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A new digital world has been created in which users can create and play characters online, and while it sounds like it has the right virtual stuff, new legal issues have come to the fore, according to columnist Deborah Wilcox. This new “inline” world is...

A Wisconsin company is making beautiful music as a provider of downloadable sheet music. Musicnotes, Inc., reported a 45 percent increase in sales last year, and the New Year is off to an even stronger start. ...

When it’s time to purchase software, how does a CIO avoid cursing the software vendor and wondering how he ended up with such an inflexible piece of junk? Guest columnist and IT strategy consultant Patrick Gray offers five tips to help your organization cut through...

Dr. William Yasnoff, founder of the eHealth Trust Initiative, says Wisconsin would be better off taking the $30 million proposed for the adoption of electronic health records and use the money to set up a central repository of individual medical records. The Wisconsin Health Information...

The face of small business will likely be radically different in the year 2017, according to a new report by Intuit, the business and financial management software developer. The report envisions a more diversified entrepreneurial class that is comprised of retired Baby Boomers and more...

A series of wireless communication initiatives and experiments are transferring customer loyalty to the small screen, writes Buzz Networks columnist Paul Gibler. As organizations review their business and marketing strategies, they need to figure out how wireless technology can shape the customer experience. ...

The transitions from Windows XP to Vista, and from cell phones to iPhones, are consistent with the cultural transition we've already made from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, according to Tech/Know columnist Troy Janisch. That great beyond will arrive when computers help us...

Big Pharma has evolved into “Enormous Pharma” thanks to a six-stage deconstruction process of interconnected events, according to Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen. Enormous Pharma will likely grow even larger as it is fed by global demographic trends and the need to conquer new...

A manufacturing partner that has helped large and mid-size manufacturers become more lean and mean is now setting its sights on smaller manufacturers that need help implementing growth strategies. Among the possible beneficiaries are information technology, biotechnology, and medical device businesses. ...