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Who's Next: Osama Bedier

VP of platform, mobile, and new ventures, PayPalREAD»

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HP Invents a "Central Nervous System for Earth" and Joins the Smarter Planet Sweepstakes

Hewlett Packard announces the first commercial application of its holistic blueprint for smarter cities: "CeNSE" (Central Nervous System for the Earth). But what sets HP apart from its rivals is its determination to create a smarter planet almost entirely within house, from sensors of its own design and manufacture to servers and software to the consultants who will tie it all together.READ»

20-20 Hindsight

FOG by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Backing Into the Abyss As some of you may know, I currently earn my ...READ»

How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows

... Its performance is the envy of executives and engineers around the world ... For techno-evangelists, Google is a marvel of Web brilliance ... For Wall Street, it may be the IPO that changes everything (again) ... But Google is also a case study in savvy management -- a company filled with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous accountability, and relentless attention to detail ... Here's a search for the growth secrets of one of the world's most exciting young companies -- a company from which every company can learn.READ»