18 January – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to Slashdot, “[t]he WIPO is currently engaged in negotiating a new treaty on digital IP rights, but they’re having trouble agreeing on the particulars”.

Computerworld reports that “[e]ven while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright in the same product”.

MSNBC writes that “[e]xecutives at eBay Inc. are touting security as their top priority in 2007 after an internal survey showed that online scammers may be denting the company’s reputation”.

eWeek.com points out that, according to an IDC report commissioned by Microsoft, released Jan. 16, “[w]ithin its first year of shipment, Windows Vista is expected to make 4.7 million computers its home, drive 21,000 new IT jobs and generate $9.5 billion in New York and New Jersey”.

The Guardian asks, “[w]ill Apple’s new gizmo really go on sale as the ‘iPhone’?”