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    Digital Rules: The Blog
  • Ken Auletta's 'Googled'

    Rich Karlgaard
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am
    Ken Auletta owes me. I've purchased his new book, Googled, twice in the last 72 hours. The first was the Kindle version. Then, naturally, I forgot to pack my Kindle charger for a road trip. The battery ran out, and there I sat, at the Dallas airport, facing a three-hour flight with nothing to read. So I trotted into the airport's Barnes and Noble outlet and bought the hardback version of Googled. Do they really charge $27.95 for hardbacks? Googled does have a nice Milton Glaser-designed cover, so maybe the $17.96 premium over the Kindle version is worth it. To cut to the quick, Googled is…
  • Fareed Zakaria on Innovation

    Rich Karlgaard
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    President Obama's speech at Berlin's Brandenberg Gate marking the 20th anniversary of the Wall's Fall was notable for its lack of history and for its odd failure to mention, well, for instance: --Communism --The Soviet Union --Harry Truman --John F. Kennedy --Ronald Reagan Meghan Cox Gurdon notes a particularly banal Obama Brandenberg passage: "For Germans, the wall was a painful barrier between family and friends," the president said, as if the monstrous physical manifestation of the Iron Curtain was something on the scale of an awkward topic at the Thanksgiving table. "Family…
  • The 10%-10K Conundrum

    Rich Karlgaard
    12 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Unemployment is over 10%. The Dow is over 10K. I was on the Kudlow Report on Tuesday, and Larry made a savvy point about this. He said 10% unemployment is good for stocks in the short run. Here is the logic: 10% unemployment is the number that gets everyone’s attention in Washington. Ten percent changes the national conversation. Ten percent affects the president’s popularity and that of his programs. Democrats from red districts are terrified of running on 10% unemployment in 2010. But elected officials aren’t the only ones focused on 10%. The Federal Reserve considers it,…
  • Democrats Checkmate Themselves

    Rich Karlgaard
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    Liberals are fond of calling Republicans “the stupid party.” That might need revision. It appears to me that Democrats have checkmated themselves. Here is the logic: If Obamacare makes it through the Senate, American small businesses will continue to shrink their payrolls to avoid the awful choice of paying higher health care insurance premiums or the 8% added payroll tax. Unemployment is sure to rise. The Dems will face the November 2010 elections with 12% unemployment ... closer to Depression levels of 20% by the so-called broader measures. If Obamacare fails to pass, the…
  • Leaders Balance Urgency And Patience

    Rich Karlgaard
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am
    Former IntelCEO and chairman Andy Grove had a famous dictum: Only the paranoid survive. He wrote a business best-seller with that title. Andy Grove was all about urgency. Regis McKenna, Silicon Valley's original marketing czar, liked to say that success in business boiled down to two things: relationships and patience. Stop here. One hugely successful CEO names paranoia and urgency as the defining virtues of a winning business. Another top guru says it is all about relationships and patience. Which view is correct? "The test of a first-rate intelligence," F. Scott Fitzgerald once…
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    Forbes: Digital Download
  • Friday Gallimaufry: For Official Use

    David M. Ewalt
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:13 pm
    Torture me all you want, Blofeld, but I'll never reveal the location of the Friday gallimaufry! • Molecule • Vampire? • Weird Pepsi • The end of the world? • Academia vs. business • 3D Mandelbrot sets • What happened to Danny Torrance? • Robots perform Shakespeare • All aboard for Cruise Trek • What to do if you're chased by a slasher  
  • Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Debuts

    David M. Ewalt
    13 Nov 2009 | 10:35 am
    The Final Fantasy series is one of the biggest franchises in the world of video games. Over the last two decades, developer Square Enix has shipped over 85 million Final Fantasy games around the world, and they've inspired movies, anime, novels, manga, and enough merchandise to choke a flock of chocobo. So when a new game is ready to be released, it's a big deal, like a new Harry Potter movie. These events are heralded months ahead of time with teasers, leaks and even trailers, like this one, which was released today. Final Fantasy XIII will be released in North America for Microsoft's Xbox…
  • Happy Friday The 13th

    David M. Ewalt
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:03 am
    Thanks to my friend Wilbur for the link. When I noticed the date this morning, my mind went here first: FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
  • The World's Most Powerful People

