When examining IT, few law firms ask the right questions. Discussions often devolve into: stop the bleeding, cut 20 percent of costs and look into outsourcing. David Baker, chair of Baker Robbins & Co., provides better queries for a healthier, more productive conversation.
Phoenix Lander in pitched battle with Martian soil (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Thanks to an announcement of some important kind of shiny phone handset, it seems that there’s little earth-bound technology news left to report. We expect a good three days before we can stop ourselves from spontaneously typing ‘IPHONE!’, ‘3G!’ or wasting the whole opening paragraphs of our posts providing a connection between utterly unrelated news and said handset announcement. We appreciate …
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Inventor of controlled drug release wins technology prize (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An American professor who developed innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release on Wednesday won the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-dollar) Millennium Technology Prize.
Out of the Gate: Microchip Technology shares drop (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of Microchip Technology Inc. sank Wednesday morning after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded the company, saying it will likely be affected by a slowdown in the Chinese market and citing the stock’s high valuation.
Technology workers would take pay cut to telecommute (New York Daily News)
Keeping the job but ditching rush hour would be well worth a pay cut for more than a third of workers in a recent survey. Trains, traffic, tunnels and bridges are such a grind that 37% of technology workers said they would shave 10% off their salaries - an average of $7,400 - for the opportunity to telecommute.
MIT scientist Langer wins major technology award (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. engineer Robert Langer was on Wednesday named the winner of the $1.2 million (800,000 euro) Millennium Technology Prize, funded by the Finnish state and industry.
US professor Langer wins $1.2M technology prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
An American professor has won the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize for developing biomaterials used in combatting cancer and heart disease, the Finnish prize awarding committee said Wednesday.
US professor Langer wins $1.2M technology prize (San Francisco Chronicle)
An American professor has won the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize for developing biomaterials used in combatting cancer and heart disease, the Finnish prize awarding committee said Wednesday. Robert Langer, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor…
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