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	A discussion with Andreas Kluth, Technology Correspondent of The Economist “In the participatory era, media will no longer be delivered one way from a media company to an audi... More about this

	A field guide to Generation Y The baby-boomers' kids are marching into the workplace, and look out: this crop of twentysomethings ... More about this

	A search engine for every subject Google and Yahoo! rule, but a flock of upstarts is offering new ways to find info.

	A world of connections New wireless technologies will link not just people but lots of objects too

	Ad placement gets extreme Look for publicity messages on everything from eggs to air-sickness bags as companies compete for of... More about this

	Advertisers change channels New media advertising hits all-time high as traditional media pays the price

	Advertising Age Advertising Age is the world's leading publication for breaking news about marketing, advertising an... More about this

	Among the audience The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media. That will profoundly... More about this

	AOL: The Relaunch It was scarred by scandal, mocked as Internet for Dummies, left for dead—but now it's being courted ... More about this

	Ask why they zap, not how While new technology has certainly opened up new avenues for avoidance, you don't need new technolog... More about this

	Attack of the clones New social-networking and content-sharing sites abound. But how much copycatting can the Web sustain... More about this

	BBC 2.0 The BBC lays out ambitious plans for its future online

	Beyond Second Life Companies thinking twice about the popular virtual world are finding more security and flexibility i... More about this

	Billboards beam adverts to passing mobile phones Ignoring adverts is about to get a lot tougher with the develop- ment of billboards and advertising ... More about this

	BitTorrent to launch movie, TV downloads BitTorrent, makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launch... More about this

	blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business and culture David Kline's new book explores the influence of online journals and includes analysis of the ways t... More about this

	Blogs as leading indicators A discussion with David Sifry, Founder and CEO, Technorati “The people formerly known as your audie... More about this

	Bluetooth's amazing makeover A new version of the wireless technology will soon allow consumers to beam photos from cameras and u... More about this

	Brand Me For retailers catering to the teenage market, life used to be a lot simpler. Develop a product most ... More about this

	Bringing order to online video Next New Networks aims to emulate the success of cable TV programming by creating new content, build... More about this

	Building a better movie business In the Hollywood of the digital era, no one will be in control except, in a way, all of us will be. ... More about this

	Building your own phone face Video handsets are taking off, but what about those who shirk the spotlight? Engineers think animate... More about this

	Business 2.0 September 2005 In a little more than a year, Sony BMG has generated as much revenue from ringtones as from all othe... More about this

	Business goes straight to video A growing number of companies turn to online video, and the word of mouth that accompanies it, for e... More about this

	Business Week April 29 GM And VW: How Not To Succeed In China : the two giants are losing sales to rivals offering cheaper ... More about this

	Business Week October 10, 2005 Google, with $7.1 billion to spend thanks to zealous shareholder support, is now positioned to head ... More about this

	Business Week October 17, 2005 With the Internet, ad-skipping digital video recorders (DVRs), video cell phones, and portable music... More about this

	Business Week October 3, 2005 How the 21st-century household is using new technology to balance jobs and leisure.

	Business Week September 12, 2005 Standing on a barren patch of ground in the South Korean town of Paju is a new factory so gigantic t... More about this

	Business Week September 19, 2005 From in-store cameras to data-mining loyalty-card use and beyond, retailers are depending more and m... More about this

	Business Week September 5, 2005 Walk down the street or through an airport or a mall, and you generally know what's going to move an... More about this

	Can you hear me now? Thanks to technology, people have never been more connected -or more alienated

	Can your banner ad do this? Online advertising is growing 30% a year--but there's more innovative stuff happening in the physica... More about this

	CBS tunes in Web TV From ‘March Madness’ to ‘Greek to Chic,’ network offers original Net programming

	China bytes The challenges of starting a business in China can be clearly seen from the experiences of two compu... More about this

	China could become the Lab of the world More and more transnational corporations are opening research labs in developing countries, says the... More about this

	China looks for brand-new leap It's a long way from here to a castle in France, but that was an early stop for a group of senior Ch... More about this

	China's online ad boom The growth of the Net, especially among kids, is powering an overnight shift in spending

	Chinese users like IM, but don't shop online Three of four Chinese Internet users have never purchased anything online, according to a new study ... More about this

	Communities Dominate Brands 'Communities Dominate Brands: Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century' is a book abou... More about this

	Communities of commerce The true relationship between marketers and communities shows great promise, and yet it is vastly un... More about this

	Contagious Magazine A new publication for marketers that focuses on "new, non-invasive marketing techniques... including... More about this

	Convergence Culture: where old and new media collide Convergence culture maps a new territory: where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and co... More about this

	Digital Television next wave After almost a decade of trying, digital TV has yet to attract a quarter of European households. Mos... More about this

	Disney gets online makeover The Walt Disney Company will attempt to stem the flight of advertisers from television by offering i... More about this

	Disney inks Web movie deal Company tests the web distribution method with new DVD release

	Dump the TV set, watch the web instead Watching programmes on your television set is so last century. Television studios are increasingly u... More about this

	Edit this Wired news story In an experiment in collaborative journalism, Wired News is putting reporter Ryan Singel at your ser... More about this

	Egalitarian engines A paper questions whether search engines make popular sites more so.