    David M. Ewalt
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:03 am
    Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A musical instrument. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than a religious figure. Can one really compare the influence of a journalist with that of a terrorist? And is power unexercised power at all? There are 67 slots on Forbes' first ranking of the World's Most Powerful People --one for every 100 million people on the planet. Barack Obama tops the list, thanks to his control of the world's largest economy, military, and nuclear…
  • Friday Gallimaufry: Hinky Dink

    David M. Ewalt
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:34 pm
    It's about time for a good old fashioned gallimaufry. • You lose • King of costumes • Handerpants • Happiness hat • Rubik's Last Supper • The Prometheus Device • Dead Tauntaun wedding cake • The iPhone operated car • Why HAL sang "Daisy" • Best soccer celebration • Hubble ultra deep field in 3D • Take pro photos with an iPhone • Inside the real Doc Brown DeLorean
 
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    Forbes: Billionaires
  • A Billionaire's Wealth Balloons

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    Maxis shares rise on their first day of trading, boosting the fortunes of Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan.
  • Billionaires Row

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    London's Kensington Palace Gardens attracts India's richest.
  • India's 100 Richest

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    India's richest top their Chinese counterparts when it comes to the size of their fortunes.
  • India's 100 Richest

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    The nation's richest top their Chinese counterparts when it comes to the size of their fortunes.
  • India's Richest Rebound

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    How Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal are rebuilding their fortunes.
 
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    Forbes: Sports Money
  • Hail Flutie

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Twenty-five years ago, Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass stunned Miami and helped grow a new audience for college football.
  • NHL Bags The Coyotes

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:03 pm
    The league gets the team for $140 million in bankruptcy court.
  • Silicon Valley Learns How To Play Hockey

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:20 pm
    What makes the San Jose Sharks smarter than the NHL's other warm-weather expansion teams?
  • Thoughts

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
  • Moneypuck

    11 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Pay for performance is a hot topic in the NHL these days. Nobody is more consistent than San Jose's Doug Wilson.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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    Forbes: Breakthroughs
  • Measuring Reach Of Tweets

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:40 pm
    How to quantify whether this social networking tool is helping or hurting your business.
  • Unwrap A Smartphone

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pm
    Will Apple, Research In Motion, Motorola or Palm dominate this holiday season?
  • The Future Of Micropayments

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    It can reduce online transaction costs, but will it be used for more than buying virtual goods in videogames?
  • The Future Office

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:04 pm
    Microsoft's vision for the 2020 workplace.
  • IBM's Cat-Brain Breakthrough

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Big Blue has built a supercomputer that models the brain--and hopes to someday build a supercomputer that mimics one, too.
 
 
 
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    ForbesLife
  • Top Oregon Pinot Noirs

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    The state's reds differ, but each producer tends to deliver a consistent house style, year after year.
  • Listed: Classic Colonial In Sherborn, Mass.

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    A quintessentially New England home with solid details at a competitive price.
  • America's Best City Parks

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    There's a unique sense of peace and quiet to be found in the middle of some of the country's busiest places.
  • Celebrity Homes For Sale

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    It's a buyer's market for those looking to live like an actor or athlete.
  • NFL's Worst Injuries

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    As teams jockey for playoff spots, these 10 are the most debilitated by star players stuck on the sidelines.
 
 
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    Forbes: Travel
  • First Class Traveler

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    From exotic train trips and private mega-yachts to spacious digs on commercial flights, Forbes and the Travel Channel give you ways to experience the heights of luxury travel.
  • America's Best City Parks

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    There's a unique sense of peace and quiet to be found in the middle of some of the country's busiest places.
  • Extreme Excursions

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    These are some of the world's most heart-pounding luxury adventures.
 
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    Forbes: Books & Culture
  • Buried Treasure

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    The Brooklyn Museum scours its archives for a show on ancient Egypt.
  • Extreme Economics

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's ''SuperFreakonomics.''
  • Microfinancing Women's Future

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explain how women entrepreneurs can change the world.
  • Power Of The Purse

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:50 pm
    Women spend more on education than men in the developing world.
  • Full Haus

    14 Nov 2009 | 8:21 am
    Bauhaus turns 90 and gets a dizzying retrospective.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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