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Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe tells Fast Company about the frightening early days of his now hugely successful retail company.

101010: That's the number 42 represented in binary, which is the mathematical way today's binary computers see every single piece of information flowing through them, whether it's a stock price, the latest Adele track, or a calculation to generate an MRI of a tumor. But now IBM believes it's made progress in developing quantum computers, which don't use binary coding. It is not overstating the matter to say this really may be the ultimate answer in computing machines

Sometimes the best way to keep your business growing is to analyze what would bring it to an end. Judge Smails (aka Ted Knight) once famously quipped in the iconic Caddyshack, "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat

Would you love your Roomba more if it had rat-like whiskers?

There’s a good chance you’re reading this article during your workday as a distraction from whatever it is you’re supposed to be focusing on at work right now.

The retail music landscape may be walking dead, but the carefully curated soundtracks to the Twilight franchise are alive and well, thanks to music supervisor Alex Patsavas "marriage" of story and song, featured in the upcoming Breaking Dawn--Part 1. Darkness may have washed over the retail music landscape (RIP, Tower Records ; Fare thee well, Virgin Megastore ), but hordes of teenagers dressed in black and clutching hardcover books nonetheless descended upon Hot Topic stores in malls across America last weekend for a nationally synchronized CD listening party. On November 5th , Twi-hards, those obsessive, dedicated fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series and the blockbuster movies it spawned, gathered to listen to the soundtrack to Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1, just as they had in 2008 , 2009 , and 2010 .

Time is running out to register for Innovation Uncensored in San Francisco. We're only three weeks away and we're excited! Can you blame us? The CEOs of eBay, Ticketmaster, SolarCity, craigslist, Virgin America, Startup America Partnership, Erly, Livestrong, and Path are coming.

On Friday, Dish Network and Blockbuster held an event called "A Stream Come True," where many assumed the two companies would finally reveal what they've been working on since the acquisition five months ago. How would Dish revive Blockbuster, a badly bruised brand, to compete in such a crowded and competitive space? "When the technology changes, when the customer changes, you better change," began Dish Network CEO Joe Clayton Friday.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apotheker Replaced By Whitman At HP . Late yesterday, HP's board took a controversial decision and ousted its CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months in the role

In 24 hours, 80 developers needed to create the most innovative video prototypes possible. Here's a look at the hackathon's clear winners. It's Hour 27 of Hackday.tv , a two-day contest organized by Shelby.tv to develop a new wave of video and TV technology, yet the contestants remain calm, chipper, and awake

You used to be able to rent a single episode of some of your favorite TV shows via iTunes, and access them for a short period for your viewing pleasure.

Many have threatened to leave Netflix. But do they have anywhere to go? Supposed "Netflix killers" in the space are going after its customers--even if they offer very different services, and in certain instances, more expensive prices.

That's right--when you reach for your cell phone, though you are unprovoked by a beep or a hum, you are a slave of biology. And of our modern-day dependency on gadgets. You might laugh, but do you find yourself reaching for a vibrating phone in your pocket, only to discover that it's not there?

This week News Corp. execs James and Rupert Murdoch were dragged before a investigatory committee of Parliament over the U.K.'s phone-hacking scandal. Meanwhile hacktivists LulzSec decided to take matters into their own hands, and targeted the website of News Corp

Google+, Netflix for theaters, Egypt's new incubator, living on Groupon for a week, and more. Google introduces its own social network.