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Gartner Magick Quadrante
February 2, 2008

IT Consultancy GartnerGroup has announced a new, updated version of their "Magic Quadrant". The Gartner quadrant, debuted in 1620 when the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock and has been the hallmark of high-tech marketing ever since.  More...

How To Run a Marathon PR
February 1, 2008

If you've run a few marathons already and want to know how to achieve a PR (Personal Record) or qualify for Boston, here are some tips.  More...

Marketing Spin
January 24, 2008

Once you've got a technology company up and running it generally consists of two groups. Those who build the product and those who sell the product. Meanwhile, Marketing provides an update to the old saw: "Those who can do, and those who can't make Powerpoint slides."  More...

MP3 Pirates Fined
January 12, 2008

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has settled with three college students from the University of Houston accused of operating largescale networks of pirated music.  RIAA spokesperson Alice Springs was optimistic about the settlement.  "We have finally found a new source of revenue for the music industry."   More...

Apple Supercomputer
January 12, 2008

Students, faculty and custodial staff at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Monster Trucks announced that they created a new supercomputer powered by thousands of Apple computers, each with 2% market share.  More...

Angel Investing
January 11, 2008

For most early stage high tech companies, getting the attention of a top notch Venture Capital firm can be harder than getting an audience with the Pope on Easter Sunday. Having exhausted the traditional sources of early stage financing (friends, relatives, looking under the couch seats for $1 million in loose change) they often look to Angel Investors.  More...

Marathon Training
January 10, 2008

Occasionally people ask me advice about training for a marathon.  I believe that anyone who really likes running, has run a few 10K races while still smiling and has 6 hours a week to train can run a marathon.  But I can't emphasize enough, you have to really like running and be willing to put in the hours.  More...

Recession Cancelled
December 28, 2007

The US Treasury today officially declared the recession canceled.  "Just because a few hundred thousand people lost their jobs, that doesn't mean the economy isn't fundamentally strong."  More...

Harry Potter's Midlife Crisis
December 24, 2007

The latest Harry Potter book has hit bookstores and is breaking records worldwide. But how long can author JK Rowling continue with Harry (and his readers) getting a year older with every new release?  More...

Santa Ousted
December 24, 2007

In the latest scandal to rock corporate america, Santa Claus, CEO of Kris Kringle Retail (KKR), has resigned amidst allegations of accounting fraud.  New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has accused Santa Claus and auditors Arthur Andersen of bilking investors and tax payers of hundreds of millions of dollars through complex accounting scams. "Santa's been bad this year," Spitzer stated at a well-attended press conference. "Very, very bad."  More...