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British ISPs Agree To Landmark Copyright Enforcement Deal
Jul 24, 2008 | Following negotiations brokered by the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), six major Internet service providers Read More
EU Extends Copyright Terms; Introduces New IP Report
Jul 18, 2008 | The European Commission adopted two important copyright measures yesterday. The first is a controversial proposal to extend the copyright protections Read More
EU Parliament's Telecom Reform Raises "Three-Strikes" Concerns
Jul 8, 2008 | According to BBC News, members of the European Parliament voted yesterday in favor of advancing new telecom reform legislation known Read More
eBay: Counterfeit Case Is Anti-Competitive
Jul 7, 2008 | Courts in the Europe and the U.S. have been trying to decide who is responsible when counterfeit goods are sold Read More
Microsoft Appeals EU's Mega-Fine
May 9, 2008 | Microsoft has decided to appeal the over $1 billion fine that the European Commission levied against the software company in Read More
UK Delays 'Ambitious' Wireless Broadband Plan
Apr 23, 2008 | According to a report in the UK's Guardian, British telecom regulator Ofcom is going "back to the drawing board" to Read More
Global IT Rankings Out: Denmark Keeps Top Spot
Apr 9, 2008 | The World Economic Forum (WEF) and INSEAD have released the results of the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report, its seventh Read More
Viviane Reding's Video from Tech Policy Summit
Mar 31, 2008 | We opened the second day of Tech Policy Summit '08 with a special videotaped message by Viviane Reding, the European Read More
U.K. Court, Patent Office at Odds Over Software Patent
Mar 20, 2008 | A recent court ruling in Britain may end up changing the way software patents are granted in the country. While Read More
EU Endorses DVB-H as Mobile TV Standard
Mar 18, 2008 | As expected, the European Commission took the next step in promoting a single standard for mobile television in Europe when Read More
Music Labels Take Irish ISP to Court
Mar 17, 2008 | In honor of St. Patrick's Day... According to an article from The Irish Times, the four major music studios -- Read More
Update: OLPC's Patent Suit
Mar 14, 2008 | Last November, we wrote about the news that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project had been sued for patent Read More
Google Gets the Green Light
Mar 11, 2008 | Google got its wish today, with the European Commission deciding to approve its acquisition of DoubleClick without conditions. The Federal Read More
Intel CEO in Brussels for Antitrust Hearing
Mar 11, 2008 | Reuters reports that Intel's CEO Paul Otellini is in Brussels today for a closed hearing with European Commission officials to Read More
"Pirates" Say They Just Need a Warning
Mar 3, 2008 | The results of an online survey of over 1,600 British consumers between the ages of 15 and 54 suggest that Read More
Survey Says: 40% of Japanese ISPs Block Traffic
Mar 3, 2008 | As last week's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing illustrated, the debate about broadband network management practices is in full force Read More
Net Safety In The News
Feb 29, 2008 | The fight to make the Internet a safer place for kids and teens made headlines this week. First, the European Read More
EU Commissioner Kroes: "Talk Is Cheap"
Feb 27, 2008 | Quipping "talk is cheap...flouting the rules is expensive," European Union competition commissioner Neelie Kroes defended the European Commission's decision to Read More
What Will "Creative Britain" Mean for Copyright, Broadband and More?
Feb 22, 2008 | Three British government agencies have collaborated on a comprehensive plan designed to boost the United Kingdom's competitiveness in the arts, Read More
Chinese Sites "Volunteer" to Self-Censor
Feb 22, 2008 | According to Reuters, China has asked Web site owners to voluntarily pledge to censor their content as part of its Read More
MSFT's Interoperability Principles
Feb 21, 2008 | Microsoft pulled out the big guns today for its open source announcement, but that hasn't stopped some skeptics from trying Read More
China and the 3Com Deal: Who's Happy, Who's Not?
