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Geoff Vuleta's Fahrenheit 212 Is Scorching the Consultancy Business The New Zealander and former ad man develops large-scale growth initiatives for major firms seeking $100 million-plus in new revenue. He only makes money if the idea works. Updated Thu May 24, 2012
B330-Rx Golf Ball Designed for Average Players Bridgestone Golf designs a ball for the rest of us. Updated Thu May 24, 2012
Wine Corks Fight Off Alternative Stoppers The radical reinvention of the once-humble cork. Updated Tue May 22, 2012
Why You Want the Complete Series DVD Box Set of The Larry Sanders Show Before 30 Rock, The Office (Gervais or Carell), Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, or any other sitcom of the past 15 years that's actually been funny, there was The Larry Sanders Show. Garry Shandling's seminal behind-the-scenes look at a late-night talk show ushered in the modern era of situation comedy. Updated Mon May 21, 2012
Gazelle Boosts Its Bottom Line by Keeping Your Gadgets Out of Landfills Gazelle, a hot web service benefits its bottom line by keeping your old consumer electronics out of landfills. Updated Fri May 18, 2012
Google's Minnie Ingersoll Talks Fiber, Workplace Perks, and Surfing Ingersoll and Google's Alternate Access team are working on creating next-generation broadband networks -- featuring speeds up to 100 times today's standard -- to spur the coming wave of online innovation. Updated Wed May 9, 2012
The Spirit of '76 To celebrate a rekindled frontier spirit, we found the 76 best products designed and made domestically. Updated Thu Jan 5, 2012
Cisco's Laura Ipsen: Solving the Smart Grid Puzzle With an Almost Unlimited Budget Cisco's SVP and GM of Smart Grid on green technology, health care, and meeting all five living U.S. presidents. Updated Wed Aug 31, 2011
The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video From FX to Xtranormal, these companies are revolutionizing how we watch entertainment at 30 frames per second. Updated Mon Mar 21, 2011
Storytelling Your Way to Success In his new book "Tell to Win," legendary Hollywood producer and entrepreneur Peter Guber shares the secret to success: Great storytelling. And here's the good news--we all have it in us. Updated Thu Mar 3, 2011
Object of Desire: SeaVees 09/63 Pantone Plimsoll "When we wore Vans, we felt like teenagers," says Steven Tiller, "and when we wore Sperry Top-Siders, we felt like dads." Tiller, a creative director who once oversaw the Sperry brand, and Derek Galkin, a designer, fill the need for a fun grown-up shoe with SeaVees. It's a "respectful rehabilitation" of a '60s brand started by BFGoodrich back when every company wanted to be a conglomerate and Steve McQueen was the coolest. Thu Sep 30, 2010
Debunking the Debunking of the Cable Cord Cutters Traditional TV services shouldn't get complacent just because online video hasn’t demolished its business yet. Mon Aug 23, 2010
Hot Damn! My Damn Channel, the HBO for the Internet, Turns Three Rob Barnett, founder and CEO, explains how he’s built an artist-friendly network that also plays nicely with brands. Wed Aug 18, 2010
Actor Kevin Pollak Reinvents Himself With Web Video In his 30-year career, Kevin Pollak has appeared in more than 60 films and created indelible roles in such modern classics as A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects. His Internet awakening occurred in 2009, when he started his Streamy Award winning weekly talk show Kevin Pollak Chat Show backed by Jason Calacanis (Mahalo). Wed Aug 11, 2010
Big Companies and Sponsors Taking Notice of Professional Gaming Major League Gaming shoots for being the next lifestyle brand for young men. Sat May 1, 2010
Palm's Rocky 28-Year Path to HP (A Timeline) Thu Apr 29, 2010
Adam Rich on Ben Simon, Guitar Superhero We asked Adam Rich, editor-in-chief of Thrillist -- the guy who tells guys what's cool -- to tell us the coolest thing he's seen lately and why. Thu Apr 1, 2010
The Brief But Impactful History of YouTube In five years, YouTube has completely reshaped the Internet, media, and political landscapes. On its birthday, here's a look back at its short but influential life. Mon Feb 1, 2010
NBC Doesn't Understand Community The network has posted an exclusive look at the pilot for its new Thursday-night comedy Community on Facebook--with almost no feel for how social networking works. Posted Wed Aug 12, 2009
Laughing Through the Recession? Yes, Plz What's the state of the funny business? Despite what you might read, it's quite good. Posted Wed Aug 5, 2009

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