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A Holiday Wish List That No One Should Fulfill

Gary Shapiro | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

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Here are the "top ten" things our government could do in 2010 to reverse our nascent economic recovery. Of course, it shouldn't do any of these things - but its record causes me grave concern.

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Google Connects DC's Low-Income Families With Free Wireless

Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: Washington DC, Free Broadband, Qualcomm, Cricket Wireless, One Economy, Low-Income Families, Free Internet, Google, Impact News

Google giving airports nationwide with free WiFi this holiday season may inspire good cheer, but the company is taking social philanthropy even furthe...

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
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Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Under the Radar: Two Tales From the Secret Life of Patents

Brian Kahin | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business

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The patent system is often portrayed as the defender of creativity, but as it's grown powerful, it's become a tool to extract settlements from little guys with the threat of astronomical legal costs.

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Google Phone Prototypes Debut In Spain

PC Magazine | Sascha Segan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Android OS, Mobile World Congress, Google Android, Qualcomm, Android, Google Applications, MSM7201 Chip, Linux, Business News

The Mobile World Congress became the coming-out party for Google's Android OS as four mobile processor vendors showed off pre-production devices runni...

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