US 'no longer technology king'
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| The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology
| innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
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| The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the
| impact of technology on the development of nations.
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| A deterioration of the political and regulatory environment
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| in the US prompted the fall, the report said.
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| The top spot went for the first time to Denmark, followed by Sweden.
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| Innovation
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| [...]
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6502725.stm
Here's one from Groklaw:
System, method and program product for community review of documents
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| Abstract: A system, method and program product for providing for
| the review of documents by a community...
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http://www.patentdebate.com/PATAPP/20060218491?scache=22881039&spg=1
I Just Emailed Steve Ballm
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| Mr. Ballmer:
|
| [...]
|
| Your products have lagged miserably in innovation. security. and
| general usability. Vista has not changed that.
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http://www.bradsucks.net/forums/topic/97
Related:
IP ant and IP grasshopper
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| Politicians jump to praise IP and courts endorse it because, they
| think, it's the only way to reward invention and keep innovation going.
|
| [...]
|
| The idea that the world would pay Verizon an IP tax on common
| Internet standards is absurd. It's just another way to keep the
| U.S. phone network marching backward, and assure that the
| Internet's future is made in Asia.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=949
Where will innovation come from?
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| O'Rourke turns to Worldmapper, a tool created by geographers at
| the University of Sheffield (UK). Basically, it shows maps of
| the world - national boundaries intact - that show nations as
| fat or skinny based on how they stack up in terms of population,
| R&D expenditures, or whatever data you plug into them.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/02/where_will_inno.html
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