The Sidney Morning Herald reports that “Amazon.com, one of the world's largest online retailers, is on the brink of losing one of its most coveted patents […] - its famous 1-Click patent, a process that enables online shoppers to buy goods with the single click of a mouse button.” In [...]
The Emerging Bot Armies: What are the Threats to US Cybersecurity? Bots are the weapon of choice for cyber crime and orchestrated attacks Bot networks are already generating attacks of overwhelming volume, in ways that are nearly impossible to stop or to trace back to their origins. Earlier this year, [...]
There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek today on “[a] just-released study on technology transfer that looked at the surprising tech transfer results of a number of smaller colleges and universities whose research and development budgets fell far short of the funds expended by tech development superstars such as MIT [...]
BusinessWeek today has a really interesting article on why “the crazy sums tech and media giants are paying for startups may ultimately make sense.” Internetnews.com points out that “[w]ith less than three weeks remaining before a moratorium on Internet access taxes expires, a bill extending that ban is inching its [...]
Inc.com writes that “[c]ompanies, especially smaller ones, often depend on big ideas and a creative team of employees to develop innovative products and services. But a new survey shows that many U.S. workers suffer from a lack of creative stimulation at their jobs. In a study of 674 full- and [...]