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A Head For Detail

Gordon Bell feeds every piece of his life into a surrogate brain, and soon the rest of us will be able to do the same. But does perfect memory make you smarter, or just drive you nuts? By Clive Thompson

How To Build Your Own MyLifeBits By Clive Thompson

Telly Visionary

With 15 Emmys and a superstar client list, set designer Jim Fenhagen is the hottest thing on TV.
By Linda Tischler

Slideshow: Telly Visionary

Down the Rabbit Hole

Making The Blair Witch Project taught Campfire how to tap the power of curiosity. Meet the puppet masters of viral marketing. By Danielle Sacks

Slideshow: Virology 101

Hyper-Local Hero

Ten years ago, Rob Curley was covering city hall for the Topeka daily paper. Now he's lighting up the entire industry. How a "nerd from Kansas" discovered the web, and hit the big time. By Chuck Salter

Rob Curley's Greatest Clicks

Pop! Till You Drop

For a decade, Pop!Tech has brought together luminaries, wizards, writers, entrepreneurs, and other brainiacs to try to outhink the world's problems. This year's no different. By Anya Kamenetz

Pop!Stars 2006 By Anya Kamenetz

The Expert on Experts

An expert guide to expertise. By Christopher Percy Collier

Fast Talk: Now Playing

How Thomas McInerney's Guba beat out the bigs in the race to offer legal movie downloads.

Fast Talk: Trashing Trash

Shannon Boase sells recycled produce containers. Getting retailer buy-in isn't the problem.

Fast Talk: Best Brains

Best Buy's Shari Ballard on how to mine great ideas at a company of 128,000 people.

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The PS3 Economy (PDF)

Sony's much-anticipated PlayStation 3 hits stores on November 17. Its success or failure will have a profound impact not only on Sony but also on its complicated network of partners and rivals.
By Michael A. Prospero

Mommy and Me

Tellme Networks' products are so simple, even the CEO's mother gets them. In fact, she has to.
By Linda Tischler

New Profit

Make money. Change the world. Better yet, says Good Capital, do both. By Cheryl Dahle

Coach For A Day

EA's NFL Head Coach video game offers a mixed message on the art of management. By Josie Swindler

Rumble In the Music Jungle

The last profit center of the recording industry gets an iTunes makeover. By Danielle Sacks

How Rumblefish Works

Local Color

With the rollout of Nokia's flagship stores around the world, designers Tim Kobe and Wilhelm Oehl are balancing Nokia's global brand with local flavor. By Paul Lukas

Do You Believe In Magic?

You should, but only if you're prepared to do the work. By Keith H. Hammonds

House In a Box

Century-old construction technology comes home. By John Rosenthal

The Superfruits Are Coming

Bored with blueberries? Passing on pomegranates? Marketers are pushing a new generation of exotic, good-for-you flavors. By David Lidsky

In the Mood

A new way to map human cities. By Tracy Staedter

Best Blogs: Social Science

Kevin Bacon? Social networking is way past him. Here are three smart blogs to help you keep up.
By Michael A. Prospero

Whither the Checkout Girl?

By Paul Lukas

Cha Cha Cha

Scott Jones is back in his zone, working 20-hour days on a new Internet search engine. By Evan West

Keep Out

The newest innovations in Web security and privacy. By Yuval Rosenberg

Reading List: The New Capitalists

Ordinary investors are holding more sway, write the authors of The New Capitalists. By Lucas Conley

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Home Away From Home

Get yourself a temporary office to work like a grown-up while traveling. By Joseph Manez

Electric Power

Are you ready for the sports car that hits 112 mph in first gear--and isn't a gas guzzler? By Michael A. Prospero

What, No Shoe Phone?

High technology has infiltrated the next generation of footwear. We decide which pairs kick our lives up a notch--and which need a reboot. By Robert E. Calem

Slideshow: Idea Log

Nine years in the making, the new home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals represents a leap forward for stadium design. Starchitect Peter Eisenman explains its evolution.

Slideshow: Wit's End

An illustrated tale: The joy of work gets you only so far.

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Letter from the Editor

The persistence of memory. By Mark N. Vamos

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