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George Coetzee of South Africa shot a 5-under 66 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Saint-Omer Open.

People have been hacking the Kinect since the day it went live. Microsoft intially balked at the idea, then relented, and now it's even releasing its own software development kit (SDK) to make it easy for coders to do that legitimately

Feel invisible or taken advantage of? Author Lois Frankel offers indispensable strategies and tactics for how women can become happier and more successful in the workplace and in life.

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--updated all day. Google's Reputation-Management Tool New Dashboard tools streamline alerts about personal information that crops up on the web--wanted or not. This will be especially valuable to businesses wary of negative comments or outright lies.

Commentators continue to guess at whether GOP candidates at the June 13 debate in New Hampshire will live up to their promises. But their faces never lie. Sensory Logic's Dan Hill analyzes their expressions for Fast Company to reveal what traditional pundits can't

Women screened early for syphilis have fewer stillbirths, miscarriages, according to new research

Princess Cruises appears to have finally gotten a series of norovirus outbreaks on one of its Alaska cruise ships under control.

Check out how world No. 1 Luke Donald fared during his first round at Congressional. (NBC Sports)

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, could time spent together in extremely tight quarters make the heart grow ... ummm ..

While the deal makes sense on paper, you know it's never that easy to pull off, which is why you'll need your management team prepped to make it happen as smoothly as possible. Your business , unlike your competition, is doing well and growing. Or, perhaps your growth has reached a lull and you'd like to rectify that

A look at some of the best tee shots from the 10th hole at Congressional. (NBC Sports)

New research from Pew highlights the high civic enthusiasm of social media users. When the scramble for Facebook fans is exhausted, the study suggests, LinkedIn could become the new political battleground. All of those Likes might be good practice for the real thing

Hyper-growth companies often credit a culture of innovation as their primary driver of success. They deploy creative thinking to attack problems big and small

Those thin gray streaks in the image are the high-altitude plumes of ash spreading across the Pacific Ocean from the erupting Chilean volcano Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, as imaged by NASA. The ash continues to disrupt flights in parts of the region, with Australia and New Zealand (on the left of the image) particularly affected

Citing changing passenger preferences, Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America and Princess Cruises have announced more restrictive smoking policies.