Detroit Free Press:
Michigan needs more people like H. Joseph Joachim IV.
At 28, the St. Clair resident and Internet entrepreneur — known around town as “Joey” — stands out in the tidy, riverside community where he’s founded several dotcoms. They include FuneralOne, which brought in $2.8 million last year selling Disney-esque memorial video software and other […]

Zdnet:
A class of social software is helping companies become more entrepreneurial and none a moment too soon.
In a survey of 300 business executives, Interminds LLC, a management consultancy, found that nearly three quarters (71 percent) of business executives indicated that innovation was stagnant in their organizations.
This isn’t because innovation isn’t important to the organization. Interminds […]

Patently-O:
Patents on computer programs, financial processes and business methods have been controversial at least since the 1960s. Surveys regularly find that computer programmers are opposed to patents on software by a wide margin. In what other field is the class of inventors so opposed to patents?
Is there a problem?
Some people contend that there is […]

Entrepreneur Daily:
Is traditional desktop software a thing of the past? According to a recent survey conducted by online payroll service SurePayroll, it is - at least for small business. Instead, many small businesses are choosing to use web-based software that better allows them to compete with big businesses. In fact, three out of four entrepreneurs […]

Forbes:
Less risk, more reward? Regardless of how you do the math, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications are providing smaller businesses with software capabilities that previously only larger companies could afford.
For example, when Steven Vine, deputy general counsel for Register.com, joined the company about a year and a half ago, the new CEO was pushing Register.com, which now […]

BusinessWeek:
Bassim Hamadeh’s $5 million company, University Readers, has to keep track of about 1,000 professors scattered around the country. That’s a tall order for the 25-employee San Diego business, which produces customized textbooks and reading materials for instructors. Hamadeh needed customer relationship management software that he could easily customize. Such tools were pricey, running $750 […]

eWeek:
Security protocols have never been a core part of software development, but as this changes, those who have this specialized knowledge are paid a premium.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‘ 10-year economic outlook, computer software engineers who work in the application professions sector are expected to be the fourth fastest-growing occupation between 2006 […]

The Open Press:
Abbas Abedi, the CEO of Internet Niche Marketing Software has developed the site to meet the growing needs of internet marketers looking for software to help them streamline their marketing, web design and maintenance tasks.
Right off the bat Abbas is offering 6 pieces of software for free so any marketer can examine the […]

PC World Canada:
Improving productivity is a constant challenge for businesses of all sizes. With the growing demand for advanced integration and security capabilities to go along with everyday application use, small businesses are especially reliant on having efficient and comprehensive desktop tools to help them stay ahead of the game.
Jason Brommet, senior product manager for […]

By Chuck Huckaby - Work At Home:
Build A Niche Store is an easy way to start making money online in a particular niche.
Using the instructions with the software you just choose the country you’re going to target (United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia), choose your niche market, get your ebay and other related affiliate […]

Stay fit - even when you’re glued to your desk - with these office workout resources.

Flow: You can perform these 7 five-minute video exercises while sitting at your desk; the software program reminds you when it’s time to shake your limbs and get the blood flowing. It also has a nutrition guide to promote healthy […]

Small Business+Phoenix+Software:
This article from The Times highlights the challenges and opportunities facing a business, and its underlying software, as it grows from small to medium in size. The challenges are myriad but summed up succinctly here:
it’s crucial to think about what exactly you want to change about your business, how it will affect your team’s […]

Eddie Powell explains the differences between the various types of IP protection and comments on recent court decisions which impact on the extent to which software developers can get patent protection from their products.

Principia:
Believe it or not the subject of patents for computer software is a very hot topic at the moment. In October 2006 […]

Market Wire:
Sage Software announced today a donation of 300 copies of Simply Accounting Entrepreneur to be given away to entrepreneurs during the annual Toronto Small Business Forum. Sage Software is a gold sponsor for the event, which kicks off on Tuesday, October 9th at 8:30 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Toronto.
The Toronto Small […]

InformationWeek:
Check out this security video.
Neil Daswani, the Google engineer and security expert who hosts the video, has posted accompanying slides.
This stuff is like getting university-level security training, for free.
But wait, there’s more (as they say on late-night TV)! Here’s another one, called How To Break Web Software.