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• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies
• Slideshow: Meet the Googlers
• Slideshow: Tour the Googleplex
• Douglas Merrill
• Bill Weihl
• Tim Armstrong
• Andy Rubin
• Josef Desimone
• David Glazer
• Jessica Ewing
• Matt Glotzbach
• Hal Varian
• T.V. Raman
• Irene Au
• Niniane Wang
• Anne Driscoll
• Shannon Maher
• Larry Brilliant
• John Hanke
• Marissa Mayer
• Marissa Mayer's 9 Principles of Innovation
• AirAsia
• AKQA
• Baidu
• Boeing
• GE
• IBM
• IDEO
• Nintendo
• Omniture
• Prosper
• RealNetworks
• Target
• Timberland
• Whole Foods
• Discuss the list in the Fast 50 Group

¡Hola Surfers!

When it comes to attracting the lucrative, fast-growing Hispanic demographic online, don't go with what you know--go with what you know works.READ»

Yahoo's Rally Cry

The Web portal has scored with its sports site. Does its success point the way to Yahoo's future? READ»

Intel's Amazon Ambitions

How a Brazilian town best known for its Festival of the Ox became a marketing tool for the world's biggest semiconductor company.READ»

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Voyage of Discovery

Discovery Communications (DCI) which airs Dirty Jobs has more than 100 TV networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers. Here are four of DCI's key properties.READ»

The 5th Annual Fast 50

The 5th Annual Fast 50 42. Photoshop Jonathan Klein Getty Images Previous | Next Getty Images is perfecting the art of knowing what advertising, publishing, and media companies need even before they do--reading the ...READ»

The 5th Annual Fast 50

The 5th Annual Fast 50 8. Digital Sleuthing Elizabeth Charnock Cataphora Previous | Next If you work for a sizable corporation, you can pretty much bet that all your online communications--every email and instant ...READ»

The 5th Annual Fast 50

The 5th Annual Fast 50 24. Web-Based Scheduling Patrick Grady Rearden Commerce Previous | Next Patrick Grady wants to be your "virtual" personal assistant. He'll schedule your travel, entertainment, meetings-- and ...READ»

The 5th Annual Fast 50

The 5th Annual Fast 50 26. Wi-Fi Dream Home Selina Lo Ruckus Wireless Previous | Next No one knows it yet, but the home wireless network is here. Ruckus Wireless has rolled out a technology that pings voice, music, ...READ»

Halloween 2.0: How Web Companies Trick and Treat

No longer just for kids, this multi-billion dollar holiday lends itself to creativity on the Web. Check out what these innovative tech companies have in store for October 31, both online and off.READ»

Scoble on Tech Archive

Straight to Video How will you use next-generation Web TV to reinvent your business? Office in a Cloud Why you'll learn to love the next wave of Web-based work apps. Stars, Stripes, and Social Media What ...READ»

Did the Web Help Kanye Outsell 50 Cent?

No one really believed that 50 Cent would stop recording if Kanye West outsold him, did they? Some wanted it to be true though, as was witnessed when this latest hip-hop rivalry played out heavily on blogs, as well as community and social networking sites.READ»

Television 2.0: Coming to a (Computer) Screen Near You

YouTube is just the beginning. If new research is to be believed, the Internet could eventually replace TV. Meet the innovators -- including Joost and Revision 3 -- who are reinventing television.READ»

Celebrity Blogs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

As if they don't already get enough publicity, celebrities are increasingly joining the ranks of the blogosphere. Here we spotlight some of the best -- and some of the worst.READ»

Scoble on Tech

Robert Scoble is a tech enthusiast and video podcast evangelist. In Fast Company magazine, he discusses how new technology is changing the Internet. In FastCompany.com's bi-weekly video, Scoble examines these trends ...READ»

Full Text: Open Debate

Is Google overrated? Tapped out? Due for a fall? Two experts take sides.READ»

2006 Review of Business Innovation, Digital Media and Trends

Will Paris Hilton's new cosmetics line survive her bad girl image? Will the Zune be a threat to the iPod? These were just a few of this year's business questions to be answered. Here we review ten business innovations, digital media products, and trends from 2006.READ»

The Jobs of Web 2.0

Is the rise of online social networking creating a new breed of programmers?READ»

The Reeducation of an Internet CEO

A year after MicroStrategy Inc. made our Agenda issue for its visionary use of the Web, the company's outspoken CEO shares the keys to surviving a nearly catastrophic crash.READ»

Soul Proprietor Scores Big

Troy Tyler set his goals and found the right deal for smartRay Network. Here's the continuing tale and Tyler's three tips for finding the right deal.READ»

Targeted Serendipity

Weblogs aren't just glorified pages of links and rambling personal sites; they are an antidote to mass media. According to the author of "The Weblog Handbook," Rebecca Blood, blogs are also bringing creative expression to everyday people when they need it most.READ»

Bloggers in Our Midst

These Fast Company Webloggers demonstrate the variety and virility of this new-media phenomenon. Welcome to their world.READ»

DEMO 2002

This week's uninspired DEMO 2002 lacked sex appeal and VC dealings but suffered no shortage of nitty-gritty tools and applications.READ»

Will the Net Bounce Back?

Last year's Internet Summit was full of boasting and banquets. This year's gathering of tech's brightest stars featured mea culpas and buffets. A field report on the past, present, and future of the Internet economy.READ»

The Reeducation of an Internet CEO

A year after MicroStrategy Inc. made our Agenda issue for its visionary use of the Web, the company's outspoken CEO shares the keys to surviving a nearly catastrophic crash.READ»