Through all the bumps and strains in the broader economy, venture outlays kept up an almost eerily steady pace over the previous 21 months, ranging
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So I don’t understand the novelty in the methods here over the Glazer patent. The replica supervisors provide interfaces to the replicas that are the
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Read moreThe coming bust in venture cap
According to Forbes (thanks to Trevor Loy for the link) The venture capital industry is staring at the most vicious shakeout in its history. Returns
Read morethe male weirdness of computer science
ELLEN SPERTUS, a graduate student at M.I.T., wondered why the computer camp she had attended as a girl had a boy-girl ratio of six to
Read moreAvaya’s bizzare business model
Years ago, we got some equipment from Avaya – not terrible, but not wonderful. A junior tech with no signature authority signed a contract with
Read moreInvestors and software patents
Talking to possible investors, smart people with a lot of business experience, is a reminder of how critical patents are to innovative small business. Every
Read moreSCADA system security in the internet era
This Washinton Post article on a SCADA failure at a US nuclear power plant was noted in Slashdot, but not much elsewhere. Specifically, experts worry
Read moreCleantech and history of software
I’m on my way to Linz, Austria to participate in a panel at an event called Cleantech Venture Forum. We’ve spent a lot of the
Read morePatent trolling and guilty knowledge
Mr. Myhrvold: All of this fear is from people who have guilty knowledge of their own actions. There are lots of major tech companies that
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