The New York Times has an article pointing out that if you were laid off from your Wall Street job, “East Coast venture capitalists and start-ups want you to know they are hiring.  Josh Kopelman at First Round Capital, a Philadelphia-area venture firm, started LeaveWallStreetJoinAStartup.com on Monday, after waking to [...]

The Register writes that “[t]he head of one of the UK's top innovation centers has predicted a future for British citizens as impoverished peasants, painted blue and dancing for tourists because funding for high tech innovation has been pulled.  Walter Herriot, Director of St John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge he [...]

CNetNews.com reports that “[a]fter ducking questions this year from both Congress and the private sector about its National Cyber Security Initiative, the Department of Homeland Security finally revealed a little more on Monday.  Paul Schneider, deputy secretary for DHS, along with other senior federal officials, offered more information at a [...]

The Christian Science Monitor has a great article today by Harvard KSG Professor Todd L. Pittinsky on challenges to America’s high-tech leadership.  In the article, Pittinsky urges “both [presidential] candidates [to articulate] a clear direction – excellence in math, science, and engineering education at all levels – and [specify] the [...]

Yahoo!News reports that “[t]he Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.  The court unanimously agreed with Jeremy Jaynes' argument that the law violates the free-speech protections of the First Amendment because [...]