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Innovation Is A State Of Mind, Not A Budget Line Item

A new report from Booz & Co. debunks the myth that there is a direct correlation between R&D spending and higher levels of innovation; consider these findings as you determine where to invest your company's growth dollars.READ»

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iFive: Ceglia vs. Facebook, AOL Shutters DownloadSquad, Bing Hits 30% of Searches, Netherlands Chases Pirates, Nokia Staff Cuts

As the saying goes: "There's no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." Similarly events that make news keep happening. So here's our early summary of that news.READ»

Cell Networks Must Evolve As Fast As Smartphones, or Be Crushed

As Verizon begins throttling the access of its heaviest mobile data users ahead of the iPhone launch, a new study predicts that smartphones could drive networks into the red in just three years, unless they innovate.READ»

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USA to Soon Trail Developing Countries in R&D, Asia on the Rise: UNESCO Report

Like competitiveness in other areas such as entrepreneurship, math, science, and education, the U.S. may soon lose out to India and China when it comes to research and development.READ»

Google Israel's Chief Geek Yossi Matias Offers a Peek Inside the R&D Center

The AutoComplete function on Google Search? Google Flu Trends? The Dead Sea Scrolls project? All developed with the help of Google's Israel R&D unit. It's head Yossi Matias sits down with Fast Company for a chat.READ»

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iFive: Facebook, Microsoft, Human-Computer Viruses, Green Streets, and Twitter

After a 13-month siesta, iFive has returned--so imagine just how much innovation has been going on during this mother of all power naps.1. Today we're all waiting, breath a-bated, for Facebook's changes to its privacy settings, which ...READ»

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IBM responds to Obama's plea for more healthcare information infrastructure

I visited IBM's Almaden Research Center (where the hard drive was invented) to see what the researchers there were working on. I met James Kaufman, who is a physicist who is creating an interoperable healthcare information system. ...READ»

How Stuart Karten and Starkey Re-Invented the Hearing Aid

The device solves multiple hassles, with a touch-sensitive control pad and a design that hides on the ear.READ»

Tech & Innovation Spending Show Corporations Are Recovering

Despite cutting back on spending, big corporations actually expanded their R&D budgets by 5.7% in 2008, reports The New York Times. It's only half as much as the increase in 2007, but it hints that research spending is one of the ...READ»