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Europe hit Microsoft with a new $357 million fine to compel the release of more source code, while Microsoft released new "operating principles" for software design, aimed at release of its new Vista operating platform.

No surprise, perhaps, that the House and Senate have—without much debate and no opposing voices—come up with well-meaning legislation that will only throw more sand into the gears of global commerce.

New technology has just become available that you believe is critical to the survival of your business.

Question: What’s the first lesson we learn from the recently passed Pension Protection Act? Answer: That most of the critics of allowing workers to deposit their Social Security contributions in a personal account either don’t have a clue about the retirement system or they simply wanted to undermine President Bush’s attempt to reform Social Security for political reasons—or both.

The nation’s governors have decided they want to play a major role in ensuring the states are at the cutting edge of innovation.

Wait, this can’t be.

Last year, when the government of India adopted its patent amendments as required by the TRIPS Agreement, health activists carried out concerted campaigns to try to avert what they characterized as a "public health disaster in the making.

You wouldn’t know it by listening to all the acrimonious condemnations, but President Bush’s veto of the stem cell funding bill passed by Congress does notstop embryonic stem cell research.

When a state is trying to recover from one of the worst natural disasters ever experienced, it makes sense to streamline regulations so as to encourage rapid expansion and investment in new infrastructure.

With recent reports predicting a lower-than-expected federal budget deficit, supply-siders have more evidence that backs up their theories—along with some unexpected challenges.