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Nokia's N9 Smartphone: Like an iPhone, but Less Brave

Data on Nokia's N9 smartphone, one great white hope to turn round its business, has leaked. And whaddyaknow? It's very Apple-esque. It's almost like the iPhone may have been, if Johnny Ive had smaller balls. READ»

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Apple Reveals Magic Trackpad Peripheral

 The rumors were right: Alongside new Macs, Apple's revealed its newest gizmo--a Bluetooth trackpad. It's designed to bring the same sort of multitouch goodness that MacBook users have experienced for months to iMac or even PC ...READ»

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iFive: Whale in the Gulf, Oil Boss in Dock, Droid X vs. iPhone 4, Finland Makes Broadband a Right, Woot Rap Video

As you slept last night, and Roger Federer drowned his sorrows in the Chalkdust pub in Wimbledon, innovation was putting on the pancake makeup and stepping out of its FEMA trailer for a YouTube appearance. 1. While Hurricane Alex ...READ»

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Solving the Design Paradox: Budgets Come From the Top Down, But Design Happens From the Bottom Up

Great design comes from great leadership, and that leadership is born within a company.READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Counting Down to 100

My grandfather used to paint. He wasn't particularly good at it, but he found it calming. He would also make collages with found objects. I look at his work sometimes and try to figure out the stories he was trying to tell (he's been ...READ»

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Boeing Rapid-Prototypes Its Phantom Ray Spy Plane Into Flight

Boeing's newest research aircraft got a public unveiling yesterday, which is interesting for such a future-facing aircraft that's surely destined for a ton of cloak-and-dagger work. It's an unmanned spy plane, and even its looks are ...READ»

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Giz Your Own Adventure: All Real

 Gizmodo has the iPhone prototype in their possession for about a week. Two of the site's top editors analyze the device inside and out. Jason Chen, the site's second-in-command, inspects the internals that make the phone run (or ...READ»

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Giz Your Own Adventure: Law & Order

 Gizmodo has the iPhone prototype in their possession for about a week. Two of the site's top editors analyze the device inside and out--Jason Chen, the site's second-in-command, inspects the internals that make the phone run (or ...READ»

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Apple iPad's Launch Day Attracts Goofballs and Celebrities, Sells Estimated 700,000 Units

Inside: reports from the floor, celebrity sightings, unboxings, items iPad buyers say they would buy if Apple made them, and most importantly, sales predictions.READ»

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John Doerr Gives $100 Million Thumbs-Up to iPad

Venture Capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers has announced it is to double its investment in its iFund to $200 million. At a press conference, its head, John Doerr, described the iPad, whose first reviews hit the media ...READ»

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Microsoft Immediately Stumbles in Quest for Well-Designed Phone Apps

The newly released app-design guide reveals a lot more about Microsoft than they probably intended.READ»

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Save the Planet, With Cell Phones That Last Five Years

How we could use smart design to rethink cellphones, and make them last for years and years.READ»

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The Right Way to Look at CrunchPad's Demise

This week the CrunchPad died. And bloggers sank their teeth into the meaty deliciousness of the fiasco, but there are some very positive lessons here about efficiency, innovation, and the inevitability of a tablet ... soon.READ»

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Will Ericsson's Minimalist PC Concept Evoke Envy in Apple's Jon Ive?

Ericsson has just pulled the covers off a concept PC that takes the all-in-one concept and design minimalism to a whole new level. The spartan machine doesn't have a screen or a keyboard, and instead opts to use projections for ...READ»

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An Important Message About Apple Industrial Design from Jon Ive

Jon, whatever it is that you are having at the "communal design area," send some over:READ»

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Gold Stars Several of our Most Creative People have made news since our list came out in June: Jon Rubinstein (No. 9) was named CEO of Palm; W!ldbrain CEO Charles Rivkin (No. 56) was nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to France; ...READ»

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The Best Flashlight Ever Designed?

Blackfire's new concept puts to shame all the other flashlights sitting in your toolbox.READ»

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The Invention of Jawbone Offers Essential Lessons for Tech Start-Ups

Jawbone's designer and the company's CEO rap about how design is as important as tech for Silicon Valley start-ups.READ»

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Marc Newson's Gobsmacking Fractal Necklace

The designer's new creation for Boucheron took 1,500 hours to craft, and 2,000 diamonds and sapphires.READ»

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Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple

By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on.READ»

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Rapid-Prototyping Gets Serious: Fabricates Entire Building

Radiolaria is designed by Shiro Studio architects, and it's a pretty cool free-form structure that will act as a pavilion. But perhaps the coolest thing about it is that its designer is using the worlds largest rapid-prototyping ...READ»

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Sony's Sleek New Portable Mouse

In an attempt to complement its handsome netbooks, Sony's new mouse ends up getting things wrong--as usual.READ»

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Subscribe to Fast Company Today, Your First Issue Ships Tomorrow

Hurry and take advantage of this exclusive Fast Company offer--a full year, that's 10 issues of Fast Company magazine for only $12.97. Your first issue will ship tomorrow (the next business day) and you'll receive continuous ...READ»

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Why the Apple Tablet Rumors Still Won't Go Away

Apple's mythical tablet computer is the stuff of gadget blogger wet dreams. We've covered the rumored device many times, and Chris Dannen has even explored why they keep resurfacing. But many more rumors keep popping up. Why, why, ...READ»

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Why Are the Most Creative People in Business Skipping Out on Web 2.0?

These days, we're all public figures. We're sharing our friends on Facebook, our photos on Flickr, our music on Last.fm, and our goofy links insightful observations on Twitter. So when Fast Company set out to capture ...READ»