Feb 21, 2008 | CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, who's been a vocal opponent of Chinese ownership of U.S. companies (among other things), was almost Read More
Last Day for Comments on ICANN's Independence
Feb 15, 2008 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) wrapped up its 31st international public meeting in New Delhi, India Read More
EU Approves Ofcom's Deregulation Plan
Feb 14, 2008 | Britain's telecommunications agency Ofcom has received approval from the European Commission to embark on a plan to deregulate part of Read More
Net Safety Goes Mobile
Feb 12, 2008 | The GSM Association has announced the formation of the Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse, a coalition of international wireless Read More
UK's Three-Strikes Rule Against Piracy
Feb 12, 2008 | According to U.K. newspaper The Times, the British government plans to consider new copyright enforcement legislation that includes a tough Read More
The Countdown to China's Video Crackdown
Jan 30, 2008 | Tomorrow is the day when new regulations on Internet video content go into effect in China, and it's still unclear Read More
EU Court Rules in ISP's Copyright Case
Jan 29, 2008 | The European Court of Justice issued a new ruling today that is designed to prevent ISPs in the EU from Read More
Davos Leaders Discuss Wireless Future
Jan 27, 2008 | "When people say content is king, it's not true anymore. Customer is king." That quote from Sony CEO Howard Stringer Read More
Davos, and a Tech Policy Summit Preview
Jan 23, 2008 | Many of the world's leading power brokers, and the press that cover them, have descended on Davos, Switzerland this week Read More
Canada's Copyright Bill Raises Privacy Concerns
Jan 22, 2008 | The Canadian government is expected to introduce its DMCA-inspired copyright reform legislation soon and, while the details have yet to Read More
Govt.'s Fight Against Terrorism Hitting Net
Jan 21, 2008 | "If we are ready and willing to take action to stop the grooming of the vulnerable young on social networking Read More
The Davos Question
Jan 18, 2008 | The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland opens in less than a week and, while some critics Read More
The Radioactivity of Electronic Data
Jan 15, 2008 | Science fiction writer and blogger Cory Doctorow, who is also an Electronic Frontier Foundation fellow, makes a case for why Read More
EU Targets Microsoft, Again
Jan 14, 2008 | Brace yourself for some shocking news: The Associated Press and other news services are reporting that the European Commission is Read More
CEA: Gadgets are Great, but Trade Matters Too
Jan 8, 2008 | Amidst the lure of shiny new gadgets - and the many distractions that make Vegas what it is - the Read More
Dutch Authorities Take Open Source to a New Level
Dec 14, 2007 | The Dutch government is serious about supporting open standards and software. So much so that its parliament approved a plan Read More
EU's Reform Treaty
Dec 13, 2007 | European Union (EU) leaders met in Lisbon, Portugal today to sign a much-anticipated reform treaty that is designed to replace Read More
Linking China's Net Censorship with Trade
Dec 12, 2007 | Earlier this year, we wrote about Google's efforts to convince the federal government that Internet censorship in countries like China Read More
Gravel's Take on Tech
Dec 9, 2007 | TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has released a transcript of his fifth presidential candidate interview -- this time, he spoke with Read More
Korea Telco's Own Open Network Plan
Dec 7, 2007 | It looks like South Korean telco LG Telecom wants to get in on the "open" action, following the recent announcements Read More
British Agency Accuses China of Cyberattack
Dec 3, 2007 | According to England's Times Online, the head of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency has accused the Chinese government of engaging in Read More
Publishers Launch Standard to Better Control Content
Nov 30, 2007 | After a year-long pilot project, an international coalition representing the publishing industry unveiled a new standard yesterday that is designed Read More
EU's "Non-Mandatory" Standard for Mobile TV
Nov 29, 2007 | Dow Jones Newswire is reporting that the European Commission has moved ahead with telecom commissioner Viviane Reding's plan to set Read More
Canada Sets Rules to Open Wireless Market
Nov 29, 2007 | As the deadline approaches for companies to file their intent to bid in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 700 MHz Read More
One Laptop Project's Patent Suit
Nov 28, 2007 | One Laptop Per Child's (OLPC) mission is to supply children in developing countries with low-cost portable computers. Which is easier Read More
Lost in Translation? Differences on Google Case in Israel
Nov 28, 2007 | Yesterday morning, a report in Techdirt said that Google had been ordered by an Israeli court to turn over information about Read More
When Videos Cross the Line, Continued
Nov 27, 2007 | A few weeks ago, we wrote a post asking who decides when videos cross the line? It was in the Read More
UK Worried about Teens' Electronic Footprint
