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Looking beyond traditional loans? Learn more about this alternative and increasingly popular lending option

Do you consider employee communication a high priority? Studies show that companies with highly effective internal communication programs are more likely to provide a significant return to shareholders and are also more likely to have higher levels of employee engagement and lower employee turnover rates

Intel, PayPal, Pepsico, Google, HP, Citi, and Microsoft are spending millions to plumb your mind. Here's how it's done.

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Spatially entangled photons is a hot topic in quantum information science, and optical fibers are the cornerstone of our communication society," Wolfgang Loffler tells PhysOrg.com. "So far, though, no one that we know of has demonstrated that you can use a fiber to transport a photon entangled in its spatial degree of freedom."

With the market for cloud-based enterprise services expected to grow to $35.6 billion by 2015, the battle for control of the clouds is heating up, with tech giants such as EMC, Apple, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft elbowing for market share. But don't forget about scrappy underdog Box.net

The Nintendo generation wants to bond with their children on their old digital stomping grounds. "On the menu of things to do with your kid, it's not the best choice," says MIT Professor and Alone Together author Sherry Turkle. Playing catch in the backyard with Dad is so 20th century.

When the internet first got kicking, some scholars of democracy and civil society thought that online discussions could create what they called a "conversational democracy”: an ongoing town hall without bricks and mortar. But the internet may not be as democratic as they'd imagined, according to a study in the journal Communication Research .

Cyber attacks may not be a new phenomenon but the recent successes scored against high-profile targets including CitiGroup , Google , RSA and government contractors such as Lockheed Martin underscore the targets' current failure to block security threats enabled by the Internet. Malicious hackers use the very same technology that enables online banking, entertainment and myriad other communication services to attack these very applications, steal user data, and then cover their own tracks. [More]

Why relationship building on the golf course may be as important as ever for business networking. We live in a hyper-connected society, and being disconnected for four hours if you're in sales or marketing can be daunting—and seem like a major loss of time

The days of folders and filing are in the past. Heres why and how to simplify your business life by organizing it in the cloud, using Google products and more. When Michael Salvatore joined Bowery Lane Bicycles as chief officer of nearly everything, he set out to streamline their processes.

Every business needs to keep their people connected and communicating. Here is how to select a cell phone plan to meet the needs of your staff while keeping costs low

The environment in which a business must grow is an unpredictable terrain. Rises and dips in markets, sudden technological breakthroughs, and a finicky consumer base can all render a company's original business model obsolete.

“Believe it or not, George isn’t at home, please leave a message at the beep.” So what happens when you can’t get George? Some viewers have a tough time.

Many business executives have not found sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Myspace, and Linkedin useful in making money.

The way we communicate in the work place has drastically changed. Much of our communication happens via email, instant message, and even Twitter updates