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»
Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Whenever someone in government asks me what they can do to accelerate entrepreneurship, I always tell them to put as much money and energy as they can into education. If you build a broad base of smart, inquisitive, curious people that are long term members of your community, you'll be delighted with the results.READ»
The prefab homes of the future won't just be relatively cheap and easy to build on the fly--they'll also be ultra-sustainable. For evidence of what these homes will look like, we need only direct our attention toward this year's ...READ»
Leave it to the kids to produce the best green homes. We recently profiled Penn State's Natural Fusion house, an entrant in this week's Solar Decathlon, but our favorite design on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. is ...READ»
Eddie Izzard has completed an amazing 43 marathons in 51 days in aid of Sport Relief.After only five weeks of training he ran 1,105 miles accompanied by his tour manager, sports therapist and an ice cream van. He was also joined ...READ»
For maximum impact at your next event, a game show is the perfect way to produce the WOW Factor. Game Show America specializes in game shows for corporate events.READ»
Did you know that running is one of the fastest growing participatory sports in the United States? My company sponsors distance running events across the country, bringing runners, spectators, employees and the community together in a ...READ»
Turns out that chugging down vast volumes of beer is actually not the way to turn on potential mates. In fact, it’s acts of kindness and altruism that will do the trick.
In three studies of more than 1,000 ...READ»
Not long ago, Dell [NASDAQ:DELL] thought it had the ultra-marathon laptop market in the bag with its 19-hour battery. Now HP [NASDAQ:HPQ] has shown them up with their new EliteBook 6930p, a notebook that features a whopping ...READ»
With sweeps in the men's and women's 100m, and gold in the 200 and 4x100 relays, Jamaica Track and Field has put itself on top with some of the worlds best sprinters. To top it off men's sprinter, 21-yr old Usain Bolt set the ...READ»
Before I meet with any new prospect I've been thinking of introducing myself to, I make damn sure I do my homework. And when I say homework, I mean more than checking to see if the company has a Web site by typing www.amazon.com to do ...READ»
In the annals of advertising history, 2007 will be remembered as the year of the digital acquisition frenzy. Ad holding companies Publicis and WPP, along with tech companies like Microsoft, spent billions of dollars scooping up the ...READ»
I had the fun-but-scary experience recently of being on a live radio show at KQED, the local NPR affiliate, taking random calls from listeners in San Francisco. One call-in question essentially asked "Isn't some of this innovation ...READ»
Yesterday, I was watching the World Championships in track and field held in Helsinki. Now, whenever there is a big sports event, the organizers always present estimates of how the event will improve the country's image in the world. ...READ»
For some time now we've been trying to line up an interview for the magazine with Klaus Kleinfeld, the charismatic and dynamic new CEO of German electronics giant Siemens. He has been commended to us by mutual friends who reckon he ...READ»
Brian Maxwell, a marathon runner who invented the PowerBar, died last Friday. 51 years old, he colllapsed while standing in line to mail a package at a California post office.
No disrespect intended, but is this another instance of ...READ»
In August, Christine Canabou investigated how a hard-charging learned to shift gears while training for a bicycle race. Track coach John Smith trains the world's fastest runners how to run even faster. And today in London, Sir ...READ»
