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Intel Invests Billions In Building Super-Tiny Chips

Get ready for the next generation of computer guts. In practical terms, that means we can expect lightning-fast, extended-battery laptops that don't burn your crotch quite so quickly. READ»

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Bright Spot for the Music Industry: Product Placement Is Pirate-Proof

Piracy may be leading to a decline in profits for record labels, but product placement is still big business. READ»

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Live Well at a Discount, Everyone Is Included at Groupon

If you haven't joined Groupon or even heard of it, perhaps you're spending too much time perusing the Yellow Pages for ads. READ»

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Coffee Break Survey: Executive Toys 2010

VIDEO: Gal at ComicCon, the place where toy lovers collideThank Buddha it's Friday. A playful day, when meetings should be light 'n' easy, decisions fully reversible Monday and it's okay to occasionally flip back and forth between ...READ»

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Mark Zuckerberg Now Richer, More Philanthropic Than Steve Jobs

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is deliriously rich--richer than the Apple CEO, even--and contrary to what a certain movie might tell you, is charitable enough to donate $100 million to Newark schools.READ»

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The New York Times Is Dead Wrong

Consider this amazing statistic: For the month of August, "The New York Times" ran 78 obituaries, but only six were of women. For 2010 as a whole, the Times has published 698 obituaries--and only 92 were of women.READ»

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Chinese TV Host Yang Lan Stays True to Self to Build Empire

TV host Yang Lan is one of China's biggest celebs. Will the propriety and pragmatism that got her there keep her from becoming the mogul she wants to be? A story of fame, ambition, and reality in modern China.READ»

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North Korea: We Didn't Tweet, It's a Filthy Western Habit

So all those purported official tweets from North Korea? Not real, apparently--they're the work of "supporters" in China and Japan. Twitter, with its free-speaking, democratic tendencies, is still forbidden fruit inside the DPRK.READ»

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World's Happiest Countries: Norway, Denmark, Costa Rica, Turkmenistan?

Bhutan started the gross national happiness trend, but here's what Gallup did with it.READ»

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Harry Potter and Personal Branding

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studios Orlando June 18 and the studio is reporting rising attendance and guest spending. While all looks great for the investment Universal made, the naysayers have been wondering out loud if Harry Potter will indeed have legs for years to come.READ»

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How to Use Social Media to Get PR For Your Company

if you are still sending out press releases over the wire headed "press release" or "for immediate release," you are just setting yourself up for rejection according to a panel of journalists at today's Social Media Summit in San ...READ»

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Apple iPad 3G Security Hole Reveals 114,000 Subscriber Email Addresses [Updated]

The security hole revealed 114,000 iPad 3G subscriber email addresses, including the ones for such illustrious names as Rahm Emanuel and Diane Sawyer. But is this really such a big deal?READ»

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Mark Zuckerberg Gives Awkward, Sweaty Interview at D8: Touches on Privacy and Scandal

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not fare as well as Steve Jobs during his D8 interview. Put it this way: the phrase "Nixon Moment" is actually used.READ»

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7 Seeds to Plant That Will Grow Your Business

Small business management is a delicate balance of planning, action and intrinsic perspective. With minimal resources, time and money must be spent wisely. Business fundamentals must be incorporated at all times. READ»

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Angel Investors More Powerful Than VCs

Entrepreneurs should know that Angel Investors are willing to be more aggressive than VCs in order to capitalize on the economic turnaround.READ»

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Infographic: Banking Gone Wild

A graph of the 2000 largest companies in the world reveals the crazy size of the banking sector. Talk about too big to fail.READ»

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Why Freebies Can COST you

Recently, Ning announced that they were laying off 70 staff and no longer going to provide their social networking platform as a freebie. Ning’s COO Jason Rosenthal said...READ»

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Why Freebies Can Cost You

The following article was written by A. Michelle Blakeley. She is the Founder and CEO of Simplicity, Inc., a progressive small business development firm. She manages her clients’ business expectations and prevents information ...READ»

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Playing Tens: The CLO, CRO and CSO

In the sixth post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how CLOs, CROs and CSOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»

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Oil Companies--Some Run by Former Bush Officials--Make a Risky Move Into Kurdistan

In their haste to tap Kurdish reserves, dozens of oil companies -- several fronted by former Bush officials -- have undercut U.S. policy and fanned sectarian tensions in Iraq. They may also lose a fortune.READ»

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Where are the Women Entrepreneurs? by Telle Whitney, President and CEO Anita Borg Institute

I was listening to an interview the other day on NPR (http://www.wbur.org/npr/124585536) with Luisa Kroll from Forbes about the recent list of billionaires worldwide. One of her comments caught my ear:    [There are] 89 ...READ»

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The Right Fight: How to Pick Battles on the Path to Grand Innovation

How does an organization create breakthrough performance time after time? The conventional answer is a version of "feel good" wisdom about getting everyone aligned. But it turns out that's not enough.READ»

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TweetMyJobs Moves in on Job Boards' Territory

Watch out, Monster.com, Twitter is becoming a job board. Last year TweetMyJobs, an online job service, started connecting job seekers and employers by tweeting job openings. On Tuesday, the company announced that its services ...READ»

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Top 5 Acquisition Strategies

Mergers and acquisitions often dominate headlines: “Apple Acquires Quattro Wireless for $250 M” or “Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch for $50B.” Acquisitions consolidate financial and physical resources within a...READ»

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Winter Olympics Sponsor Smackdown: Red Bull vs. Coke

The Winter Olympics start later this week, which means fans will soon be subjected to ads from the usual suspects, e.g. McDonald's, Visa, Coca-Cola. But Red Bull, which usually steers clear of mainstream sports in favor of alternative ...READ»