In the last year and a half, Steve Martin has built a Twitter following of almost 2.5 million. Not bad, for an old guy. Here are five tips for how he did it.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 08:24

Here?s the funny thing about many start-ups: Before they raise even a modest amount of capital, they operate lean and mean. They focus on keeping expenses under control and only spend money on what?s necessary. They operate in basements, buy or inherit second-hand furniture, keeps perks to a minimum, and barter for their other needs. ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 13:30

Recent news has caused millions of Americans to question whether they should be taking statin drugs, used for lowering cholesterol and preventing heart disease. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced safety labeling changes for statins and a prominent cardiologist warned in the New York Times that too many people are taking statin drugs. ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 15:53

Remember the Palm Pilot? The Atari 2600? Sure, 's iPad is selling well now. said Monday it sold more than 3 million iPads during its the updated tablet's first weekend of retail availability. Analysts now think could sell 60 million, maybe even 66 million iPads this year. is doing everything it can to not to ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 17:55

Cloud hubbing means using the design of the data center and network to optimize the performance of applications and services. As more and more applications have moved to the cloud, as on-premise applications have started to rely on more cloud-based services, and as speedy processing means happy customers and other competitive advantages, cloud hubbing has become increasingly important. But what does cloud hubbing mean to you? Does it apply to your business? Can you safely forget about it? To figure this out we talked with Chris Sharp, Equinix's general manager of content and cloud, one of the leading companies in putting cloud hubbing to work for it customers.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 12:55

Last fall, Harvard Review published a paper titled "Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think," by??Bent Flyvbjerg??and??Alexander Budzier. It spurred a conversation here at Verisk Analytics regarding how companies can avoid the risk of investing in disastrous IT projects, or "IT black swans." According to the article, black swan is a term ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 15:22

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Pop culture icon Flavor Flav is a rapper, reality TV star, GPS-navigational voice, and now, restaurateur. Before his Flavor Flav's House of Flavor officially opens in on March 15, the man known for wearing oversized clocks as jewelry discusses his similarities with Mr. Rogers, why his secret chicken recipe ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 21:23

Editor?s note: Catch the Latest Happenings with Kitco Video News! (Kitco News) ? Speculative traders continue to reduce bullish positions gold, silver and platinum U.S. futures and options, according to U.S. government data released late Friday. In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 16:53

(Kitco News) ? Speculators shunned precious metals by reducing their exposure to U.S. futures and options contracts traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and on the Nymex, according to U.S. government data released Friday. For the week ended March 20, speculators in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly commitment of ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 17:56

This week Fodors.com announced the winners of its first "Best of Europe 2012" survey. The results? Drumroll, please.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 13:56