We've shifted into a new zone in the world of software patent stupidity. Oracle sued Google over a series of Java-related patents and Paul Allen sued 11 major software companies. This behavior is an absurd abuse of the patent system. It's a massive tax on innovation.READ»
Paul Allen: billionaire, philanthropist, industrialist, Microsoft co-founder...litigator. Today Allen, who rocketed to fortune with Bill Gates, filed suit against Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook...breathe, breathe...Netflix, ...READ»
While you were sleeping last night, innovation was stealing your ideas as you dreamed, making huge amounts of money, and then being forced to hand it over in fines.1. The cap on the Deepwater oil leak seems to be holding, but BP is ...READ»
Ed Roberts, creator of an early precursor to the PC, was cited by Bill Gates and Paul Allen as an inspiration for the founding of Microsoft. Roberts died today, at age 68.READ»
Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»
As our nationwide economic turbulence continues, discount Web sites are proliferating. They don't rely on the typical economic mechanisms to get their customers deals--they're not about razor-thin margins, or closeouts, or ...READ»
Thousands of hours of practice are required in order to become famous in any given field. This article applies this general principle to the career of Abraham Lincoln.
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Thirty-six months, predicts Terminator director McG: By then, any content you want will be available on your choice of screens, from the one in your pocket to the 100-foot-long version at your local multiplex. That was one ...READ»
The capital of the Pacific Northwest is blessed with divine geography, frontier spirit, and an abundance of both artists and geeks. Plus, it's not even that rainy.READ»
The world's canniest investors and business minds aren't letting the green revolution slip past them; they're ponying up cash, hoping to fund alternative energy startups and eco-solutions that might one day remake the market. What ...READ»
"You
do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when
I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get
an idea next week,
I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn ...READ»
Bigger isn’t always better, and this is particularly true with regard to the power of radio as an advertising medium. But advertises like Google just don't seem to understand radio's true potential. READ»
The ex-CEO of PayPal is spending a fortune to prove you can build rockets faster, cheaper, and better. Innovation, it seems, isn't always rocket science.READ»
At some point, a problem gets so big that it represents an entrepreneurial opportunity. So it is with the headache-filled world of air travel. In a new book, James Fallows chronicles two exciting -- and long-shot -- efforts to build small planes that would challenge the air-traffic status quo. Is Boeing about to meet the iMac of flight?READ»
At some point, a problem gets so big that it represents an entrepreneurial opportunity. So it is with the headache-filled world of air travel. In a new book, James Fallows chronicles two exciting -- and long-shot -- efforts to build small planes that would challenge the air-traffic status quo. Is Boeing about to meet the iMac of flight?READ»
Boeing's departure is forcing Seattle to step back and examine its long-term strategies for urban planning and development. Now political tremors are beginning to rock the already shaken-up Emerald City.READ»
Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»
Homaro Cantu's odd brand of humor, technology, shock value, and flavor has turned the fine-dining experience on its head. Now this 29-year-old reformed pyromaniac is trying to redefine the nature of food--and, oh yeah, end world hunger.READ»
The ex-CEO of PayPal is spending a fortune to prove you can build rockets faster, cheaper, and better. Innovation, it seems, isn't always rocket science.READ»
The fall of Peregrine Systems would be just one more tale of 1990s excess meeting a brutal comeuppance--except for its employees, who waged a remarkable fight to keep their company alive.READ»
The driving force behind a genomics technology is conducting a second experiment: figuring out whether he can transplant the energy of a startup into the giant that bought his company.READ»
