If there’s one way to inadvertently drive your business into the ground it’s by making mistakes on how you pay people—or by failing to pay them at all. That’s why the most mission critical component for any business’ back end is arguably its payroll operation. Like so many other business operations, technology has become an indispensable part of success.

Adobe’s entry into cloud computing with Creative Cloud is a welcome development for consumers but the Street is less sure.

Video game industry battle heats up

6 Questions: One-on-One with Eric Gales, president, Microsoft Canada (original link) Microsoft says it’s time to do more than just talk about innovation. by Samson Okalow Apr 20, 2011 When Eric Gales emigrated to Canada from the U.K. in 2006 to take the job of VP Microsoft Canada he brought with him not just self-made…

Digital distribution challenges titans of video game industry (original link) Once the preserve of PC games, the ongoing shift from physical to digital distribution is enticing the biggest fish in the pond—the console industry. by Samson Okalow Jun 6, 2012 Like chain-retail record stores before it, video game retail’s days are numbered and its demise…