According to the Register, “[t]he detente between Belgium's fractious regions is under strain again after the Flemish parliament demanded its own top-level domain.  Instead of .be it wants vla, .vln, .vlaanderen or .fla. Kris Peeters, the prime minister of Flanders, says he will look into the possibility of creating such a domain extension.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently approved a recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the internet’s addressing [...]

Although the availability of patents, in general, certainly provides great benefits to small- and medium-sized enterprises and can level the playing field vis-à-vis much larger entities, recent news stories highlight how small and medium sized entities can sometimes find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes time to enter the expensive realm of the patent litigation system.  For example, when small companies offer a service or product that threatens to disrupt a large entrenched competitor, they often find themselves vulnerable [...]

PCMag.com’s Tim Bajarin predicts that “weak markets” will mean “big tech bargains.”  This is because, according to Bajarin, people stay in more during economic downturns, meaning that they will be more willing to buy home entertainment products such as HDTVs and gaming systems and software.  “With that in mind,” Bajarin writes, “I suspect that that PC vendors as well as retailers are going to be very aggressive in pricing tech products over the holidays simply to move inventory. I predict [...]

The Register reveals that “[t]he US Air Force will proceed with plans to create a large, dedicated cyber warfare force, it was confirmed yesterday. However, rather than being an independent ‘Command’ in its own right, the net battle formation has been downgraded in status and will now be subordinate to USAF Space Command.  […]  ‘The conduct of cyberoperations is a complex issue... other interagency partners have substantial equity in the cyberarena,’ the new air force secretary Michael Donley told the [...]