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Will Gates return to Microsoft? Don't bet on it

Fortune magazine spread a rumor last week that Bill Gates, currently chairman of the board at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is considering returning to a day-to-day position. A round-up of reactions from Read more...

Tributes to Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Steve Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56. Apple, the company that he co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976, announced that it "has lost a visionary and a creative genius, and the world has lost an Read more...

Microsoft's Lync to further unify communications

Boeing and France Telecom are among the big customers that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has nabbed so far for Lync, its revamped web-based calling and video-conferencing tool. With this latest iteration Read more...

Dishing dirt on Gates, Jobs

Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz used his personal blog this week to reveal some industry dirt and explain his side of the story about the end of Sun. It's an insider's view of what Read more...

The IT funding drought

It's been a tough year all around for IT businesses and IT talent looking for new jobs. But it's not over yet. There has been a sharp decline in venture capital funding to help innovative startups Read more...

Bill Gates launches his own website

Bill Gates is moving beyond Microsoft at a fast clip and reaching out to the public. Ironically, he's using a website and not a social network. He's launching his own website at www.gatesnotes.com to Read more...

How to be an IT manager in 2010

It's been one rough year for IT managers, filled with lots of uncertainty, chaos, tight budgets and in some cases, layoffs. Next year, it's supposed to be getting easier if you believe the Read more...

Introverts can make good business leaders

Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, an author and president an Atlanta-based leadership consultancy, maintains that good business executives do not have to be extroverts. In fact, she argues that some of the Read more...

Bill Gates: United States fails on data management

Microsoft titan Bill Gates criticized the U.S. government's policy on data privacy and predicted huge leaps in technology in the very near future. "Over the next decade, the entire way we interact" Read more...

Nominee for Commerce secretary supports expanding H-1B visas

Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., nominated by President Obama to be the next Commerce Secretary, is a strong proponent of expanding the cap on H-IB visas. Although the issue has not yet surfaced as a Read more...

Press Releases

OMVS: Content is King and Mobile Devices are the Kingdom

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On The Move Systems’ (OTCBB: OMVS) decision to produce original video programming for mobile devices is validated by the predictions of two entertainment and technology Read more >>

Twitter Co-founder Evan Williams Will Make Rare Public Appearance at Innovation Conference

UC San Diego Confab Features Trailblazing EntrepreneursLA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley CEO Evan Williams, along with a small handful of close collaborators, is an Read more >>

www.midnightdigitaluniversity.com Prepares Students on How to Survive in a Damaged America

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today two men with long careers in American business have launched the new Midnight Digital University where people can learn new "problem coping Read more >>

Dave Mendlen Joins DevExpress as Chief Marketing Officer

GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DevExpress, a leading global software development brand, announced today that Dave Mendlen, a veteran technology executive who was most recently Senior Read more >>

Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 and S80 Scanners Receive Certification from Optical Image Technology for Integration with DocFinity E

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 and GT-S80 document scanners have been certified by Optical Image Technology for integration with DocFinity ECM Read more >>