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U.S. Supreme Court Bilski Patent Ruling Explained, Sort Of

Published Thu, Jul 07 2010 11:40 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,IP,Patent Reform,Innovation

On Monday, the world of technology and innovation, as well as legal circles dealing with intellectual property (IP), saw the most important patent ruling to be handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in years. The case examined a mathematical business method...
A Story about IP, Innovation, Research, and Competition

Published Tue, Jun 06 2010 11:47 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,R&D,IP,Innovation,Competition,Patents

That post title above is a bit of a mouthful, but what I'm really going to talk about is video game consoles. The Voices for Innovation community is more focused on the enterprise and SMBs, but I think there are some interesting business and innovation...
Hotmail Mojo

Published Tue, May 05 2010 12:53 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:cloud computing,Innovation

Yesterday, Microsoft took the wraps off a new, vastly enhanced Hotmail, which is expected to launch in July or August. While Hotmail is a consumer-oriented Web-based email service, this product news is worth noticing on several counts. First, whether...
U.S. Winner of Imagine Cup, Global Finals in July

Published Tue, Apr 04 2010 1:00 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Education,Innovation

U.S. college and high school students gathered in Washington, DC, for the U.S. finals of the Imagine Cup, the Microsoft-sponsored student technology and innovation competition. Some 22,000 students registered for the competition, and 80 participated in...
Don't Forget the IP...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 12:37 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Innovation,Intellectual Property

World Intellectual Property (IP) Day -- an international event organized by the Geneva, Switzerland-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations -- celebrates its 10th anniversary in about two weeks (on April...
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Talks about Credit and SMBs with VFI

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 9:29 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:R&D,Innovation,Small Business,Credit Crunch

American economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz recently visited the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, to discuss his new book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy. You can learn more about Professor...
Horacio Gutiérrez 2.0: The Value of Intellectual Property to the Partner Ecosystem

Published Tue, Mar 03 2010 12:55 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Interoperability,Innovation,Licensing,Intellectual Property

Last September, Horacio Gutiérrez, the head of Microsoft’s worldwide IP and licensing group, sat down with VFI to discuss the value of intellectual property (IP) to innovation, interoperability, and economic opportunity. You can read the original article...
Futurist, Author, and Small Business Authority Joel Kotkin Talks With VFI

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:02 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Innovation,Economic Development,Joel Kotkin

We are always looking to bring new, compelling content to the Voices for Innovation community. From time to time, relevant, thought-provoking speakers visit Microsoft—from authors to elected officials to Nobel laureates. We now have the opportunity to...
Bing, Silverlight, OGDI, and Azure at the Olympic Games

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 11:30 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Innovation,Silverlight,Bing

NBC online will once again be using Silverlight for video streaming of the Olympics. And Bing has a new tool for finding out information about athletes. Nick Eaton highlights these technologies on the Seattle PI's Microsoft Blog . But other Microsoft...
Does Technological Innovation Drive Economic Growth?

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:58 PM by sselby

Filed under:Economic Stimulus,IT Jobs,Innovation,Business Opportunities,Microsoft,Windows 7,Job Growth,Economic Development,Economic Opportunity,Jobs

I read a couple of articles this morning about the reported adoption of Win 7. One talks about how small and medium sized businesses are increasing their rates of adoption, in fact citing a 20 percent increase in the number of SMBs planning to speed up...
The Other Shoe Drops: Dept. of Justice Opposes Google Books Settlement

Published Sat, Sep 09 2009 1:56 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Innovation,Competition,Google Books

A number of companies, organizations, and even foreign governments previously filed friend-of-court briefs voicing strong opposition to the Google Books settlement. But the opposition became much more substantial on Sept. 18: the U.S. Department of Justice...
Ecosystem and Innovation -- the Skype Discussion

Published Fri, Sep 09 2009 12:56 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Innovation,Business Development,Developer Ecosystem

Earlier today, Skype announced that it was effectively killing its developer ecosystem by shutting down the Skype Extras program. Legacy third-party Extras for Skype will still be available -- at least for a time. But Skype will no longer offer a platform...
Microsoft IP and Licensing Chief Talks to VFI in New "Intersections" Feature; and Follow-Up on Public Sector Opportunities Article

Published Fri, Sep 09 2009 4:12 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Innovation,IP Licensing,open government,Intersections

The new monthly Voices for Innovation "Interesections" article -- "IP + Licensing = Opportunity, Innovation, and Customer Value" -- just went live. This month, VFI spoke with Horacio Gutiérrez, the leader of Microsoft’s worldwide intellectual property...
What Do the Goverment IT Dashboard and the Open Government Dialogue Have in Common?

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 1:10 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Innovation,IP Licensing,open government

The launch of an IT Dashboard to track federal government IT projects and spending has received a fair amount of buzz. On a very quick time frame, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra has managed to put together a useful and user-friendly Flash-based tool for policy...
Thinking About Bing

Published Fri, May 05 2009 1:51 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Search,Innovation

You would have to live in a cave to have missed the news that Microsoft is launching a new search engine called Bing next week. (You could even live in a cave and read the news on your smartphone.) We'll know more next week, though you can view a...

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U.S. Supreme Court Bilski Patent Ruling Explained, Sort Of

A Story about IP, Innovation, Research, and Competition

Hotmail Mojo

U.S. Winner of Imagine Cup, Global Finals in July

Don't Forget the IP...

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Talks about Credit and SMBs with VFI

Horacio Gutiérrez 2.0: The Value of Intellectual Property to the Partner Ecosystem

Futurist, Author, and Small Business Authority Joel Kotkin Talks With VFI

Bing, Silverlight, OGDI, and Azure at the Olympic Games

Does Technological Innovation Drive Economic Growth?

The Other Shoe Drops: Dept. of Justice Opposes Google Books Settlement

Ecosystem and Innovation -- the Skype Discussion

Microsoft IP and Licensing Chief Talks to VFI in New "Intersections" Feature; and Follow-Up on Public Sector Opportunities Article

What Do the Goverment IT Dashboard and the Open Government Dialogue Have in Common?

Thinking About Bing