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NASA and DARPA are combining forces to create a program that will have humans traveling to Alpha Centauri in 100 years.

15 Years of Inc.com 15 Years of Inc.com 15 Years of Inc.com 15 Years of Inc.com 15 Years of Inc.com 15 Years of Inc.com On a warm midsummer day in 1996, a group of four editors huddled around a computer in a Boston office. Matthew Berk, a webmaster, "hit a button and launched the site, Inc.com," explains Bob LaPointe, Inc.'s current president, who was at the time a vice president of Inc

If you’ve cheaped out on your office technology, a new study claims you’ll pay the price. Yes, the study is from Hewlett Packard, but still the results are eye-opening: Nearly every small business surveyed (93 percent) admitted they tried to save money instead of buying what they really wanted.

After two decades of working with the tech giant, Darryl Peck opened a small Apple retail store called PeachMac.

Making purchases online is a headache: filling out your billing address, your credit card number, your zip code, and other personal details. How often have you sat squinting at your desk, slowly bobbing your head from card to computer as you henpeck away at the keyboard with one hand? But a new service launched today can make paying for goods digitally just as painless and simple as swiping your card at the grocery store.

We all know it’s a bad economy, so why pay attention to monthly economic reports? It’s a fair question, and one that a lot of small business owners wrestle with. The truth is that monthly economic reports can be valuable to small business owners.

Peer-to-peer lending has found its niche among small business owners in need of quick cash. Find out if its right for you, and learn some expert tips on appealing to lenders.

In the new book The Innovator's DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen discuss the three things that set companies steeped innovation apart from the thousands of other companies doing business. Drawing on a sample of companies that lead both lists, we dove deeply into the practices of some of the world's most innovative companies

By Gwyneth Dickey Zakaib of Nature magazine Like the computer chips made by Intel, the company that Moore co-founded, the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) exploits semiconductor technology, with its ability to deliver ever-increasing speed and lower costs--a trend predicted by 'Moore's law' some 50 years ago. [More]

Adding a live chat service to your e-commerce site can simplify communication with your customers. Here's how to integrate this alternative to e-mail and customer service hotlines into your site.

Most social networks are aimed at the young. Not so for Proust.com, a memory-sharing service that collects remembrances of things past.

Some 40 percent of small businesses say money they're owed is trickling in, while the Freelancers Union says half its members struggled to get paid last year. Getting paid for invoices is slower going than it has been in years for small business, says a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business . Manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual revenue received payments an average of 48 days after invoicing in 2011

New media consultant Alex Torpey utilized social media to win the Mayoral Race in his New Jersey town. When Barack Obama was running for office in his memorable 2008 campaign, one of the many ways he captivated America was through social networking. He recognized that an online movement could influence offline behavior in politics

One challenge for many startups is the high cost of legal fees. Rocket Lawyer recently did a study that found 45 percent of businesses have legal issues to resolve in the next three months. From incorporation to contracts, quarterly meetings, and more, there are lots of legal expenses that are required of a startup owner