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The Avatars of Mammon: Bitcoins
0 A note on usage: Bitcoin, with a capital ‘B’, is the name of the digital currency and the technology built around it. Individual units...
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Experimenting with Babies
There are several books in the market educating parents on the curious lives of infants and toddlers. When my first child was born, the hospital...
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LLC vs. C corp vs. S corp
One of the most pressing issues that early-stage entrepreneurs face is the question of what type of legal entity to form for their business. The...
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Canada Auctions 700MHz spectrum
Canada has recently auctioned its 700MHz spectrum band, formerly used by TV networks to distribute analog TV signals over the air. This was an inefficient...
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What’s in a name? Etymology of 13 Scientific words
Everyone and everything we know has a history. A wooden table was originally part of a tree, a colorful butterfly used to be a revolting...
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The avatars of mammon: The evolution of money from coins to consensus
The very best inventions solve the most fundamental problems, and money solves a problem so primitive that the original problem barely impinges on our consciousness...
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Innovation Act – Will It Address the Patent Troll Problem?
The patent system was established hundreds of years ago to “promote the useful arts”. A patent confers to an inventor the ability to exclude others...
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The Supreme Court Takes on Patent Trolls
Recent public concern about “patent trolls” has provoked Congress to consider passing a reform bill to confront the perceived problem, while the judicial system has...
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No, You Don’t Have 4G
Due to the recent explosion in mobile usage, we have been caught in a deluge of marketing buzzwords that are overwhelming and confusing. We’ve gone...
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Building a Virtual City from the Real World
From the early days of modern computing, the ability to simulate massive virtual worlds has been an attractive and lucrative concept. The games SimCity and...
