Topic: Iraq

The Siberian Energy Rush

Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»

• Slideshow: How the Siberian Energy Rush Is Affecting the Nenets Tribe

November Events

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• Read: Decision Points
• Share: National Philanthropy Day
• Soar: Future of Air Transport Conference

iFive: Facebook User Privacy Abuse, Yahoo Connect, WikiLeaks' Iraq Stash, Toddlers and Smartphones, Megapixel Wars

Monday's early news, from people who've been awake for hours:READ»

Google Grabs State Dept. Star Jared Cohen for Foreign Policy "Think/Do Tank"

The youngest ever member of the Policy Planning staff showed the State Department how to use technology for diplomacy. Now Cohen's going to see if some of the thorniest foreign policy issues can be tackled from the private sector.READ»

Clinton to Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs: "We Want You"

Feeling cooped up in that dingy old cube? Life seem a little meaningless? No worries. The State Department will be happy to send you to the far reaches of the planet to end violence, empower citizens, and bring peace and prosperity to the rest of the world.READ»

One in Five Americans Have Video-Called Someone: The Future Is Now!

Mainstream video calling seems like it's just getting started, given the excitement over Apple's FaceTime iPhone app. But a new Pew survey reveals nearly 20% of Americans have already placed a call via video.READ»

Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand

The most creative business leaders I know recognize that success is not just about marketing differently from other companies. It is also, and perhaps more importantly, about caring more than other companies--about customers, about colleagues, about how the organization conducts itself in a world with endless opportunities to cut corners and compromise on values.READ»

iFive: CIA War Lawsuit, Apple's Media Focus, Twitter's Adverts, Windows Phone Dates, Hurt Locker Anti-Pirate Setback

It's just another manic Monday. But before you throw yourself into the joys of work, and those early week emails, here's the early news, digested for your convenience.READ»

Time for a Reality Check (or Seriously, What Were They Thinking?)

Idealism, without Realism, does little to improve the World.READ»

"Reach" Takes a Tragic Trip Through Halo's History

"Halo: Reach" kicked off gaming's busy holiday season, had massive launch day sales, and will have millions of gamers killing one another this weekend. Fast Company spoke to Marcus Leto, the game's Creative Lead.READ»

Won't You (Cheaply) Help DARPA Gear Up for the Coming Robopocalypse?

Back in July the government identified robots as one of the R&D priorities for the 2012 budget (about a decade behind the rest of us). Now there's a research funding round to aid small business robotic's efforts, to build robot gear DARPA can't manage.READ»

Get Straight With Yourself

Among the points he discussed in "My Journey: A Political Life" is the fact that Tony Blair drank more than was usual as a means of coping with the pressure of being Prime Minister. The pressures of holding a top job are immense. One of the ways that leaders deal (aside from self-medication) is walling themselves off from their feelings. But those leaders who are self-aware do themselves and their followers a service by being honest.READ»

Honor Student Gets a Straight "A" From Funny or Die

The sketch group Honor Student have been making Internet videos since 2006, but their work with Funny or Die has led to greater exposure, including slots on the HBO late-night show "Funny or Die Presents."READ»

iFive: Troops In (Iraq!), Starbucks' Digital Network, Apple TV Becomes iTV, Google-Verizon Ruminations, Rubik's Cube Break-Thru

Innovation never snoozes.READ»

iFive: Branson on Fun, Asia Nobels, China Water Projects, BP Destroys Fisheries, Iraq Loses Electricity

All you need to know right now, from shrimps to billionaires.READ»

Alstom to Power-Up Power-Hungry Iraq

French power firm Alstom just signed a deal to rebuild and regenerate the electricity infrastructure in Iraq, decimated since the war.READ»

iFive: BP Posts $17 Billion Loss, Wikileaks Fallout, Top CEO Remuneration, Tooth-Growing Gel, Lionfish Disturbs Atlantic Waters

While you were sleeping, innovation was rubbing gel on its teeth and marveling at its new saber-toothed look. Fierce!READ»

Former Combat Soldier-Activist Paul Rieckhoff on Wikileaks and Founder Julian Assange

After a "pretty heated discussion" with the man who revealed almost 100,000 classified military documents, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America says he's concerned about Assange's agenda.READ»

iFive: BP Delays Cap Test, Apple Finds Allies, Microsoft's 12th Man, WikiLeaks Details, Google Thanks Fiber Fans

While you were sleeping, innovation was putting on a jaunty little cap to wear with its oil-colored capelet, eschewing anything nerdlike such as black T-shirts, and leaving home without its British citizenship.1. What is a disaster ...READ»

China Worries Facebook's a Western Political Tool, Game Ads Are Naughty

China's authorities hint they've made at least one Western company (Google) bend to their will. And it seems elsewhere on the Net, China is more openly resisting modern memes: Apparently Facebook and video game ads are evil. The ...READ»

U.K. Scientists Demo Bulletproof Liquid Armor

Liquid, bullet-stopping body armor. Read that again: Liquid, bullet-stopping body armor. It's not sci-fi, it's real, and a team of U.K. scientists have proven it has a future in protecting soldiers from incoming rounds or shrapnel. ...READ»

Zilch: Get What You Want for Nothing

How to profit by behaving like a not-for-profit.READ»

• Do Something: Six Tips to Reinvent Non-Profits

America Gets Earnest With Social Change Theme at Venice Architecture Biennale

A preview of some of the projects which will be featured at the Biennale's American pavilion this summer.READ»

iFive: BP Re-Caps Leak, Teething Troubles for Apple, First Female Aussie PM, Epic Sports Matches, Petraeus to Afghanistan

While you were sleeping, and Stanley A. McChrystal was wondering if his next post should be as the France soccer team's manager, innovation was doing stuff. On its iPhone, in pantyhose, and against Ghana.1. After yesterday's ...READ»

Prosthetic Flipper Turns Amputees Into Mermen

Swedish designer Richard Stark's Neptune concept could help amputees swim.READ»