Category: Small business / Startups

Are Patent Rights Stifling Software Innovation?

By mmays on Jun 26, 2009 | In News, Big Business, Small business / Startups

Andy Grove from Intel pointed to problems in the software patent industry, but he missed the biggest problem. more »
Tags: innovation, intellectual property, ip, patent protection, patents, software patents

Will Wolframalpha Change Your Brain?

By mmays on May 18, 2009 | In News, Small business / Startups, Miscellaneous

Wolframalpha is a new search engine that offers a unique new approach that will be useful to many people. It isn't a revolution but is a nice new paradigm. more »
Tags: google, mathematica, microsoft, search engine, search engines, wikipedia, wolfram, wolframalpha, yahoo

Will Stephen Wolfram Change Our Brains Again? New Search Engine Offering is Coming!

By mmays on May 4, 2009 | In News, Background, Big Business, Small business / Startups

A new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, is coming that will bring us one answer, instead of a list of sponsored web sites. This should be a great help to many different people. more »
Tags: alta vista, expert system, google, mathematica, mathematics, search engine, search engines, wolfram, wolfram alpha, yahoo

Where is Cloud Computing Going?

By mmays on Apr 24, 2009 | In News, Big Business, Small business / Startups, Open Source

Cloud computing will develop into rich applications after we get through the hype stage. more »

Craigslist Suspect Charged with Second Slaying

By mmays on Apr 22, 2009 | In News, Small business / Startups, Miscellaneous

People find it easy to vilify a cause du jour without realizing that nearly everything in life has good and bad sides. Craigslist recently became a favored punching bag of pundits. In this venue, anecdotal incidents are sufficient to make sweeping con… more »