Nov 27, 2007 | A new survey of 2,000 teens and young adults in the United Kingdom found that 71 percent of them hope Read More
France's Plans to Give Pirates the Boot
Nov 23, 2007 | If you illegally download music or movies via the Internet in France, you may lose your Net access altogether. That's Read More
Update: Google Not Bidding on U.K. Spectrum
Nov 21, 2007 | In September, we wrote about the possibility of Google bidding on wireless spectrum in the United Kingdom. The British telcom regulator Read More
The Seedy Side of E-Waste
Nov 21, 2007 | As we've written about before, a number of companies including Sony, Dell, HP and Apple have instituted recycling programs for Read More
South Korea Offers Bootcamp for Net Addicts
Nov 20, 2007 | South Korea's envious Internet access -- 90 percent of homes have fast, inexpensive broadband -- may come at a price. That's according to The Read More
AP: Resentment About U.S. Influence on Net Will Grow
Nov 16, 2007 | The United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded its second meeting in Rio yesterday. At the outset of the four-day event, Read More
Annual Report to Congress Cites Concerns with China
Nov 15, 2007 | The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established in 2000 to advise Congress on its policy toward China, released its Read More
Yahoo Settles Suit with Jailed Journalists
Nov 13, 2007 | While the terms of the deal weren't disclosed, the Associated Press reports that Yahoo! settled a California lawsuit brought by Read More
EU's Proposal for a Single Telecom Market
Nov 13, 2007 | According to a European Commission press release today, the Commission approved a set of proposals called the Telecoms Reform Package Read More
John McCain's Take on Tech
Nov 12, 2007 | Techcrunch blogger Michael Arrington is interviewing presidential candidates to get their views on tech-related issues. We wrote about his first Read More
UN's Internet Governance Forum Meets Again
Nov 9, 2007 | The United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is hosting its second annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next week. Read More
US, Japan and EU Partner to Improve Patent Process
Nov 9, 2007 | A number of organizations and companies, including The Intellectual Property Owners Association, Business Software Alliance and Microsoft, hosted a conference Read More
"Free" Laptops for Broadband?
Nov 8, 2007 | An article in Britain'sThe Guardian newspaper highlights the fact that Americans are not the only ones talking about the state of Read More
House Approves Peru Trade Bill
Nov 8, 2007 | Earlier today, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a free trade agreement with Peru, one of four pending trade pacts that President Read More
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Keep Trying
Nov 7, 2007 | That seems to be the mantra of software and entertainment companies trying to protect their intellectual property abroad. In separate Read More
President Bush on Free Trade and TAA
Nov 6, 2007 | At a White House Forum on International Trade and Investment earlier today, President Bush made his case for free trade Read More
Update: Yahoo's House Hearing
Nov 6, 2007 | During the House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing with Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan, as expected, Chairman Rep. Tom Read More
Yahoo Hearing Underscores Bigger Issue
Nov 6, 2007 | In a few minutes, Yahoo! co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang and the company's EVP and general counsel Michael Callahan are Read More
ICANN Elects New Chair; Vint Steps Down
Nov 2, 2007 | Prior to concluding its weeklong public meeting earlier today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) unanimously voted to elect Peter Dengate Thrush Read More
WSJ: Yahoo! Exec Apologizes to House Committee
Nov 2, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal (sub required) reports that Yahoo!'s executive vice president and general counsel Michael Callahan has apologized to Read More
Cisco Bets Big on China
Nov 1, 2007 | Cisco Systems has announced that it is significantly stepping up its investment in China as part of a "multi-year innovation Read More
U.S. Ranks 1st in Overall Global Competitiveness
Oct 31, 2007 | Earlier today, the World Economic Forum, the international nonprofit known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, released the results of Read More
ICANN's Plans for New Top-Level Domains
Oct 29, 2007 | As we wrote about earlier today, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is holding a public meeting in Read More
Vint Cerf Ending Tenure as ICANN Chair
Oct 29, 2007 | The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit that oversees Internet governance issues like the assignment of domain and IP Read More
Politicizing the Bain-3Com-Huawei Deal?
Oct 26, 2007 | Since 3Com announced its buyout by private equity firm Bain Capital in September, there's been a growing controversey over the Read More
New Anti-Piracy Agreement; May Help Fight Fake Chips
Oct 25, 2007 | Earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced that the United States and a number of key trading partners Read More
Should EU Mandate a Single Mobile TV Standard?
