It’s not just the fourteenth day in March anymore! Congress is recognizing March 14th for its mathematical significance as Pi (3.14-ish) in an effort to promote the importance of math and science education to a knowledge-based economy and American competitiveness. (Did you know that children who perform well in math [...]
By mlee|2016-12-21T00:14:57-05:00March 11th, 2009|Blog|
According to a new connectivity scorecard created by Leonard Waverman of the London Business School, it's not the pure size of connections that matter, er, it's how we use our broadband that really matters. As a result, Americans are more "connected" than we think. We come out #1 (followed by [...]
By mlee|2014-04-14T10:22:11-04:00February 23rd, 2009|Blog|
The Commerce Department released an interesting paper yesterday on competitiveness and legal costs. It's conclusion: support U.S. competitiveness by reducing legal costs and uncertainty. At a time when small IT firms are finding it harder to access capital from here at home, they need look far, wide, and global. (earlier [...]
* Or so the leading bloggers from the venture capital, silicon valley, and entrepreneurial worlds are screaming today. By the looks of Techmeme's front page this morning, the tech startup world was hit by a bomb last night. Based on a quick read, it looks like the VC world is [...]
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Jacobsen v. Katzer, issued a very important decision in a case of first impression relating to the enforcement of software licenses. In particular, it was the first federal appellate court decision to clarify whether failure to follow obligations [...]
