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TED's Chris Anderson Is The Moses Of Email Overflow

The walking idea machine is hoping the citizens of the Internet will adopt his new 10 Commandments for solving this growing--and growing!--problem. Fast Company spoke with Anderson (not by email) to learn more.READ»

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Shortmail: "Twitter For Email" Has 500 Character Limit, Forces Conciseness

Email is an unavoidable burden for most, and an undeniable time-suck for all. But now, social startup 410 Labs is trying to fix our email woes with Shortmail.com, a service the Baltimore-based company considers the Twitter of email.READ»

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Cracking Open TED Books: Brilliant Ideas in Single Serving Size

TED is taking its "Ideas Worth Spreading" a step further with TED Books, an imprint of short nonfiction e-books. READ»

TED Fellow Seeks Collaborative "Magic" and Cancer Cure (and Might Actually Have a Shot)

MIT PhD candidate in computational biology Luke Hutchison is the kind of engaged, cross-disciplinary thinker that TED totally hearts.READ»

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The 5 Most Interesting New TED Fellows: From Living Fashion to a PowerPoint Killer

A global, intellectual glitterati will hit Long Beach in February, 2011.READ»

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Chris Anderson Lifted Wikipedia Passages for 'Free'

The Virginia Quarterly Review took a close look at Wired editor Chris Anderson's upcoming book Free, and discovered that entire passages appear to match entries in Wikipedia verbatim. Says reviewer Waldo Jaquith: "... ...READ»

Microcelebrity Is the Key To Success In Today's Freebie World

"How would you make money if you owned Twitter?" Venture capitalist and CEO of Alltop Guy Kawasaki asked Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson at the closing keynote of SXSW. "That was one of the questions I was ...READ»

Mediabistro Circus: Conversations on Technology and the Changing Face of Media

Next week, on May 20th and 21st, Mediabistro.com will hold its first conference – Mediabistro Circus. "Most conferences are dry and boring. That's why we're calling ours a circus," says mediabistro.com founder ...READ»