Oct 25, 2007 | This summer, we wrote about the European Commission's decision to endorse a single standard for the emerging mobile TV market Read More
Microsoft Ends EU Appeals
Oct 24, 2007 | The major news services have just announced that Microsoft has formally ended its appeals of the European Commission's antitrust decisions Read More
Bloggers in Italy Fight Proposed Regulations
Oct 23, 2007 | A popular Italian blogger named Beppe Grillo blew the whistle on a proposed law that would require bloggers in Italy Read More
Treasury Secretary Talks China
Oct 23, 2007 | Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a keynote this morning about America's economic ties with China at a D.C. conference on Read More
WSJ: Google's Lessons on Doing Business in Brazil
Oct 19, 2007 | The front page of The Wall Street Journal features an article about Google's social networking site Orkut that reads as Read More
Net Censorship in China
Oct 18, 2007 | There are several reports in the news today about China blocking, and in some cases unblocking, access to Web sites. Read More
EU Opens Antitrust Investigation of Qualcomm
Oct 1, 2007 | According to Computerworld, the European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation of mobile chip maker Qualcomm, following complaints from Nokia, Read More
How India is Outsourcing Outsourcing
Sep 25, 2007 | The New York Times takes a look at how leaders in the Indian outsourcing market like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Read More
Google and UK Wireless Auction
Sep 21, 2007 | As the Federal Communications Commission prepares for the January auction of the 700 MHz spectrum here in the U.S., regulators Read More
What's the Impact of the EU's Ruling Against Microsoft?
Sep 19, 2007 | According to reports in the International Herald Tribune and Computerworld, Monday's ruling by the European Court of First Instance against Read More
Professors Call for Code of Conduct on Net Censorship
Aug 15, 2007 | Professors Jonathan Zittrain of Oxford and John Palfrey* of Harvard have written an open letter to members of the technology Read More
EU Creating Telecom Uber-agency?
Aug 13, 2007 | Telecom regulation in the 27-country European Union is anything but simple. As the International Herald Tribune (IHT) describes, "with national Read More
EU Takes Next Step in Intel-AMD Case
Jul 29, 2007 | According to the International Herald Tribune, "in a case reminiscent of their legal battle with Microsoft, European Union antitrust regulators Read More
New Report on Internet Censorship
Jul 27, 2007 | The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which includes 56 member countries in Europe, Central Asia and North Read More
EU Picks Among Competing Mobile TV Standards
Jul 18, 2007 | As expected, the European Commission yesterday announced that it is endorsing Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred standard for Read More
Made in Taiwan
Jul 18, 2007 | There's an interesting article in The New York Times called "Silent Hands Behind the iPhone" about the role Taiwan is Read More
Education Outsourcing?
Jul 16, 2007 | Esther Dyson, whose Release 0.9 blog is available at The Huffington Post, published a post yesterday called "Outsourcing Man Bites Read More
EU Considers Single Mobile Video Standard
Jul 16, 2007 | The International Herald Tribune reports that the European Commission is expected to announce this week that it is backing a Read More
Video Twofer (Courtesy of Jonathan Schwartz)
Jul 11, 2007 | Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz points to two videos in his latest blog post that focus on the future of Read More
Google on EU's Data Retention Directive
Jul 11, 2007 | At Google's policy blog, the company's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer writes about privacy concerns surrounding data retention laws in Read More
TPS Advisors on TV
Jul 7, 2007 | Two of Tech Policy Summit's advisors,** James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly and New America Foundation and Dr. Robert Atkinson Read More
Belgian Court Requires ISP to Enforce Copyright
Jul 5, 2007 | A court in Belgium has ordered that an ISP named Scarlet Extended SA must install technology to prevent its customers Read More
"Chindia's" Future?
Jul 5, 2007 | Tom Doctoroff, head of China's JWT Shanghai advertising agency, writes at The Huffington Post about "Chindia" and the likelihood of Read More
WSJ:Silicon Valley Startups "Sour" on India
Jul 4, 2007 | Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (sub required) featured an article called "Some in Silicon Valley Begin to Sour on India" that Read More
Need for Speed?
