TechCrunch reveals that “Login standard OpenID  has gotten a huge boost today from Microsoft, as the company has announced  that users will soon be able to login to any OpenID site using their Windows Live IDs. With over 400 million Windows Live accounts (many of which see frequent use on [...]

According to Inc.com, “[t]he crisis on Wall Street continues to drag economic confidence among smaller business owners to record lows”  A study by Discover found that “[o]f 1,000 small-business owners recently surveyed, 64 percent described the economy as poor, up from 57 percent last month. At the same time, 53 [...]

The Seattle Times reveals that “French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday proposed creating a state-run investment fund aimed at defending French companies from unwanted predators and helping small companies in difficulty.  Sarkozy said the global financial crisis proved the need for governments to play a role in the economy.  ‘The [...]

  According to the Register, “[t]he detente between Belgium's fractious regions is under strain again after the Flemish parliament demanded its own top-level domain.  Instead of .be it wants vla, .vln, .vlaanderen or .fla. Kris Peeters, the prime minister of Flanders, says he will look into the possibility of creating [...]

Although the availability of patents, in general, certainly provides great benefits to small- and medium-sized enterprises and can level the playing field vis-à-vis much larger entities, recent news stories highlight how small and medium sized entities can sometimes find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes time to enter the [...]