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The beta test, once used only to test and prepare products for the "prime time" of market competition, is cynically being used as a mechanism to woo investors and lock out competitors, according columnist Chris Shipley. In this edition of DEMO Letter, Shipley calls out...

The obviousness of inventions is an issue in the challenge to stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and it's the subject of a case now before the United States Supreme Court. At stake, according to Madison attorney and Guest Columnist Chris...

Federal approval has been given to GE Healthcare's new SnapShot Cine, an imaging feature that compensates for patient heart rates to enable clinicians to obtain images of the heart. It captures images with a 70 percent reduction in radiation dose per exam, which is an...

Orion Energy Systems, a designer and manufacturer of energy management products and services, will use capital from The Technology Transformation Venture Fund and the Capvest Venture Fund to develop new technologies for U.S. businesses in search of large energy efficiency solutions. The Plymouth, Wis.-based energy...

When it comes to Internet service, Milwaukee might be fully wireless in 18 months, but in the process could it be missing a golden opportunity to boost economic development in its poorest neighborhoods? According to a Milwaukee community activist, not enough consideration has been given...

A recent visit to the Land of the Rising Sun has Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen thinking international. Given the resurgence of the Japanese biotechnology industry, he believes the time is right for companies in the Midwest to build stronger ties to both the...

The Green Bay-based Solinus has announced the release of Message IQ 3.0 and MailFoundry 2100 and 4100 anti-spam appliances. According to the company, Message IQ 3.0 is based on targeted spam profiles created by a team of editors who work around the clock and send...

The environmental movement stubbornly clings to the discredited population theories of 18th Century English economist Thomas Malthus. This week's news that the U.S. population has reached 300 people provides more proof of how wrong Malthus was, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still, and of...

Roughly 83 percent of people between the ages of eight and 18 regularly play video games. Far from being alarmed by that statistic, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has pledged $3 million to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to investigate the...

Wisconsin businesses and consumers that felt they were overcharged by Microsoft over a 10-year period will be notified of a settlement in their class-action cases against the software developer. In the settlement, which must still be approved by Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Microsoft has agreed...