A Data Explosion Remakes Retailing (New York Times)
Stores have long used sales and demographic information to better aim their goods at customers. But retailers now have access to a vast trove of digital data â?” and better tools to make sense of it.

Association update: LEEDv3 and the engineer (Finance and Commerce)
By now, many of you have heard the term Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and know that, if you are planning a building project, someone will bring the idea of considering it for LEED certification.

Stonestreet One Partners with Kopin as Bluetooth Software Provider for Golden-iTM Computing Headset (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----Stonestreet One, a leading provider of Bluetooth software solutions since 2000, has partnered with Kopin® Corporation , the largest U.S. manufacturer of micro displays for consumer, industrial and military applications,

Unimagined capabilities in pipeline (News.com.au)
PHIL Fawcett is principal research program manager for Microsoft Research and helps spend a large chunk of the software giants almost $US8 billion ($9.3bn) R&D budget.

Ballmer Says Microsoft All In on the Cloud (InternetNews.com)
In a speech at the University of Washington, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks up the opportunities of a cloud-based software business, and the responsibilities it entails.