Despite the fact the world is meant to opening up because of things like the internet and the Cloud, governments are becoming increasingly protectionist when it comes technology companies. While the likes of Cisco, IBM, and SAP are mulling whether to hand over source code to governments in countries such as Russia and China, the US government is looking to ban Kaspersky Labs from governmental departments or agencies. In retaliation, Russian Communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov warned of repercussions if such a ban was put in place… Read the rest of this week's tech news roundup here |