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What We Learned In The New Economy

BY Jennifer ReingoldWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»

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Feedback: Become the Person People Work For

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

I grew up in northern Virginia, about 10 miles from AOL headquarters. At age 15, I taught myself Java and C++. At age 16, during two summers, I worked for the now-dead boom startup Tidalwave Telephone (at various times also named ...READ»

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To: The Queen, Subject: My Dog

BY Ian WylieWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

When her dog died under mysterious circumstances after a veterinary operation in Bristol, England, Janet Mahoney was distraught, then angry.READ»

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These Boots Were Made for Selling

BY Ryan UnderwoodWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

The hottest site for haute couture? It's eBay. If you're Manolo Blahnik, is that a good thing?READ»

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What We Learned In The New Economy: Converge Those Actionables, Dude!

BY Ryan UnderwoodWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

Did you speak New Economy? The vocabulary now seems strangely quaint, if not outright asinine. Here's a helpful glossary for those who have conveniently forgotten.READ»

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Where They Are Now

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

Fast Company readers asked us to help track down once-prominent business leaders and innovators who have largely fallen off the business radar. Here's what the Fast Company team discovered about the now-old New Economy luminaries.READ»

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Feedback: Quicken Charts Never Lie

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

Intelligence and common sense are sometimes divorced from each other, and common sense - like a Stussy T-shirt - never goes out of fashion. The names have been removed to protect the guilty. I remember meeting with a partner in an ...READ»

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What We Learned In The New Economy: A Brief History of a Brief Era

BY Carleen HawnWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned August 9, 1995: The Big Bang Netscape, just 16 months old, goes public on the Nasdaq. Shares, first priced at $28, open at $71. ...READ»

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Feedback: Short Working Life

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

The rate of change is accelerating. My knowledge base that had been good for five years is fresh only for one year. Most of the people I know from my working days have a very short working life unless they change to an entirely new ...READ»

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Capitalism, Meet Globalism

BY Ryan UnderwoodWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Capitalism has met the enemy, and it is capitalism. Just ask the pharmaceutical industry.READ»

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Image Conscious

BY Scott KirsnerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

When IBM's research division hired Martin Wattenberg, it asked him to perform an act of alchemy: Transform tangles of Internet data into crystal-clear pictures.READ»

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Tech Support

BY Scott Kirsner; Danielle SacksWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

Four software programs promise to spam-proof your inbox; Gore-Tex guitar strings.READ»

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Wireless in San Diego

BY Alison OverholtWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

For a view of how wireless telecom will change the way we work and live, head to San Diego--where everyone from pharmacists to real-estate brokers is now coming unplugged.READ»

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Schmoozing with the Enemy

BY Carleen HawnWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

How does Google deal with folks who try to trick its search engine? By throwing them a party, of course.READ»

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How MapQuest Gets You From Here to There

BY Chuck SalterWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

It's not all algorithms. Think geographers driving around in a Ford Taurus.READ»

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AOL, You've Got Problems!

BY Ryan UnderwoodWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Web-usability expert Jakob Nielsen redesigns AOL.com.READ»

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Joe Trippi's Killer App

BY Linda TischlerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Howard Dean's campaign manager has used the Internet to turn an obscure ex-governor into a real presidential contender. It's anything but politics as usual. Will it work?READ»

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90,000 DVDs. No Shelves.

BY Lucas ConleyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

A Netflix hub reveals a rhythmic flow of DVDs, bar codes, and Band-Aids.READ»

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From Boom Town to Ghost Town

BY Linda TischlerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:41 AM

The Arsenal on the Charles, a 200-year-old arsenal turned office building, proves more ghost town than high-tech community.READ»

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Stop...And Sell the Flowers

BY Linda TischlerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

Two fast-track Dutch consultants decide that there's more to life than travel, presentations, and nonstop meetings. Their business plan for sanity? Selling tulip bulbs. Online. At a profit. Don't sneeze at the idea: The business is taking root.READ»

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Why VC Will Get Uglier

BY Linda TischlerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

If you want to understand the future of the VC industry, says Ted Dintersmith, you first need to take a short tour of its past.READ»

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The Search for the Fastest Engine

BY Ian WylieWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

Can an upstart from Norway outpace Google and finish first on the Web?READ»

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La Dolce Vita, Internet Style

BY Ian WylieWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:35 AM

Colletta di Castelbianco is a 13th-century Italian village that was on the verge of extinction -- until an architect gave it a new design and Internet connectivity gave it a new lease on life. The story of how it became a haven for mobile professionals.READ»

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