The idea of automatically limiting the amount of time kids can play video games is already one of the key features of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Family Settings. But is the approach worthy of a patent?
Microsoft apparently thinks so. In a patent application made public today, the company describes its approach for "Time-Based Access Control For [...]

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Facebook invited the 200 million people who regularly use the site to vote on its governing documents. But it’s unclear how much of a difference it will make., more 

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This week marks the start of one lesser-known provisions in the federal stimulus bill - one that has lots of small business owners griping: the Cobra extension.
Under the terms of the stimulus bill, recently laid-off workers get a discount on their continuing employer-sponsored health-care coverage, known as Cobra. Instead of paying the whole premium Â? [...]

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MySpace cofounder Chris DeWolfe will step down soon as the social-networking site’s chief executive, amid the site’s stalled user growth and the rapid rise of rival Facebook. , more 

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and Oracle’s Sun Deal: A Closer Look  , more 
IMS Health Cuts Pharma Growth Forecast  , more 

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‘Revolution in a Bottle’ tells how Tom Szaky gave up his studies at Princeton University to pursue his dream of a zero-waste, worm-excrement-based venture, more 

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Just four weeks after its debut, Seattle startup Inkd said that it has attracted more than 1,000 new print designs from contributors in more than 20 countries. Inkd CEO Kelly Smith said the company is creating an online marketplace where small businesses can purchase templates for newsletters, flyers, brochures and business cards.
Connie Loizos at PeHub.com weighs [...]

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Amazon.com sells cookbooks, gourmet foods and — at least in the Seattle area — groceries. Now the online retailer is taking a bite out of Foodista, a tiny Seattle online recipe site that launched last December.
Amazon.com recently led the startup company’s $550,000 financing round, a sign that the online retailing powerhouse may be getting serious about the distribution of recipes. That [...]

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