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WANTED: Office Assault Post-It Gun

Any executive for whom Sun Tzu's The Art of War is the perfect encapsulation of their business philosophy might like industrial designer Alex Marshall's office toys. There's a Post-It gun, designed, apparently, for "extreme ideation ...READ»

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Cut Your Cable: Hulu's Top 10 TV Shows

1 Family Guy You can get the five most recent episodes and more than 300 clips of Seth MacFarlane's crude cartoon. Hulu's most-watched episode as of September: "Stew-roids." 2 The Office The show is also among NBC's ...READ»

How to Make Corporate Training Rock

How one team transformed a training binder into must-see TV.READ»

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MIT, Volkswagen's In-Car Personal Robot Thinks You're Driving Like a Maniac

My parents already treat the GPS on their car like it's a person: "Shh! She's talking!" Now researchers at the MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Audi, want to take that relationship one step further with AIDA, the "Affective Intelligent Driving Agent."READ»

Cut the Cable: All-Time Top 10 TV Shows on Hulu

What television programs are hitting it off with Hulu's online audience? From animated blockbusters to canceled sitcoms, here is what the site's users voraciously consume.READ»

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From Showbiz to Supermarkets: Tru Blood and 8 Other Products That Got Real

This month’s release of Tru Blood, the “blood-red” beverage created for HBO’s hit vampire series True Blood, got us thinking: What other fake products successfully jumped off screen and onto store shelves? Here’s a look at some fictional products that became a reality, and our thoughts on whether they were any good.READ»

The Art of Looking Busy

Seeing just enough of your coworkers is the key to effective collaboration.READ»

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Can NBC Brand Itself as the Green Network?

Would you watch a TV network just because it is somehow "greener" than the others? NBC Universal is betting on it. The company claims that polls show that its reputation as a green network is recognized among 82% of ...READ»

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Happy 20th Birthday, Dilbert!

On April 16, 1989, Dilbert made his newspaper debut. Ever since, Scott Adams's character has patiently endured countless instances of workplace idiocy and given hope -- or at least a laugh -- to cubicle occupants everywhere.READ»