Ten percent of sick days each year are faked. This does not seem like the best day to do so. -- ZWMON, NOVEMBER 30
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Last year, Verizon became a green pioneer in the telecom world. It
publicly pledged to purchase more energy-efficient telecom equipment
and launched a pilot project to turn off idle computers and monitors.
That may sound modest, ...READ»
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may steal the spotlight, but how about
some love for the day before the really big day? Thanksgiving eve is
the second-biggest sales day for many grocery chains; travel volume is
high, although the ...READ»
The Princess and the Frog is Disney's first traditionally animated
feature film since 2004's Home on the Range, which eked out just $50
million at the domestic box-office; the first fairy tale we've heard of
in which a princess ...READ»
For its 50th anniversary, the International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design is going cross-disciplinary, inviting experts in
fields as varied as architecture, technology, and global energy to
delve into areas that you ...READ»
The legalize marijuana movement sometimes seems to have a hard time, um, like what was I saying? Oh yeah, explaining their arguments for decriminalization, man. But don't forget that there have been some fairly significant victories ...READ»
"Interferometric modulation," driving your Mercedes with an iPhone, driving your computer with your mind, Minute Maid's juicy new packaging, locavore Thanksgiving, a next-gen activity monitor to help you burn it off, and other great stories on Fast Company this week.READ»
If the chart above is giving you flashbacks to your last roundtable, chances are you've been blamed for something before. Was it your fault? Doesn't matter. Others in the room are likely to start feeling angry and defensive. ...READ»
Compressed air cars are the ultimate romantic vision of our transportation future. A car powered by air? What could be better than that? A lot of things, it turns out. According to "Economic and Environmental Evaluation of ...READ»
The Kindle may be the king of e-readers, but it has a long way to go before being accepted as an acceptable replacement for textbooks. When Amazon's device was introduced at Princeton for classroom assignments recently, it received ...READ»
Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»