Summary: Even with a wide variety of sources available, coming up with an idea as the basis for a new venture can still be a difficult problem. The entrepreneur can use several methods to help generate and test new ideas including focus groups, brainstorming and problem inventory analysis.

An agreement between the two companies will give Napster another promotional outlet for its service.

Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s most well-known corporate blogger, is lashing out against The Register…

Yahoo! is giving hopeful online video makers some great exposure plus a chance to win a 24-inch Dell widescreen monitor and DVD player.

Space shuttle news remains hot and heavy in the news with thousands upon thousands of stories about the trials and tribulations of the Discovery’s current mission. One significant angle not mentioned much so far is the Internet coverage of the launch.

In Australia, Google Maps project lead engineer Lars Rasmussen said developers need to use more browser features.

The chief executive for the combined Daimler-Benz and Chrysler company will leave his post by year’s end.

Blog search engine Technorati is now capable of filtering blog posts by language, as this graphic shows…

What is a niche business? A niche business is one that caters to the common needs and interests of a focused group of people. For instance, people who play golf forms a niche market and people who are golf instructors form an even tighter and smaller niche.

With the advent, in recent years, of high-tech conference centers boasting amenities seen before only at hotels and resorts, companies are increasingly choosing to conduct their training sessions at off-site locations. However, all venues are not the same, and consequently it has never been more important for companies to choose the right conference center for their corporate training programs.

Did something catch your eye in a direct mailing this past week? Have you recently gone to a website and encountered something entirely new that you’d like to try out? Did a friend of yours try out a new marketing idea and generate a few thousand dollars of extra business overnight?

Scott Isaacs pumps up my ego. But, he’s wrong. Getting on an A-list blogger might have been good enough two years ago to generate some buzz.

Does Google place varying levels of value on the types of links pointing to a site when it comes to ranking considerations? This is one of the most oft discussed topics on the subject of Google linking strategies. Will Google punish what it may perceive as too many links too quickly? Are relevant links the only ones given weight?

The war of words has gone into full effect as Google begins their “vigorous” defense against Microsoft’s legal actions over the defection of Dr. Kai-fu Lee. According to Google’s team, Microsoft is just saber rattling, intimidating its employees as it claims ownership of all things search.

A couple of quick things from the Microsoft employee blogs (they are at blogs.msdn.com …

While the concept of video search may still be in its infancy (ok, the crawling-to-walking stage), that doesn’t mean it isn’t a popular service for searchers to fiddle around with.

One of the best kept secrets in today’s affiliate marketing world is the pay per click advertising version with Google AdWords.

John J. Sweeney, the president of the AFL-CIO, was re-elected yesterday for a 4th term. This comes right after a big fiasco in which two major unions left the federation.

The Mountain View-based search engine company has tweaked the personalized home page option it offers.

Coolhunter tells the story in Estonian how the biggest blogger in a small country, Kaur Kender, an accomplished writer, stopped blogging [via Mul on Savi].

You may have noticed there’s a big space race going on to build the best blog search engine.

Mobile Marketing is the use of the mobile medium as a communications and entertainment channel between a brand and an end-user.