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Canada, Spain Find Google Violated Privacy Laws, Collected Loads of Personal Data, Medical Records

Google gets another ticket from a government accusing its fleet of Street View vehicles of speeding past privacy laws.READ»

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How TED Connects the Idea-Hungry Elite

Inside the World's most exclusive and most accessible club.READ»

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Korean Police Raid Google Offices Over Privacy Concerns

Police in South Korea storm Google headquarters in Seoul just as Google launches controversial Street View program in Germany.READ»

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South Korea Braces for Sidewalk Smoking Ban

Seoul's no smoking rule goes into effect on August 28th, will it work?READ»

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Jeannie Cho Lee Is the Asian Wine Market's Own Julia Child

Gary V.'s got nothing on Jeannie C.READ»

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A Dancing, Shifting Architecture Installation Opens in Queens

A profile of SO-IL, the lean, mean firm behind the P.S.1 courtyard installation, this summer's hottest architecture project.READ»

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Did North Korea Test Hydrogen Bomb Technology?

North Korea may have lost control of their World Cup game against Portugal (7-0!), but the nation's also lost control of something much more deadly: Waste products from its attempts to build a hydrogen bomb have been detected in South ...READ»

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Not Invented Here: Social Games and Asia

Moving from Seoul to Singapore takes the geeks to a small market that's quite evolved, and to the most comprehensive Asian tech conference yet, Echelon 2010. Here, I learn that one of the largest web markets, social games, is already ...READ»

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The Best Olympics Have the Ugliest Mascots - London 2012 Is Going to Be Awesome

Fear not, earthlings. The uglier the mascot, the more successful the games. Trust us on this one.READ»

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The Italians Are Coming!

An effort at boosting Italian culture abroad will get a splashy new outpost in New York.READ»

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World's Largest Glass Table Looks Like a Magically Frozen River

The table is cut from the same glass used in telescopes that see to the farthest ends of the universe.READ»

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A 7-Step Guide to Brand Transformation

The Little Tugboat that Could: How Sunnie Giles Helped Transform Samsung LifeREAD»

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AIC Kia

AIC Kia Of Manassas 2009 Kia Borrego V8 4WD The theory is that despite the drastic rise in fuel costs, there are still plenty of upper-middle-class suburbanites who want a body-on-frame SUV to shuttle the family, haul supplies ...READ»

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South Korea Unveils "ReCharging Road" for Eco-Friendly Buses

We've covered sustainable urban developments in Seoul before. On Tuesday researchers launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road"-- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried ...READ»

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Aviation Emissions: Understanding the Carbon Offset Market

One of the ways individuals can reduce the impact of aviation emissions is to buy carbon offsets every time they fly. Around $25 can offset the amount of carbon released per passenger during a London to NY roundtrip. But most people don't know how carbon offsets work or how to purchase them.READ»

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Seoul Reengineers a Freeway Into a Stream

Most metropolis' are so busy building the future that they don't have time to re-think the past. Not so with Seoul, South Korea. In 2003, the city demolished a downtown freeway to restore an ancient stream that once flowed beneath the ...READ»

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Inspired Ethonomics: London's Transportation Transformation for the 2012 Olympics

Congestion pricing has been a huge success in London--reducing traffic and making money for the city. What's more, it challenges the notion that cities should be designed around cars rather than people. But as we'll learn in this episode of e2, congestion pricing is the core of a much more sweeping vision that could transform London into a transit-efficient and pedestrian-friendly megacity in time for the 2012 Olympic games.READ»

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Crib Sheet: Prince Alwaleed--Saudi Oil Tycoon, Fox News Investor

He's a prince! He graduated summa cum laude from Menlo University in 1979! He's the Saudi Warren Buffet! He's also Fox News' fourth biggest investor--although Prince Alwaleed bin Talal claims that he's the second biggest investor in ...READ»

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Inspired Ethonomics: Portland, a Global Model of Transit-Oriented Development

Portland is a city that successfully implemented a plan for transit-oriented development. Its urban planners made the public domain more appealing and accessible by emphasizing density and pedestrian travel. These transit policies are credited with spurring urban rejuvenation in Portland and many cities, while slowing the postwar dominance of the suburbs.READ»

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Inspired Ethonomics: Seoul Reengineers a Freeway Into a Stream [VIDEO]

Most metropolis' are so busy pushing toward the future that they don't have time to re-think the past. Not so with Seoul, South Korea. In 2003, the city demolished a downtown freeway to restore an ancient stream that once flowed beneath the thoroughfare. READ»

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Sweet Jesus Crystal! A Japanese Design Master's Stunning "Rainbow Church"

An 80-foot tall window made of crystal prisms, which will bathe a room in rainbows.READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - Company Index

Sponsored by The Top 50 AEG Los Angeles, CA Affymetrix Santa Clara, ...READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - All Stars

These companies, featured on our 2008 and 2009 honor rolls, fought a dour economy with renewed creativity and bold initiatives. (Alas, not all fared ...READ»

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Bright LEDs, Big City

The latest crop of LED facades works like an HUD for the planet.READ»