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Issue 114

April 2007

Google's Worst Nightmare

  • Why Is This Man Smiling?

    Jimbo Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, slayer of Britannica, has a new giant in his sights: Google. And he thinks he has got a better way to search. Is he delusional--or inspired?

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Features

  • Made in China Made in China

    General Motors' next LaCrosse sedan is being designed right now … in China. That says a lot about GM, a lot about China, and even more about the future of creativity.

  • Measured Progress

    Investors are figuring it out: Short-term numbers don't tell the whole story. How to think about valuing the invaluable.

  • The HIP Scorecard
  • Less Hulk, More Bruce Lee Less Hulk, More Bruce Lee

    The striking power of Michael Jager.

  • Mission: Impossible? Mission: Impossible?

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time.

  • Not Invented Here Not Invented Here

    The next blockbuster drug could come from anywhere. It's up to Merck's scouts to find it.

  • Space Shot: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, Seattle, WA

    The Seattle office of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects is never the same place twice.

Next

  • Monsoon Marketing

    How an Indian umbrella maker survived low-cost competition.

  • A Borrower or a Lender Be

    How Prosper.com is personalizing personal finance.

  • Grand Central Station

    In Denver, a mass-transit hub in an antique rail depot.

  • Life in the Desert

    At Arizona State, a new bastion of sustainability.

  • A Screen Where Everyone Knows Your Name

    Social mapping technology grows up a bit.

  • Emerging Web Jargon
    Plinking

    \'plin-kin\ n 1 : The act of embedding a product or service link in a video. Though the basic technology has been deployed before, the term itself was coined (and trademarked) by Entertainment Media Works, a product-placement firm whose Starstyle.com pitches fashions featured in movies, TV shows, and music vids. EMW's idea: to enable plinking in any user-generated video. That's right--YouTube with click-to-buy merchandising.

  • Grant Makers

    $50 isn't much--unless it comes from a coworker.

  • Public Interest

    A modest proposal to save the newspaper trade.

  • It Sure Beats the NEA

    Creative Capital brings venture philanthropy--and business savvy--to the arts.

  • Clean Rooms

    A paint-on coating that kills microbes on contact.

  • Building a New Nest

    Smart companies are launching niche online communities--and getting out of the way.

  • Don't Call Them "Boutiques"

    Introducing the boutique--oops--hotel chainlet.

  • End of Days

    A novel office novel for Office aficionados.

  • First Look
  • Farm Chic

    America's luxurious rustic getaway gets in touch with its roots--and lets you do the same.

  • Foodie Forays
  • Shirt Story

    This spring, let your shirts spin a yarn about great design and innovation.

Columns

  • Faultless Towers

    Real-estate moguls know there's good money in green buildings. But the little guy can play too.

  • Polarize Me

    If you want people to like you, first decide who needs to hate you.

  • Open Debate

    Do leaders teach? Do teachers lead? Bill George and Teach for America's Wendy Kopp take to the blackboard.

Fast Talk

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