International What Start-Ups Need to Know About Protecting Intellectual Property Around the World Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project, which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. Small Biz Jeffrey Shieh View comments
Humor Julian Assange: The Movie Sooner or later, the Julian Assange/WikiLeaks story will be a major motion picture. It has all of the elements of an edge-of-your-seat thriller: a charismatic leader (with great hair) going up against government corruption, a precipitous fall from grace, a seedy sex angle, and a dramatic last stand. We've assembled a rough cut out of scenes from… Cormac Foster View comments
Microsoft Should You Buy Windows 8 or Windows RT? As Windows 8’s October launch date approaches, potential buyers must begin to ask themselves this question: should you buy a full-fledged Windows 8 machine or consider a less-expensive Windows RT device? Mobile Mark Hachman View comments
New Media Why Topic Pages Haven't Worked For News Websites Yet Yesterday we outlined why topic pages are becoming increasingly popular on the Web, as a way to organize social or news content. As daily consumers of such content, we're used to the chronological (and often real-time) ordering of updates from Facebook, Twitter, blogs and more. But the latest wave of Web publishing services, like Pinterest and… Richard MacManus View comments
Facebook Facebook Users Report Virus That Sends & Accepts Friend Requests Editor's Update: Facebook has responded to our request for comment. The company is attributing the problems listed below to user error and it denies there was a virus or that the site was hacked. See our follow-up post for full details and for tips on how to keep your Facebook account secure. Facebook users are complaining that their accounts… Social Dave Copeland View comments