Hare that Beats the Proprietary Turtle?
Here’s another installment in our series of blog posts analyzing the European Commission’s free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) report. In prior posts, we’ve [...]
6 March – Five Stories You Need to Read
VentureBeat reports that “LegalForce, an online marketplace where patents can be bought, sold or licensed, has launched.” Inc.com writes that “[s]tart-ups […] based in [...]