Fast Company Magazine December 2007 Issue 121

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The 2008 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards: Now the Good News...
Venture philanthropy. Patient capital. For-benefit corporations. What if you could actually make a profit while changing the world? By Keith H. Hammonds; Profits with Purpose; Social Capitalism in Words; Rising Star: GlobalGiving; Rising Star: Goodwill Industries; Rising Star: Green Dot Public Schools; Rising Star: Prison Entrepreneurship Program; The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits; Q&A: Bill Drayton, founder and CEO, Ashoka; Q&A: John Elkington, founder, SustainAbility; Q&A: Brian Walker, president and CEO, Herman Miller; Fast Talk: Rising Up; Fast Talk: Metal Mentor; Fast Talk: Water Work; Fast Talk: New Vision; Methodology; Contributors; Slideshow: World-Changers; Slideshow: Profits With Purpose
All Eyes On Apple: Will the gray light of January cool the world's hottest company? By Adam L. Penenberg; Apple: Box by Box
Apple's profits come from its high-margin hardware, but while those machines all look great, they are not without their shortcomings. Here, Michael Fitzgerald, author of the "Prototype" column for The New York Times, assesses Apple's competitive vulnerabilities. By Michael Fitzgerald; Trolling Apple's Patents
Apple is a notoriously secretive company. But it can't hide public filings such as patent applications. Adam L. Penenberg takes a look below at recent examples that may shed light on Steve Jobs's next move. After all, an Apple patent published in March 2005, "Handheld electronic device with multiple touch sensing devices" (#20060197750), telegraphed today's iPhone. By Adam L. Penenberg; Hacking the iPhone
Just how vulnerable is your iPhone if someone wants to intercept your email or record your conversations? Pretty vulnerable. By Adam L. Penenberg; Video: Hacking the iPhone
Watch security expert Rik Farrow steal emails, bug conversations, and read web-browsing histories using his laptop. By Rik Farrow
A Mad Man Gets His Head Together: Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe, has bet more than $1? Billion that he can define the future of digital advertising. Getting there has been enough to make anyone a little schizophrenic. By Linda Tischler; Infographic: The Publicis Machine
Publicis has 44,000 employees in 104 countries. Here are the Groupe's six major agencies, with a sampling of key clients.
Barry Diller's Grand Acquisitor: Shana Fisher pursues new Web markets for the INTERNET mogul who has (almost) everything. Her latest acquisition: a small outfit that could change video games in a big way. By Chuck Salter; The New IAC
By Chuck Salter
Wish List: 'Tis the season to enumerate our objects of desire. Please take careful notes. By Mark Borden, Christopher Percy Collier, and Danielle Sacks; What I Want
We asked a dozen business leaders what they're lusting for this year. The results may surprise you. By Mark Borden, Christopher Percy Collier, and Danielle Sacks; Wish List: Gifts for the Creative
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire for creative-types.; Wish List: Gifts for the Multitasker
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire for multitaskers.; Wish List: Gifts for the Road Warrior
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire for road warriors.; Wish List: Gifts to Work Hard and Play Hard
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire those who work hard and play hard.; Wish List: Gifts for the Procrastinator
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire for procrastinators.; Wish List: Gifts for the One-Upper
Looking for a gift to get someone for the holidays? Here we present objects of desire for One-Uppers.; Wish List: Gifts Business Leaders Want
We asked a dozen business leaders what they're lusting after this year. The results might surprise you.; Video: Funbots for the Holidays
Stumped about what to get the kids? With the help of some discerning kids, Fast Company takes you through a trial run of some of the hottest toys this season.
To The Moon! (In a Minivan): How NASA and Lockheed Martin are building a successor to the Space Shuttle--using off-the-shelf technology and plain old pragmatism. By Charles Fishman

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