Software That Opens Worlds to the Disabled
Enterpreneurial Edge, December 18.
University of Southern California (USC.) computer science students and graduates have established Project: Possibility, a nonprofit organization that is developing technology solutions to help disabled people lead more independent lives. More ...
U.S. Spending on Research to Fall
Wall Street Journal (12/18/08); Nail, Gautam
US. research and development (R&D) funding will drop next year as corporations and the federal government cut spending, predicts a Battelle Memorial Institute report. More ...
Fostering patent licencing programs
December 8. 2008
The IEEE Standards Association and Via Licensing Corporation announced today a collaborative effort to foster patent licensing programs, also known as patent pools, for IEEE standards. The collaboration’s goal is to accelerate and broaden adoption of IEEE standards-based technologies. More ...
The ICT sector is a key driver to a low carbon society
EICTA News, November 18
Three industry representatives of the Commission’s Ad-hoc Advisory Group on ICT for Energy Efficiency today expressed the need for a better understanding of the importance of the ICT sector and a more fundamental integration of ICT solutions in EU policies in order to address the challenge of fighting climate change.. More ...
Obama wins historic US election
BBC News, November 5.
˝It´s been a long time coming, but tonight: change has come to America,˝ the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a victory rally in Chicago. His rival John McCain accepted defeat, and called on his supporters to lend the next president their goodwill. More ...
