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European officials met Friday in a high-level push to persuade more countries to sign up to an international effort combating cybercrime.
The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month.
In the latest twist, it looks like the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive now will not now be revised by the EC. Campaigners say they are furious.
The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.
If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
Perhaps a creeping sense of privileged paralysis signals organisations past their zenith.
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Radio frequency identification has the potential to revolutionise supply chains of retailers the world over. However, for a 20-year-old technology, it still has significant teething problems.
After 13 years of proprietary products and ineffective standards, the networking industry has finally decided to back one set of standards for wireless networking: the 802.11 series from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). These emerging standards define wireless Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN).
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