Under Secretary Jon Dudas discussed illegal downloading and software piracy with Utah schoolkids recently.

Paul has come up with a cool way to put off those wanting to rip off your content by republishing your full RSS feed -

Peter Flaschner has a great post on The Perfect Number of Columns which I think bounces off my post on Blog Layout (I say I think’ because he doesn’t link to it -

Crazy notion perhaps but I’ve forged ahead and done it anyway: slung up a temporary site with a sales pitch for a product which I have yet to create – and cheekily signed off with a visitor survey request.

Microsoft has made an offer to EU regulators, one that will finally settle their long-running antitrust case and will see Microsoft complying with the court’s late 2004 ruling.

In the international bestseller “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell explains why our decisions to choose brands, select a mate, sue our doctor or make choices that decide Presidential elections, aren’t as simple as they seem.

A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses join together for a set period of time. The businesses, usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar products or services that are directed toward the same target audience. Below are ten reasons to create a strategic alliance.

Business cost can make or break a business when your just starting out. Here’s 10 simple yet powerful ideas to make sure the cost of doing business…does not put you out of business.

By submitting a proposal to comply with last year’s Commission ruling, the software giant earns a temporary reprieve.

While it’s the wannabe DJs who are attracting all the media attention in the fast-spreading world of podcasting, ITWorld.com has turned its attention to the growing use of the medium among businesses.

Deliveries of the Airbus A380, a 555-seat superjumbo jet, to at least four airlines will be delayed by as much as six months as a result of production complexity.

Lets begin with an important disclaimer. The study discussed here regarding aspirin, ibuprofen, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their seeming link to an increase in breast cancer risk is still under review and requires further study. In fact, these findings fly in the face of other studies that speak to the contrary.

With the help of a UK-based anti-piracy firm, Sony BMG has instituted a test of technology aimed at stopping copies of copied discs.

I had a talk with my brother-in-law [who lives in Birmingham, Alabama] after he read my post on Oodle yesterday.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had a system for about 13 years that allows companies to get life-saving drugs to patients quickly. This system has been deemed “broken” by a U.S. representative.

Porn, porn everywhere. I know that excites a lot of people, but it doesn’t excite us parents when search engines make it so easy to find. Of the big search engines, there is nothing as bad as Yahoo Video Search.

I’m surprised this didn’t get a bunch of blog posts when it came out on May 9: C|Net went out and did comprehensive reviews of nine top search engines.

For the 24th month in a row, manufacturing growth in the United States increased. However, in May, the rate slowed down from that of April, and didn’t live up to the expectations of analysts.

The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in countries in transition as well as in Western Europe. It raged in Britain during the 80s.

The biggest trade war ever between America and Europe exploded today over airplane subsidies.

Here’s ten simple yet POWERFUL ideas on how to beat the competition.

Oh, the horror! Wes Sandford reached ten years at Microsoft this week, and his coworkers celebrated by unleashing 1,275 balloons inside his office.