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Meeting I Never MissREAD»

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Xtreme Teams

In the new world of business, all work is teamwork -- but very few teams work all that well. How do groups of ordinary people achieve extraordinary results? Learn from these extreme teams. Your team may never work the same again.READ»

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iFive: Hayward's Exit Strategy, Social Network Overload, Private Pirates Served, Large Wind Turbines, Small Cows

While you were sleeping, innovation was supersizing--no, downsizing--no, supersizing--decisions, decisions--itself and wondering whether it's better to be big or small.1. For the past 24 hours Tony Hayward has, apparently, been ...READ»

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Poof! Movie Magic

Think technology has transformed filmmaking? Hold onto your Raisinets. The summer movie season will bring some eye-popping, digitized, computerized extravaganzas that take the talkies to a whole new level.READ»

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Major Companies Are Downloading the Data From Those 100 Million Public Facebook Profiles

Yesterday, a white hat hacker (the good kind) made the public data from 100 million Facebook profiles available to everyone. Today, somebody found out who's interested in it. The names include Apple, Disney, the Church of Scientology, Halliburton, and the UN.READ»

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The Parable of Myst II

With "Myst," the Miller brothers unleashed a pop-culture phenomenon and achieved phenomenal business success. Now they're hard at work on "Myst II." Will they escape the demons that stalk fame and fortune?READ»

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ZillionTV May Be the Set-Top Streaming Box You've Been Looking For

Web-based television content streaming is hot in the news at the moment, courtesy of events like the Hulu-Boxee shut down. And now there's the new ZillionTV set-top box to add to the mix, and it's a pretty interesting little ...READ»

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Hollywood's Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie Business

How McG (yes, that's his name -- he directed the new Terminator movie) evolved from bubblegum auteur into a tinseltown killing machine.READ»

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Battle of the Bots

Louis. Marciano. Ali. Those were the great heavyweight fighters of the 20th century. But they were lightweights compared with the 21st century's new breed of fighters: Rhino. Mechadon. Biohazard. Introducing ... the robot rumble.READ»

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The 10 Faces of Innovation

In an exclusive book excerpt from the general manager of Ideo, we meet the personality types it takes to keep creativity thriving--and the devil's advocate at bay.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Attack of the Baby Pixars

Digital animation isn't the cozy little world it used to be. Now lots of people are trying it--and trying to shoot the big studios' lights out.READ»

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Reinventing the Reel

The phrase "interactive advertising" is everywhere. Bob Greenberg actually makes it.READ»

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Close-Up on Hollywood's Creature Teacher

Visual-effects guru Alex Alvarez builds the film industry's hottest new talents, one geek at a time.READ»

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It's About Time

Unit of OneREAD»

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Why Can't Lego Click?

The giant Danish toymaker has a history and a reputation that most companies can only dream of. Yet its efforts to change and grow with the times just won't click.READ»

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The Hitchhikers Guide to the New Economy

Don't panic. You're about to go on a ride through the new economy in the company of Douglas Adams, the ultimate hitchhiker, as he translates his fanatic flair for intergalactic fun and games into what he hopes will become the next big multimedia company.READ»

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Jeffrey Katzenberg Plans on Living Happily Ever After

As a young prince, Jeffrey Katzenberg made billions for the Magic Kingdom, but his ambition got him banished. Now the CEO of DreamWorks Animation has a (smaller) kingdom of his own -- and every intention of living happily ever after.READ»

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The Good Brand

Brands are less and less about what we buy, and more and more about who we are. That means your cola can't just taste good. It has to feel good, too.READ»

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Hollywood's New Game

Technology and entertainment can mix -- if you combine the right strategy with the right kind of organization. That's the lesson behind the rise of Sega GameWorks. Although the company is based in Hollywood, the model is pure Silicon Valley.READ»