Jun 26, 2007 | Communications Workers of America (CWA), a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO, has issued a report on Internet speeds in Read More
Follow-up Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jun 15, 2007 | In conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, researchers from Duke University and UC Berkeley have published a follow-up report Read More
Mobile Phone Industry's Patent Woes
Jun 11, 2007 | Just days after the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in Broadcom's favor in one of its patent infrigement cases against Read More
China Cracks Down on New Net Cafes
Jun 4, 2007 | There's an Associated Press report in Yahoo! News today that ties in with our last blog post, about Net usage Read More
Tech Politics Podcast: Internet in China
Jun 2, 2007 | In this podcast, News.com's Charlie Cooper and Declan McCullagh speak with Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu, who is probably Read More
Are Trade Agreements Exporting IP?
May 8, 2007 | In his latest "The Financial Page" column, The New Yorker's James Surowiecki doesn't pull any punches in describing what he Read More
New Report Examines Broadband Rankings
Apr 25, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of Tech Policy Summit's 2007 partners, has issued a new report called Read More
EU Works Towards New Patent System
Apr 4, 2007 | Patent reform has become a hot-button issue here in the United States. And, according to The Wall Street Journal (subscription Read More
European Commission Targets iTunes
Apr 3, 2007 | On the heels of yesterday's announcement that EMI will start selling DRM-free music via iTunes, the Financial Times and other Read More
U.S. Drops in World Economic Forum Rankings
Mar 29, 2007 | The Geneva-based World Economic Forum released its annual Network Readiness Index (NRI) rankings yesterday and the No. 1 spot went Read More
China Approves Intel Fab
Mar 14, 2007 | In January, we blogged about a Financial Times report that Intel is planning to open a new fab in Dalian, Read More
Closer Monitoring of Email/Mobile Calls Possible in Europe
Feb 20, 2007 | According to an article that first appeared in the International Herald Tribune (available here on News.com), some European countries are Read More
IP Group Issues 2007 Report on Piracy
Feb 14, 2007 | Earlier this week, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) submitted a report to the U.S. Trade Representative that outlined IIPA's Read More
Beligan Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Suit
Feb 13, 2007 | In an update to a story we blogged about in September, Reuters is reporting that a Belgian court has upheld Read More
As China's Net Population Grows, Talk of More Regulation
Jan 24, 2007 | After reports yesterday that China's Internet population had soared to 137 million people in 2006, and could surpass the U.S. Read More
Learning from Europe's Clean Tech Committment
Jan 23, 2007 | Today's New York Times reports on the growing clean tech industry in Europe, and suggests that the United States may Read More
HBS on Immigration and Tech Transfer in China
Jan 23, 2007 | HBS Working Knowledge, a Web site run by Harvard Business School, features a Q and A with Asst. Professor William Read More
HP Opens R and D Lab in Russia
Jan 22, 2007 | According to a Reuters report in Yahoo! News, the original Silicon Valley garage startup, Hewlett-Packard, has announced plans to open Read More
New Effort to Protect Free Expression and Privacy Online
Jan 19, 2007 | According to a news release issued yesterday by Business for Social Responsibility and the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Read More
FT on the Tech Industry and China
Jan 17, 2007 | According to Financial Times, while Intel itself hadn't announced such plans, the chipmaker may be planning to build a fabrication Read More
Sony Licenses Tunes for Podcasts
Jan 2, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal reports that music giant Sony BMG Music Entertainment has broken new ground by agreeing to a Read More
Taiwan's Move Beyond Contract Manufacturing
Dec 26, 2006 | According to a Reuters article in Yahoo! News, electronics manfacturers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Nokia are not only looking Read More
Could IPOs Go Overseas?
