January 13, 2009
Apple and Microsoft win InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards
InfoWorld reveals that “Apple and Microsoft topped the list of InfoWorld's annual product award winners this year, nabbing three and four Technology of the Year Awards, respectively. [...]
TADC Conference – ‘Other people’s stuff should be Free, not mine’
Today at the Carnagie Institution the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue held a conference called “Patents, Copyrights, and Knowledge Governance: The Next Four Years”. Here’s the top blurb [...]
Decision about new Yahoo! chief could be made as early as last week
The Wall Street Journal writes that “Yahoo Inc. is in the final stretch of its search for a chief executive officer, and a decision could come as [...]
Welcome to the Party
Microsoft launched a public policy-focused blog today, Microsoft on the Issues, joining tech giants like Verizon, Cisco, and Google who all have corporate public policy blogs. The [...]
Czech EU Presidency plans to focus on improving the patent system, better regulation, and support for R&D and innovation
The Czech Republic recently released its work program for the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU (which started on January 1 and will end on [...]
Awoogah! Anti-Open Source FUD Alert!
The Evil Empire is back at it again. It's telling lies and half-truths about Open Source and Linux in an effort to keep the Open Source movement [...]