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Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company's line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Could this be the first of many Android-based suits?READ»

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Students Find $350 Million in Savings at Bloomberg, eBay, McDonald’s

Major corporations can save millions with simple energy efficiency tweaks--if they know where to look. That's where this group of MBA students can help. READ»

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Blue Collar Collaboration

People on the front lines, doing nitty-gritty manual work, can teach us plenty about real collaboration. READ»

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Now: September 2010

September MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 ...READ»

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Photoshop World 2010

Much like Google and Xerox, photoshop has become a synonym for the product's function -- just don't use the word that way at this Adobe gathering. "Photoshop refers to the product; we don't use it as a verb!" says Kevin Connor, VP ...READ»

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Strategic HR: the Time is Now

Just twenty years ago, in the early 90s, CIO was considered a third-tier title at best. Most CIOs were mired in arcane technology with a simple mandate: just keep things running and don’t screw up finance - IT was considered by most ...READ»

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The Importance of Strategic Compass in Demand Flow & Innovation

A Note to Our Readers: In this installment, my Quantum Leaders colleague, Gregg Gallagher, contributes another post from our Quantum Thinking blog which continues our "Strategic Planning is Dead" dialogue. Gregg talks more about the ...READ»

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Reinventing Memorial Day: Solutions for Silence and Sacrifice

In his series on making Memorial Day more meaningful, Steve McCallion presents solutions from quieting our social networks in observance to asking companies to celebrate country over commerce.READ»

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Reinventing Memorial Day: Creating Inconvenience and Relevance

Memorial Day has become just another excuse for a long weekend. Steve McCallion is exploring a way to bring back its meaning to Americans.READ»

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Reinventing Memorial Day: Beyond The Mattress Blowout Sale

From the archive, we pose a question that's still as relevant as ever: Why has Memorial Day, like so many of our national holidays, been reduced to appliance sales, fast food specials, and vacation deals? READ»

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Four Ways to Keep the Museum Experience Relevant

Can a museum change the way a city sees itself? A recent exhibition in Portland, Oregon made a case for how museums can continue to engage and energize their audiences.READ»

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Xerox's CTO Takes Company Into Post-Copier Age

We had a chance to meet Xerox's CTO, Sophie Vandebroek and we talked about all the latest stuff that Xerox is working on from Solar energy to medical testing technology. The interview was done on the deck of the famous Palo Alto ...READ»

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Carbon Accounting Software Market Experiencing Huge Period of Growth

Despite the gridlock in Washington over climate change legislation, and the world's economic downturn, 2009 was a year of growth for the emerging Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) software market. The number of corporations disclosing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) increased significantly in 2009 and Groom Energy predicts that ECA software purchases will increase 600% by 2011.READ»

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Xerox Sues Google and Yahoo Over Alleged Patent Violation

Last Friday, Xerox filed a lawsuit seeking compensation over patent-infringement claims. The copy giant claims that Google and Yahoo have been using its own technology for search queries and data integration. A spokesman for Xerox ...READ»

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Undead Tech: E-Ink and Readers

All of the sudden, we have three majorly cool e-book readers to choose from this holiday season: the Amazon Kindle 2, the B&N Nook, and Sony's Reader. And there are even more on the way: devices from like the Que and the Readius ...READ»

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What is a Brand?

The essence of the marketing process is building a brand in the minds of consumers. But what, you may ask, is a brand?READ»

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Undead Tech: The Smart Printer

An installment in a series tracking the evolution of some of the most exciting tech toys and tools of 2009.READ»

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Intel Risks It All (Again)

How Sean Maloney and brand guru Deborah Conrad are helping Intel's first carpet-dweller CEO reengineer the company once known as Chipzilla -- and free the bong.READ»

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Dow 10,000 and 10% Unemployment: A Dangerous Reciprocity That Signals Need for Change

Recently, both the Dow and the unemployment rate almost simultaneously broke historical milestones, one good (Dow 10,000) and one bad (unemployment 10%). The lock step ascent of these two metrics has continued since the beginning of ...READ»

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The Portland Art Museum Transforms an Exhibition Into a Social Platform

A new exhibition is a wake-up call for businesses that have been slow to adopt platform thinking. Companies, non-profits and cultural institutions can all learn from its example.READ»

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An Interview with a Corporate Green Hero

Bonnie Nixon, HP's corporate sustainability director, drives major change and serves as a leader for us all.READ»

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Portland Art Museum Tells the Story of China's Newest Dynasty: Design

An exhibition at the Portland Art Museum, "China Design Now," positions design as China's newest dynasty.READ»

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Spreadable Media: A Cure for Viral Marketing

If a viral marketing campaign drops in a press release, is it really viral?READ»

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How the Portland Art Museum Is Bringing Art to the People

Its latest exhibition, China Design Now, uses crowdsourcing and experience design to shift the museum’s role from curator to moderator, and to put the museum in the center of a global conversation.READ»

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Good Ideas Rarely Rise to the Top (In Your Company)

Many corporate Boards of Directors operate under the belief that "good ideas rise to the top." This is important because these Boards are directly responsible for the long-term health and growth of the company, to which good ideas ...READ»