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»
Earlier this year, SpaceShipOne, a commercial space flight venture backed by Paul Allen, tried for the skies, aiming to qualify for the Ansari X prize. The team is trying again early tomorrow -- and now they're joined by a leader who ...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»
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»
Today's Wall Street Journal has a page B1 article, "New Company Aims to Send Tourists to Space", highlighting the entry of rocket scientist Jim Benson into the space tourism field and competing with the likes of Sir Richard Branson ...READ»
Kudos to the team behind SpaceShipOne, the first private-enterprise manned rocket to make it to the boundary of Earth's atmosphere and outer space. Whether the three-seat rocket and its backers, who include Paul Allen, will qualify ...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»
Changes
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»
Paul Allen sold TechTV to Comcast Corp. yesterday for below $300 million. Allen took a loss on the station, which he unsuccessfully tried to fold into his own cable network, Charter Communications.
But rather than continue to build ...READ»
CEO Mike Slade has assembled a team of the best and brightest to create the Web's first real company. All they have to do is meet five tough challenges.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»
"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»
Welcome to the world of stealth startups, where hype gives way to passon for anonymity. But does it make sense to keep secrets in an age of instant communication? Mum's the word.READ»
Imagine going into a fine modern art museum, where the usual suspects -- Matisse, Picasso, Warhol, Leger, Klee, Kandinsky, etc. -- are arrayed on the walls. Now imagine that each one has a price tag next to it, so if you have the ...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»
With "Myst," the Miller brothers unleashed a pop-culture phenomenon and achieved phenomenal business success. Now they're hard at work on "Myst II." Will they escape the demons that stalk fame and fortune?READ»
Making decisions under pressure. Scoping out the competition. Sizing up the rewards and risks. (Who knows more than the world's greatest poker player?)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»
AOL and Microsoft are discussing a possible joint venture online. Possible options include merging MSN with AOL, combining advertising sales forces, and making the separate IM services interoperable. Other options loom large in the ...READ»