	Forbidden fruit Big business tries to make friends and influence people online

	Free music downloads, lawsuit not included Peer-to-peer networks are going legit with pop-up ads embedded in MP3

	From Gutenberg to Mcluhan to What's Next A discussion with Paul Saffo, Director, Institute for the future. “This is an age of electronic incu... More about this

	From hypertext to hypervideo New technology that links together segments of online video delights viewers, vloggers and video-on-... More about this

	From Torino, your digital future Intel and NBC have teamed up to unveil Viiv, which will deliver the Winter Olympics via the Internet

	Goodbye to mobile walls BitWave’s technology allows devices to connect wirelessly to any network, doing away with multiple p... More about this

	Google and Yahoo! are seeing record sales Google and Yahoo! have been raking in the cash for years, as large advertisers shift more spending t... More about this

	Google Maps is changing the way we see the world The idea of providing digital maps for the masses is not new. Xerox Parc launched its first online m... More about this

	Google moves into virtual worlds By combining satellite maps and 3-D software, Google Earth is turning into a virtual online playgrou... More about this

	Google scares rivals, but why? Rivals get the jitters when Google's nonsearch products grab headlines. But a close look shows that ... More about this

	Google sidles up to social search Google fired another salvo aimed at maintaining the lead in internet search while making its softwar... More about this

	Google users: I can quit anytime As Google's share of online searches continues to grow, competing engines ramp up incentives and new... More about this

	Google wallet may debut soon The service is expected to rival eBay’s PayPal, which allows web users to transfer money from, say, ... More about this

	Google's GBuy could be 'revolutionary' Consumers using GBuy, which is set for release on June 28, will be taken off the merchant's site to ... More about this

	Google's new ad play The search giant is moving beyond websites to place ads in magazines and on TV.

	Googling for Gold With a market cap in orbit and more cash than a small nation, Google's heft is altering the tech ind... More about this

	Growing up with the wired generation Today's teenagers use technology to stay in touch with friends at all times —turning their bedrooms ... More about this

	Hard questions from Google Google provides an automatic return-on-investment measure for a marketing world increasingly obsesse... More about this

	Harvard Business Review July/August 2005 The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance. During a yearlong research project with 12... More about this

	Here comes trouble First they Kazaa'd the music industry. Then they Skyped the telcos. Now Janus Friis and Niklas Zenns... More about this

	His Space With the $580 million purchase of MySpace, News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch is betting he can transfo... More about this

	How big business barged in on the bloggers Companies once saw them as a nuisance. Now they are trying to get the bloggers onside, realising tha... More about this

	How click fraud could swallow the Internet Search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy.

	How I work: Bill Gates Not much of a paper chase for Microsoft's chairman, who uses a range of digital tools to do business

	How the Web will save the commercial The fusion of TV and the Internet is coming. For marketers, this revolution can’t arrive soon enough... More about this

	How to build your network Is your network as strong as you think? Maybe not, if you cultivated most of the connections yoursel... More about this

	How to get famous in 30 seconds All you need is a camera, a computer and enough nerve to step into the almost-anything-goes world of... More about this

	How to get the most from in-game ads At the 'Focus on Game Advertising Summit', Microsoft's Kevin Browne laid down five traits of in-game... More about this

	How to run a meeting like Google No one wastes time searching for a purpose at Marissa Mayer's meetings, Google's vice-president of s... More about this

	How to survive a BlackBerry blackout The BlackBerry patent saga and worries over a potential shutdown continue. Here's what you need to k... More about this

	I got my job through Second Life Looking for work? Your best bet may be an interview in virtual reality

	IBM sees blogging as marketing's next big thing Eyeing blogging's potential as a way to influence potential employees and business partners, IBM beg... More about this

	IBM's Quasar: Is it the future of computing? The computer giant is betting a new chip and a reorganized corporate structure will make IBM excitin... More about this

	India: on every business agenda Caspar W. Weinberger —best known as United States Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan... More about this

	India's new export: video games Indiagames is the largest of a wave of Indian companies that are just beginning develop games from s... More about this

	Inspiring ideas drive the 8th Microsoft annual Strategic Account Summit This year, industry visionaries and innovators converge to discuss the renewed possibilities inheren... More about this

	International Herald Tribune The IHT understands that its readers are subject to massive information overload. It provides carefu... More about this

	Is Slashdot the future of media? The most popular site for the tech cognoscenti is created entirely by its users and readers.

