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INTERIOR DESIGN | Comment

Petro-tecture: Jaime Hayon's Kuwait Jewelry Store Gives Us Gas

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 6:00 PM

The Spanish all-star designer creates a shopping experience for oil barons with money to burn.READ»

GOOGLE EARTH | Comment

Google Earth Uses the Cloud to Fight Deforestation

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Dec 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM

It's not just for spying on the neighbors anymore!READ»

ADVERTISING | 2 comments

Death of a Salesman, Starring Tiger Woods

BY Joel RubinsonThu Dec 10, 2009 at 5:00 PM

His brand didn't tank because he smashed his car on a residential street he'd driven hundreds of times before or even because there was something fishy about the whole incident; it changed because he stonewalled.READ»

NOKIA STORES | 5 comments

Did Nokia's Stores Fail Because They Weren't Apple-y Enough?

BY Kit EatonThu Dec 10, 2009 at 4:30 PM

Nokia's woes worsened recently when it announced it was shutting its flagship physical store on London's Regent Street. Today, reports surfaced about the closing of it's New York and Chicago stores, too. Weren't they Apple-y ...READ»

CHRISTMAS GIFTS | Comment

12 Gifts for Data Freaks

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM

There's a slew of gifts out there for the data freak in your life--ranging from books to posters to jewelry. Here's a dozen, for each of the 12 days of Christmas.READ»

INFOGRAPHICS | Comment

Infographic of the Day: The Carbon-Economy Opportunity

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 3:30 PM

A video lays out the evidence of global warming, the effect it'll have, and the business opportunity it presents.READ»

GE | Comment

GE Scores Turbine Contract for World's Biggest Wind Farm

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Dec 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Hot on the heels of an announcement that a group of European countries are planning to build an offshore wind power supergrid, GE has announced that it is the lucky winner of a $1.4 billion contract to supply 338 turbines to what ...READ»

HYPERLOCAL NEWS | Comment

Catching the Hyperlocal: MSN Strikes Deal With Hearst and NBC

BY Kit EatonThu Dec 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Here's a prediction for 2010 that you can easily bank on: Big media portals are going to do fierce battle in the hyperlocal news space. Today, MSN announced a deal with NBC Local Media and Hearst Television that will saturate ...READ»

ARCHITECTURE | Comment

Only in Abu Dhabi: A New Hotel With a 700-foot, LED Facade

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Is the new Yas Hotel so tacky it's cool, or simply a symbol of architectural ridiculousness and easy credit?READ»

E-READERS | 2 comments

Why I Hate E-readers, and Doubt They'll Ever Hit the Mainstream

BY Gizmodo StaffThu Dec 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM

It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004's Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading. Books, in the paper and ...READ»

CLOUDING COMPUTING | Comment

TeuxDeux: The Web's Most Beautiful To-Do List

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM

All web apps should have an interface this clean.READ»

AFRICA | Comment

Blood Diamonds: Images from Zimbabwe's Violent Marange Fields

Thu Dec 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM

What is the cost of the illicit sale of untold millions of dollars' worth of diamonds being smuggled out of Zimbabwe? The transformation of the city Manica and the Marange fields is only the latest manifestation of a corrupt and violent industry. Here is a glimpse at the violence and human rights violations that have resulted.READ»

BLOOD DIAMONDS | Comment

Major Trading Network Bans Zimbabwe Diamonds for Murder, Corruption

BY Dan MacsaiThu Dec 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Just as Fast Company published a special report about the murders and corruption in Zimbabwe's Marange Diamond Fields, the world’s largest electronic diamond-trading network banned all mined diamonds from the region, citing severe human right violations.READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

Objection! Florida Bans Judges From "Friending" Lawyers on All Social-Networking Sites

BY Dan MacsaiThu Dec 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM

In one of the craziest proclamations I've ever read, the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has banned judges from "friending" lawyers on social-networking sites. The reason?READ»

THE ROLEX THEORY OF DESIGN | Comment

Save the Planet, With Cell Phones That Last Five Years

BY Cliff KuangThu Dec 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM

How we could use smart design to rethink cellphones, and make them last for years and years.READ»

APPLE | 1 comment

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: All Your Music in the Cloud

BY Kit EatonThu Dec 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM

The Interwebs are ablaze about Apple's plans to acquire Lala. Among the rampant speculation, there's one amazingly important nugget of information: iTunes might be cloud-bound. It's the future of digital music.READ»

AGRICULTURE | 1 comment

What Will Farming Look Like in 2050?

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Dec 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM

As it stands, Big Agriculture companies like Monsanto dominate the farming industry with their patented, genetically-engineered crops. The burgeoning organic movement has slowly shifted the tide, but it's still hard to imagine a day ...READ»

CLEANTECH | 1 comment

Tesco Opens World's First Zero-Carbon Supermarket

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Dec 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Who would have thought 10 years ago that supermarkets--those bastions of pre-packaged fake food--would become breeding grounds of sustainability? We've recently seen British supermarket chain Sainsbury unveil people-powered checkout ...READ»

CENK UYGUR | 7 comments

Cenk Uygur Sets Out to Take Down Traditional Television

BY Tina DupuyThu Dec 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Cenk Uygur and his rebel band are out to take down traditional television, with a hand from YouTube, satellite radio, and 500,000 fans.READ»

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