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Consumer Web Software Seeps Into the Workplace

Office tech is getting a casual Friday makeover, says Farhad Manjoo, who explains why we should celebrate the Facebookization of the enterprise.READ»

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Microsoft Launches Office 365, Bringing Millions Into the Cloud

Microsoft is bundling a bunch of its business applications into a single, easy-to-buy package. It's the latest indication that our software will soon live in the cloud, not on our computers.READ»

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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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Steve Jobs's Android Obsession Analyzed

Steve Jobs has a certain competitor's phone prominently on his mind. An investigation.READ»

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Apple Crushes iPhone Sales, iPad Disappoints

Steve Jobs and company have reason for a Cupertino celebratory cha-cha: Apple crushed quarterly revenues on the tails of huge iPhone sales. Today, Apple posted record earnings of $20.34 billion--way up from last year's quarterly ...READ»

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Will Dave McClure Save the VC Industry?

One man in Silicon Valley is trying to turn the venture capital industry on its head--by going outside Silicon Valley. Dave McClure, founder of the new SuperAngel/VC fund 500 Startups, travels all over the world looking for ideas and deals.READ»

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Smartphones Make More Money From Streaming Music Than Downloads: Study

According to a new study, mobile operators should quit pushing their own music download stores on users and instead partner with music streaming services to increase revenues. READ»

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Why You Should Start a Company in ... Atlanta

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»

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Hitachi Bets Big on Batteries

The company has signed an MOU with Johnson Controls and makes its intentions for lithium-ion batteries known.READ»

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Windows Phone 7: This Name Does Not Sing to Me

Windows Phone 7 asks: Are operating system names going to steal the cell phone spotlight?READ»

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Inside the Lawsuit That Could Ground Deadly CIA Predator Drones

A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails obtained by Fast Company suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.READ»

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Apple Just Became the Number One U.S. PC Vendor, Kinda

If you look at things in a particular way, Apple's just been confirmed as the top PC vendor in the U.S. What's the trick? You have to include iPad sales in the figures. READ»

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To App or Not? New Study Points the Way

Think an app is a must-have in order to reach the mobile user? A new study says sometimes users prefer the mobile Web.READ»

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The Bing-Facebook Alliance: Six Things You (and Google) Should Know

Bing and Facebook just made search social. Will your online life ever be the same again?READ»

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"The Social Network," Tiger Woods, and Why Brand-Bashing Is Good for Everyone

There's been much discussion about what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook employees thought of "The Social Network." The picture it paints of their CEO isn't pretty, and such powerful storytelling penetrates the mind of pop culture. But the filmmakers did Mark Zuckerberg a favor.READ»

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Search Wars: Is Google Losing the Battle With the Bing-Yahoo! Alliance?

Yes. Or no. It depends on which of two new reports you believe. (Both agree, though, that Google maintains a strong lead overall.)READ»

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Batteries That Go Ten Times Longer

Eat your heart out, Energizer bunny. Battery maker Contour Energy Systems has snapped up some MIT nanotechnology that can give lithium-ion batteries a tenfold increase in power--eliminating all concerns about the range of electric cars.READ»

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Why You Should Start a Company in... Washington, D.C.

Serious about starting a tech company? It used to be that Silicon Valley was the only place to go. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick.READ»

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IBM Launches Its Version of SimCity

Virtual city planning is fun--and can help you save the planet. That's the goal of CityOne, a new game from the mind of IBM.READ»

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How a Team at Apple Made the iPod Dream a Reality

In this excerpt from "The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization," authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton look at the team that created the iPod, and how the vision of a revolutionary music player motivated them to innovate.READ»

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Ad Industry Attempts to Self-Regulate Behavioral Advertising

On Monday, the ad industry launched a self-regulatory program to make behavioral advertising more transparent by including an icon next to ads that track online behavior.READ»

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Smartphones to the Rescue in Burundi

The UN World Food Programme's latest experiment is with smartphones as data collectors.READ»

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Facebook: The Social Network

Whether you’re a potential investor in Facebook’s rumored $60 billion IPO, one of the site’s 500 million members, or just a movie buff, filmmaker Aaron Sorkin’s biting biopic of Mark Zuckerberg will likely be a must-see. To ...READ»

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Stanford University's Unique Economic Engine

Sixty next year, Stanford Research Park is, more than ever, the innovative heart of Silicon Valley.READ»

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How to Manage Employees When They Make Mistakes

How to manage people through "light" and "heat" (think carrot & stick but I like my analogy better because we're humans not animals). As a leader you need to have both heat and light in your arsenal.READ»