When it occurred to me to start a staffing services company with a focus on placing people with disabilities, I knew sales would be key. As you can imagine, 17 years working with computers did not prepare me for a sales job. My two degrees in business did not prepare me for a sales job. ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 05:20

Mojang and Bethesda have settled their trademark dispute, leaving Mojang free to keep making Scrolls.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 07:24

Forget the NCAAs, and the NBA?s rush to the best part of their season. The real reason you should be interested in basketball today is for what happens to Jeremy Lin, the NY Knicks? point-guard sensation ? or ?former & fast-fading? utility player. In fact, Jeremy Lin is everyman, and that is reason enough for ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 07:24

The President of Darmouth College Dr. Jim Yong Kim is the White House's candidate to head the World Bank. ? President Obama made the announcement Friday, before leaving for a global nuclear summit to Korea; thus, ending weeks of speculations ever since Bob Zoellick the current head of the World Bank said he would retire ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 03:50

Technology firms don?t generally talk about their deals with repressive regimes to sell censorship and surveillance technologies. So Brett Solomon, director of the digital freedom non-profit Access Now, is trying a different tactic to find the private sector partners of Pakistan?s censors: Process of elimination. With just one day left in Pakistan?s open invitation for ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 23:54

China's influence in global commodity trading will rise in the coming years amid steady economic growth in the country,?? the president of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, or HKMEx, ??said at a seminar in Shanghai yesterday. The country's share of global exchange-traded contacts "will only increase," said HKMEx President Albert Helmig. China accounted for 31% ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 04:40

The President of Dr. Jim Yong Kim is the White House's candidate to head the World Bank. ? President Obama made the announcement Friday, before leaving for a global nuclear summit to Korea; thus, ending weeks of speculations ever since Bob Zoellick the current head of the World Bank said he would retire at the ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 03:50

Big Data continues its Sherman?s march across tech memes in 2012.??For those in need of a big-data definition, try??Edd Dumbill?s: ?any information that?s too fast, too large or doesn?t fit what you have.? The opportunity is in mining these seams of information to yield useful analytical insights. The category is a fast-grower as IT buyers ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 00:26

Times, they are a'changing.

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 00:26

What? Is housing booming or something? No, not really, but at least it's not getting terribly worse. There have even been signs of improvement, like a dwindling supply of homes on the market and a rise in permits for new construction.

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 00:26