Internet

German VCs at last week’s Venture Lounge in Munich showed little appetite for me-too Internet companies.

In the second of a two-part series John Wood, chair of the European Research Area Board, considers the role the Internet will play in shaping the European Research Area.

An internet video portal on the R&D Excellence Initiative has been launched by the German Research Foundation to give a flavour of its top-level research.

The Internet has unleashed waves of innovation – from online banking to virtual drug discovery. But it has also spawned the rise of organised cybercrime.

There was an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007, according to the latest statistics from the World Intellectual Property Organisation.