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Careers: Personal Branding and PR No-Nos

BY Wendy Marx
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During the height of the Iraq war, you couldn’t turn on the TV or listen to the radio without hearing a military analyst make pronouncements about the war. What we didn’t know at the time was that many of these analysts were ...READ»

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Eco-Friendly Fire: Militaries Try Saving the Planet While Killing the Enemy

BY Joseph V. Tirella
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Call it the Al Gore Effect or just an inconceivable truth, but the Pentagon, among other members of the Military Industrial Complex, actually are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint. In fact, they are so concerned for the ...READ»

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Socially Responsible?

BY Kevin Ohannessian
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Last night, Ben and Jerry, the founders of the ice cream company, were on the Colbert Report. Besides promoting their new flavor "Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream," they took a moment to get serious. Ben Cohen held up a cloth disk ...READ»

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The People Who Win The Wars

BY Michael Abrashoff
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No matter how brilliantly the big brass plans wars, the outcome depends on the people who fight them.READ»

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Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

BY Chris Dannen
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Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - Defense

BY Cliff Kuang
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Pentagon's "Contact Us" Button Yields Innovative Anti-Terror Ideas, Bear-a-troopers

BY Addy Dugdale
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There are many facets to what makes a good, innovative company, these days. Great products. Competitive prices. Top-notch service and support. A symbiotic relationship with one's customers. Even the Pentagon, it seems, is in on that ...READ»

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International Manufacturing Technology Show

BY Fast Company Calendar
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Fly fast, look good, and make money -- is there anything more to ask for? How about getting oohed and ahhed over by your industry peers? Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin recently secured a $5 billion contract with the Pentagon; ...READ»

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

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

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Wikileaks Makes Muckraking Easier by Anonymizing and Protecting Sources

BY Chris Dannen
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Wikileaks is like Wikipedia for sensitive information: a user-populated dossier of classified and leaked stuff, submitted by anonymous sources all over the world. Johnny Law has attempted to shut it down both domestically and abroad, ...READ»

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Sharpen Your Snap Judgments

BY Fast Company
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Malcolm Gladwell wants to rub the confusion from our eyes when we first encounter a new person, product, or idea and help us focus on what's really important. These stories from Blink can help you filter through first impressions and improve rapid decision making.READ»

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Run for Your Life: The Pentagon's Robotic Hummingbird Takes Flight

BY Cliff Kuang
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Video of the latest flying contraption by DARPA, the Pentagon's hyper-strange research lab.READ»

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Is DARPA Working on a Handheld Nuclear Fusion Device?

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The Pentagon's DARPA arm is known for its attempts to reduce devices to microchip size. Projects have included multi-purpose sensors, cryogenic coolers, video cameras, and apparently, "Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic ...READ»

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Pentagon Cuts Restrictions, Shows Love for Social Networking

BY Dan Nosowitz
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A Department of Defense memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynne outlines the Pentagon's new policies on the use of social networking services like Facebook and Twitter. To my surprise, it basically boils down to a total ...READ»

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Sacred Ground - Revisited

BY Fast Company Staff
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Last week, I blogged about the specter of marketing during church, funerals and wakes. A couple days later, I came across this, a tombstone concept that incorporates a video screen. I was sure the issue was dead at that point, but ...READ»

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Business As War

BY Mark B. Fuller
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Business in the New Economy is a civilized version of war. Companies, not countries, are battlefield rivals.READ»

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Wikileaks Replaying 9/11 Via Hacked Pager Messages

BY Kit Eaton
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Wikileaks is currently replaying the events of 9-11-2001 in a very unexpected way: It's releasing in roughly real-time chunks over 500,000 hacked pager messages that were transmitted that day. As a data source its chilling but ...READ»

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Beg, Borrow, Stimulate

BY Anna Muoio
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Meeting I Never MissREAD»

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Is Darpa's Kids' Initiative Funding Tomorrow's Mathletes or "Terminator 5: Recess"?

BY Cliff Kuang
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The government's sci-fi defense research arm is calling for ways to get kids interesting in scientific careers.READ»

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Designed to Save Lives: The Army's Newest Armored Truck

BY Cliff Kuang
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The replacement for the Hummer and the MRAP is loaded with clever safety features to protect against IED's.READ»

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Battlefield Lessons

BY Colonel Jay M. Parker
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The war in Iraq (which is winding down as this issue goes to press) reflects a world where much is new. But when it comes to war, old truths prevail: Planning and leadership are the pillars of victory.READ»

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Re: Research

BY Heath Row
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The Star-Ledger this weekend ran an interesting article about the rise and fall of AT&T Labs, nee Bell Labs. Tasked a decade ago to invent the future of telecommunications, the research wing is quickly dissolving as its top talent ...READ»

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Who's Fast 2002

BY Fast Company
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Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Our fourth-annual Who's Fast issue arrives at a time when our feelings about work, life, business, and purpose need thoughtful recalibration.READ»

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A Woman's Place is in Cyberspace

BY Natalie Engler
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Four online alternatives to the old boy's network.READ»

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The Strategy of the Fighter Pilot

BY Keith H. Hammonds
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Business is a dogfight. Your job as a leader: Outmaneuver the competition, respond decisively to fast-changing conditions, and defeat your rivals. That's why the OODA loop, the brainchild of "40 Second" Boyd, an unconventional fighter pilot, is one of today's most important ideas in battle or in business.READ»

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