	Jajah's mobile ambitions The company hopes to become the Skype of the cell-phone world, and has introduced a service allowing... More about this

	Joost-up Skype developers want to reinvent online video

	Karaoke Capitalism: Management For Mankind In a world of economic Darwinism, survival is a question of being fit or sexy —competing on models a... More about this

	Kazaa, Skype, and now "The Venice Project" Serial entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are at it again, this time with a venture for ... More about this

	Last.FM: mashing to the music The hub of Europe's music community may be the London streaming site, thanks to its mashups with MyS... More about this

	Learning to love the dreaded TiVo How agencies are using it to make ads that viewers actually want to watch

	Like the ad? Own the ad Companies hope to mimic the success of music downloads in offering Super Bowl commercials to iPod, c... More about this

	Local retailers rival iTunes Warner Music tries to get local record stores online to expand market beyond Apple

	Long live the Net video revolution Vlogging, citizen journalism, and other facets of the online video phenomenon will shine on in the N... More about this

	Making B2B marketing work Marketers like to spend a lot of money, and they don’t like to talk about ROI. The answer? A new ap... More about this

	Making it in China China is not for everyone, because of the high logistical costs of getting products into, around and... More about this

	Marketing to kids where they live Companies hoping to attract young customers are building whole marketing campaigns around social net... More about this

	Mash it up Take an online map of a city, mix in data from a few more websites on, say, house prices and you hav... More about this

	Mashing the web Software programmers are combining data from different websites to create “mash-up” sites with entir... More about this

	Measuring the influence of bloggers on corporate reputation The corporate world has discovered blogging. There are two diametrically opposed views of it. It is ... More about this

	Meet the sons of YouTube More and more online video sites are cropping up. But one, Gotuit Media, hopes to stand out by only ... More about this

	Microsoft gets social Redmond has big plans for tools and partnerships that will let users consult a circle of friends whe... More about this

	Microsoft's big Internet bet The company is developing all-new Internet tools to compete with rivals Google and Yahoo!

	MIT Technology Review July 2005 More than 50 percent of all U.S. households now have a DVD player, wireless phone, and Internet acce... More about this

	Mobile publishers go direct to consumers To reach audiences that wireless carriers can't or won't serve, wireless publishers are finding clev... More about this

	Mobile's got reason to K-I-S-S Judging from all the hype, you'd think every mobile phone owner in America downloads music, googles ... More about this

	Monetize your roof Click on the aerial view of a cityscape on Google Earth or Microsoft's Live Local, and most of us do... More about this

	More workers are ditching e-mail in favor of tools that function as real-time virtual workspaces E-mail, the onetime productivity wonder has turned into a maddening time waster. Despite the brawnie... More about this

	Move over, MTV A growing number of Web sites are using music videos to lure young people and steal some of MTV's ma... More about this

	MSNBC goes vlogging Networks are embracing video blogging to deliver stories and promote evening news

	MTV goes on iTunes Content from the music channel, along with Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, is now available for Appl... More about this

	Murdoch 2.0 MySpace was just the start. Rupert Murdoch and his lieutenants are betting big on the Internet

	My so-called digital life: 2,000 teenagers, 300 cameras, and 30 days to document their world In a world where the divide between adults and adolescents seems to widen daily, how do we let our c... More about this

	MySpace for baby boomers Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor thinks seniors should have a network, too

	Networks With online video outposts fast becoming the best place to find emerging talent, could sites such as... More about this

	New ad age Interactive Internet promotions and sweepstakes are now so enticing that some consumers are spending... More about this

	New Scientist September 17, 2005 A “social” web browser has been created to meet the needs of a new generation of web users who want ... More about this

	News Corp.'s new Net bets Its Fox Interactive Media has picked up two small Web companies to complement earlier Internet acqui... More about this

	Newspaper killer Why Craigslist chooses not to rake in the big bucks, thank you very much

	Newsweek October 3, 2005 One company's story illustrates how music-industry giants are retooling in an attempt to survive the... More about this

	Nike: it's not a shoe, it's a community The footwear giant has set up a Web site where soccer fans can network