Dec 22, 2006 | An article in today's New York Times talks about how some U.S.-based venture capitalists are exploring the possibility of taking Read More
OpEd Critical of U.S. Leadership in Telecom
Dec 20, 2006 | Eli Noam, a professor of economics and finance at Columbia Business School in New York, has written an editorial about Read More
Telcos to Build Cables to Link US-Asia
Dec 18, 2006 | Reuters reports in CNNMoney.com that Verizon Communications is partnering with five Asian telecom companies (China Telecommunications, China Network Communications, China Read More
EU to Leave Copyright Levies
Dec 13, 2006 | The Associated Press reports in Yahoo! News that the European Commission has withdrawn plans to eliminate copyright levies that are Read More
U.S. Report Critical of China
Dec 12, 2006 | As a follow-up to our post yesterday about the fifth anniversary of China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), Read More
China's Economy 5 Years After WTO
Dec 11, 2006 | Today's Wall Street Journal looks at China's economy on the fifth anniversary of its entry into the World Trade Organization Read More
Highlights from Coverage of ITU Telecom Event
Dec 4, 2006 | There have been a handful of news stories today surrounding the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) conference, which is taking place Read More
EU Plans to Crack Down on Spamming
Nov 28, 2006 | The Associated Press reports in Yahoo! News that the European Union (EU) plans to introduce new legislation to make it Read More
Commerce Sec. to China: Tougher Crack Down on Piracy Needed
Nov 14, 2006 | U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who leads the U.S.-China Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), is in China this Read More
Study Examines Online Censorship Around the Globe
Nov 13, 2006 | Wired News has a story today about the work of the OpenNet Initative (ONI), a collaboration between Harvard's Berkman Center Read More
China Reports Record Trade Surplus
Nov 9, 2006 | The New York Times (free sub required) is reporting that China has broken its previous trade surplus record, annoucing that Read More
Is the Globalization of Software a Threat to National Security?
Nov 3, 2006 | According to an article in BusinessWeek, a task force that advises the U.S. Department of Defense is evaluating the security Read More
UN Meeting Addresses Net Governance
Nov 1, 2006 | As we mentioned in this post last month, the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is hosting its first international Read More
E.U. Issues Report on Trade with China
Oct 25, 2006 | The New York Times (free sub required) ran a story yesterday about a new European Union policy report on the Read More
Much Ado About YouTube
Oct 20, 2006 | Since Google announced its acquisition of YouTube, bloggers and journalists have been busy analyzing the impact of the deal and Read More
IBM's Procurement HQ Moves to China
Oct 13, 2006 | Forbes reports on IBM's landmark decision to relocate its global procurement division - and Chief Procurement Officer John Paterson - Read More
"Balkanization" of the Net?
Oct 12, 2006 | Technology Daily (sub required) points to a BBC News article about Nitin Desai, chair of the UN's Internet Governance Forum Read More
French Protests Over DRM
Oct 9, 2006 | According to The New York Times (free subscription required), protestors tooks to the streets in Paris to express their opposition Read More
IP Issues Raised as Part of WTO Talks with Russia
Oct 6, 2006 | Earlier this week, Reuters reported that U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab called for Russia to crack down on illegal music Read More
What Do China's Elite Think About China's Future?
Oct 5, 2006 | That's the question addressed in a News.com editorial today by Robert Holleyman, CEO of the Business Software Alliance (a Tech Read More
Where Does US Rank in Global Competitiveness?
Sep 26, 2006 | CNNMoney.com reports that the World Economic Forum's 2006 global competitiveness rankings lists the U.S. as sixth overall -- falling from Read More
A Google Twofer
Sep 18, 2006 | In July, we posted about the ongoing copyright suit that French news agency Agence France Presse's filed against Google. According Read More
ITIF Issues Report on R&D Tax Credit
Sep 7, 2006 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- one of Tech Policy Summit's event partners -- has published a new Read More
Brain Drain or Brain Circulation?
Aug 30, 2006 | As part of its Newsmakers series, News.com published a Q & A today with the Dean of UC Berkeley's School Read More
Patent Cases Could Lead to Ban on Tech Imports
Aug 24, 2006 | An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal called "Smoot-Hawley's Revenge" (subscription required) warns about the role that the International Trade Read More
China Enforces Tough Online Copyright Rules
Aug 21, 2006 | An AFP article in Yahoo! News reports that China's National Copyright Administration is cracking down on online copyright violations following Read More
EU Pushes for Greater Broadband Competition in Germany
Aug 21, 2006 | Forbes.com reports that the European Union is endorsing a plan by German telecom regulators to force Deutsche Telekom to allow Read More
UK Town First to Get WiMax; Sprint Works On US Network
Aug 18, 2006 | Reuters is reporting that Milton Keynes, located about 50 miles northwest of London, is the first British town to get Read More
UK Prime Minister Meets with Tech Execs
Jul 31, 2006 | Cisco Systems hosted British Prime Minister Tony Blair at its San Jose headquarters yesterday. Prime Minister Blair met with Cisco's Read More
Hearing on ICANN/DNS Transition Tomorrow
Jul 25, 2006 | News.com and Reuters report that the U.S. Commerce Department is holding a public hearing tomorrow to discuss Net governance under Read More
Is China's Chip Industry Catching Up to the U.S.'?
