Smiles, not subpoenas, can sometimes win an IP battle
By ARTHUR GERMAIN // Last week began with a pleasant surprise: As I drank my morning coffee and reviewed my e-mail, I received a Google Alert for the term “Brandtelling,”…
Opinion
Putting a dent in homelessness, not a tiny one
By KEVIN PAUL // It’s been more than a month since the first 3D-printed home was put on the market in the United States, and society has had a chance…
Calculating risks, rewards in Nassau warehouses
By HARRY COGHLAN // Nassau County has limited space to work with when it comes to the construction of warehousing facilities that allow companies to manufacture, house and distribute products…
When the laser wars raged across Long Island
By TOM MARINER // Lasers are everywhere: medicine, communications, pointers, Hollywood ray guns. “LASER,” of course, is an acronym for “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,” coined by Gordon…
For New York State, RNG is a no-carbon no-brainer
By SCOTT CHABINA // As the advisory committees that comprise the New York State Climate Action Council consider public comments and deliberate on the Empire State’s clean energy future, a…
Clients must compute in small biz’s digital evolution
By BOB ISAKSEN // In the past year, Long Island and the rest of the world have endured remarkable changes – our businesses, schools and social lives have adapted to…
Good news on cancer, but it can always be better
By RICHARD BARAKAT // It used to be that health statistics were something that only academics, medical researchers and clinicians cared about. Now they’re a key part of the daily…
Island innovators mourn loss of LIFT leader Muscarella
By RAY DONNELLY and JULIE ALLEGRETTI // The light switches have been off at the Long Island Forum for Technology for years, but sadly, the brightest light of LIFT is…
After rocky 2020, Island startups set to rock in 2021
By DAVID HAMILTON // What a challenging and tumultuous year! If you’d told the December 2019 me what was going to transpire, I’d have called you crazy – and suggested…
Long Island can get healthy answering COVID’s call
By MITCH MAIMAN // Times are challenging and there’s much reason for concern during the COVID pandemic – but, as in any challenging time, such difficulties give rise to new…
As cyberthreats grow, best practices are the best bet
By JOSEPH SARACINO // What better time than October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, for organizations to take steps to assure their networks are secure, to prevent cyber breaches and,…
Life lessons from my own big, fat international crisis
By SHRUTI SHARMA // Following my passion for science to the United States has been a life-defining moment for me. Leaving my parents and everything familiar behind – it’s one…
The crowd goes quiet: For sports, the psyche of silence
By GREGORY ZELLER // You’ve been there, sports fan: bottom of the ninth, sudden-death overtime, one-point lead, two-minute warning, third and long, the odd-man rush, the alley-oop, the champ goes…
Safety before business, then lots of business, at BFCU
By WAYNE GROSSÉ // The last six months gave us all the chance to take a step back and look at things differently. Central to all decisions, however, was and…
In Big Tech crusade, please remember the little guy
By PETER STEIN // The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the restaurant industry. While many are still operating for pickup and delivery, they have shorter hours and far fewer employees. The…