15 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

The Wall Street Journal reports that European officials set EU-wide frequencies for short-range wireless products on Thursday.

CNetNews.com reveals that ‘[t]he New York City Pension Fund wants shareholders to force Google and Yahoo to refuse Internet censorship requests by governments.”

In an unrelated story, CNetNews.com writes that “Google is beefing up its Google Apps for Your Domain package of Web-based applications by including domain name registration services.”

According to eWeek, yesterday’s HP-Microsoft agreement is “a competitive swipe against IBM”.

Finally, CNetNews.com reports that “[t]he U.K. Patent Office is considering reforms to the British patent system based on recommendations made in a commissioned report on intellectual-property issues.”