Jul 12, 2006 | Reporting from the Semicon West conference in San Francisco, News.com quotes Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter, who said "it could Read More
Is China's Chip Industry Catching Up to the U.S.'?
Jul 12, 2006 | Reporting from the Semicon West conference in San Francisco, News.com quotes Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter, who said "it could Read More
E.U. Follows Through with Microsoft Fine
Jul 12, 2006 | As it has been threatening to do for some time, the European Commission announced today that it has fined Microsoft Read More
E.U. Follows Through with Microsoft Fine
Jul 12, 2006 | As it has been threatening to do for some time, the European Commission announced today that it has fined Microsoft Read More
The "Sinofication" of Electronics?
Jul 7, 2006 | Reuters reports on the happenings at SINOCES, one of China's top electronics shows. The article begins, "Gone are the days Read More
Is All Well With Broadband?
Jul 4, 2006 | As part of its "Perspective" series, News.com published an op-ed article by Seth Sacher of Bates White LLC and Scott Read More
EU's Move to Increase Broadband Competition
Jul 3, 2006 | Last week, the Washington Post (free subscription required) reported that the European Union is considering plans to "force telecommunications providers Read More
China Steps Up Monitoring of Blogs
Jun 30, 2006 | The Micro Persuasion blog points to a Xinhua news article about efforts by the Chinese government to control the content Read More
The Secret to Silicon Valley's Success?
Jun 28, 2006 | USAToday takes a look at efforts to recreate the "entrepreneurial magic of Silicon Valley" in countries around the world, including Read More
France's "iPod Bill"
May 26, 2006 | An article in today's Washington Post reports that France's legislature is considering a new law that would "force compatibility between Read More
Report on Software Piracy Rates
May 23, 2006 | The Business Software Alliance today released the findings of its annual global PC software piracy study. It reports that 35 Read More
What's Immigration Got to Do with It?
May 3, 2006 | With the immigration debate heating up in Congress and last Monday's protests in cities around the country, the question of Read More
Microsoft Investing $900M in China
Apr 27, 2006 | On the heels of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit with Bill Gates and the announcement that China's Lenovo will spend Read More
Piracy Zones in China
Apr 20, 2006 | With China's President Hu Jintao visiting the United States this week, Computerworld's report on software piracy in China highlights one Read More
Alcatel and Lucent Joining Forces
Apr 3, 2006 | The Washington Post reports that Paris-based Alcatel has agreed to acquire Lucent Technologies in a stock deal estimated at $13.4 Read More
H-1B Visa Issue in Spotlight Again
Mar 31, 2006 | While members of the Senate have indicated support for an increase in the number of H-1B visas from 65,000 to Read More
U.S.-China Trade Talks to Include IP Discussion
Mar 29, 2006 | Computerworld reports that the United States and China will discuss intellectual property issues during the April 11th meeting of the Read More
Microsoft Goes On Offensive Against EU
Mar 7, 2006 | A story in last Friday's San Jose Mercury News reports that Microsoft has asked U.S. courts to put pressure on Read More
Cisco Weighs in on Censorship Hearings
Mar 2, 2006 | A recent post on Cisco's High Tech Policy Blog caught our eye. It features a Q & A with Mark Read More
Google Under Investigation in China
Feb 22, 2006 | The Washington Post reported that the Beijing News, a Chinese government-run newspaper, is investigating Google for not having a proper Read More
Déjà Vu: Anti-Trust Complaint Against Microsoft
Feb 22, 2006 | Several of Microsoft's competitors have filed a formal complaint in the European Union, claiming that Microsoft is monopolizing the software Read More
Déjà Vu: Anti-Trust Complaint Against Microsoft
Feb 22, 2006 | Several of Microsoft's competitors have filed a formal complaint in the European Union, claiming that Microsoft is monopolizing the software Read More
U.S. Broadband Penetration Lagging?
Feb 21, 2006 | In a post earlier this month in Cisco's High Tech Policy Blog, Jeff Campbell (Cisco's Director, Technology and Communications Policy Read More
Is the Net Changing Politics in China?
Feb 19, 2006 | A recent article in the Washington Post outlines an interesting story about a reporter in China who used the Internet Read More
