This blog, written by former Electronic Business Executive Editor Debra Bulkeley, is now inactive. en-us http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297.html?nid=3390 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:33:32 PST http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/120014612.html?nid=3390 It’s tough when the rules are rewritten and what you thought was, isn’t anymore. That’s what happened to Microsoft this week. Th... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1980014598.html?nid=3390 I am struck by how much buzz there is about the social networking phenomenon. What Myspace started a few years ago is now branching out i... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/500014450.html?nid=3390 Most of us have heard of the Sports Illustrated curse (you know, when an athlete appears on the cover of SI, something invariably bad happens to hi... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/450014445.html?nid=3390 A leader does something that he knows is wrong, but he does it anyway and maybe more than once. Then he gets caught. Last night I learned about th... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1010014301.html?nid=3390 Should your shareholders or employees know that you are divorcing your spouse—for the sake of the business? Some researchers are looking int... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/920014292.html?nid=3390 Do you remember? Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001 when the first plane hit the World Trade Tower? I do, and I bet you, do, too... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/850014085.html?nid=3390 I was amused yesterday by an item in the Wall Street Journal’s Work & Family blog. The author, Sara Schaefer Munoz, posed the question, &... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/340013834.html?nid=3390 Ah, the joys of doing business in the consumer world when you are accustomed to the business-to-business universe. You need to validate the softwar... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/300013030.html?nid=3390 How many more times do we need to have rammed down our throats that India and China are creaming the U.S. when it comes to the numbers of engineers... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/320012832.html?nid=3390 Attention entrepreneurs: you now have an online forum where you can tell your peers about your experiences with venture firms. TheFunded.com, star... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/320012432.html?nid=3390 Baseball and engineering. There’s a connection, right? MIT knows it. We have a shortage of youth who are interested in choosing engineering a... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1920011992.html?nid=3390 There’s something about a 70-inch LCD HDTV that’s showing an action movie that makes me want to sit glued in front of it for several ho... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/880011888.html?nid=3390 Did you hire someone from Best Buy over someone from a competitor? Is that a guy fresh out of business school doing some market research for you? ... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/150011615.html?nid=3390 Last month I wrote about the pilot project the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office began on June 15 for open reviews of software patents, called the P... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1930011193.html?nid=3390 My family and I just returned from a two-week vacation in Italy. One of my fondest memories of the trip occurred in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatic... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1960010596.html?nid=3390 What do you think of the idea that your peers would examine your patent application as part of the patent approval process? If you are a software ... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1490010549.html?nid=3390 If you’re concerned about the U.S.’s competitive advantage, then you might find the results of a new study from The Ewing Marion Kauffm... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1600010160.html?nid=3390 We’re all familiar with the business adage, “think global, but act local.” Now it seems that if multinational companies want to s... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1260009726.html?nid=3390 The debate continues to percolate about The Patent Reform Act of 2007 that was introduced last month to the House and Senate. Many say the bill is ... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/450009645.html?nid=3390 Intellectual Property protection is a hot topic—and will continue to be. I’m sure you recall the buzz that occurred at the end of A... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/690009469.html?nid=3390 Many chip and computer company executives complain that there aren't enough college kids becoming engineers, which they say could cost the U.S.... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/60009206.html?nid=3390 One strategy in your business that has probably changed in the last few years is the way you approach your customers and market your products to th... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/1270008927.html?nid=3390 Pop quiz: What professions instantly come to mind when you think of Washington, D.C.? Politician, member of the media and lawyer probably rolled r... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/650008865.html?nid=3390 I bet many of you reading this have been through an acquisition during your professional life. Maybe you spearheaded the acquisition; mayb... http://www.edn.com/blog/970000297/post/110008611.html?nid=3390 I am a horrible mother. That’s what one person thinks who sent in a comment to my blog post, “The 8-year-old hacker on Webkinz.&#...