	Nokia hooks up NYC Wi-Fi Phone maker will work with WiFi Salon to provide free wireless access in city parks

	Old people like Web video Web users ages 35 to 65 make up anywhere from 48% to 64% of YouTube's audience

	One Billion Customers : Lessons from the front lines of doing business in China Ex-Wall Street Journal China bureau chief McGregor presents a series of case studies from capitalism... More about this

	Open, but not as usual As “open-source” models move beyond software into other businesses, their limitations are becoming a... More about this

	Outwitting TiVo TV ads aren't much use if viewers fast forward through them. Embed could be the answer for advertise... More about this

	P2P from Internet scourge to savior New peer-to-peer video-downloading options should please Internet users -and stave off a network mel... More about this

	Podcasting cools off Funding is down while ad projections soar

	Podcasting meets the elevator pitch Getting face time with venture capitalists —even 60 seconds for an elevator pitch— can be tough. But... More about this

	Point, click, design How do you create the future of Web apps? By accident.

	Profiting from podcasts Several companies stand to cash in on video and other content beamed to mobile devices. Among them: ... More about this

	Ratings planned for TV ads Nielsen preparing method to track how many viewers are watching commercials

	Red Herring May 30 issue Skype’s free Internet phone service has already changed the telecom landscape, but some doubt whethe... More about this

	Red Herring September 9, 2005 As computer makers load computers up with pretty features on the inside—think DVD burners and dual-c... More about this

	Release 1.0 Esther Dyson's authoritative newsletter consistently combines the latest thinking of the brightest m... More about this

	Remix culture has hit the browser Greasemonkey is an extension for the Firefox browser that lets some JavaScript alter a Web page as i... More about this

	Rupert's Web rules It took a while, but Rupert Murdoch has a case of Internet fever. A real-time portrait of a legendar... More about this

	Searching for the holy grail of Web-to-TV video A new company could remake how we use video on the Web

	Security with a difference Armored Online hopes to dramatically change the way online transactions are protected.

	Semantic Web for the masses Semantic technology, which organizes and interprets the growing amount of information on the Interne... More about this

	Semantic Web, here we come A consortium of blogging startups wants to give deeper meaning to the Internet by giving people tool... More about this

	Singapore’s broadband hopes Master plan aims to make city-state world’s most connected nation within a decade

	Skype debuts video phone Skype unveiled its eagerly awaited Skype 2.0, the latest version of its software that includes integ... More about this

	Skype's post-hype future eBay is only slowly unveiling plans for making the most of its multibillion-dollar acquisition. Exec... More about this

	Social Networking 3.0 The third generation of social-networking technology has hit the Web, and it's about content as much... More about this

	Street stunts on the Digital Highway Marketers get lots of bang for the buck when gimmicks catch fire online

	Tapping into the blogosphere From customer service to marketing, there are many ways to boost your business via blogs.

	Target: Madison Ave. The advertising business is ripe for infiltration by the math jocks —and search— engine savant Ellen... More about this

	Tech giants team on mobile TV Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Texas Instruments and Modeo line up behind DVB-H standard.

	Teen queen conquers online Seventeen editor-in-chief Atoosa Rubenstein on leading a decades-old print property into battle for ... More about this

	The 70 percent solution Google CEO Eric Schmidt gives us his golden rules for managing innovation.

	The anti-Tivo: Product placement beats the 30-second spot NextMedium's founder Hamett Watt has figured out that automated product placement is the next big th... More about this

	The coming virtual Web In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social -a lot... More about this

	The demand for everything A discussion with Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired “When the tools are spread ubiquitously,... More about this

	The Digital Home dream Without cooperation among tech purveyors to drive consumer demand, the digital domicile remains a fa... More about this

	The digital redemption Can Morgan Freeman persuade Hollywood to stop worrying and love the Internet?

	The Earth's learning curve The scientific revolution that began 300 years ago has accelerated exponentially. It is moving so fa... More about this

	The eBay of programmers Rent A Coder matches projects with software developers from around the world.

	The Economist Intelligent Life summer 2006 New trends for smart living

	The Economist September 3, 2005 Whether or not computer, software, consumer-electronics, telecoms, cable and internet companies are ... More about this

	The Economist Technology Quarterly Stories about forecasting things you might have thought could not be forecasted —wars and traffic— a... More about this

	The end of TV (as you know it) In an era of on-demand entertainment, Big Media is eager to give viewers the content they want. But ... More about this

	The future of advertising is here It's becoming increasingly possible to target smart ads specifically to people who want them. And be... More about this

	The future of personal media The coming year will see, among other things, more Web-based software applications, an explosion of ... More about this