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Game maker--and game changer-- Sifteo is building the future of play by incorporating the best of its past, combining the interactive nature of video games with the hands-on feel of timeless classics like dominoes, chess, and the Rubik's Cube.

From lightbulbs to iPhones, tech has a history of being produced with planned obsolescence. And our children will never know the alternative. On Christmas Eve, 1924, a group of industrialists held a secret meeting in Geneva, Switzerland

Yahoo blocked emails related to the ongoing protests on Wall Street.

John Vechey, a college dropout, turned his passion for video games into a company called PopCap, which was sold this summer for about $750 million. But for Vechey, the process of selling was hardly just fun and games. Fourteen years ago, John Vechey dropped out of college to build a video game—but ended up building a video game empire.

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.

How did a crew of former art and film students with no management or bar experience become dedicated owners of four iconic East Coast hangouts? As a kid , Paul Kermizian was younger than most everyone else at the local arcade

In the not-too-distant future broadband speeds will be measured in gigabits per second rather than megabits per second, the former being 1,000 times faster than the latter. Such blazing fast data transmission will vastly improve the quality of streaming high-definition video, playing online video games, participating in video conferences and using voice over IP, all of which struggle with latency at today's average data transfer rates, which range from less than one megabit per second (Mbps) to 10 Mbps (pdf) . The sticking point over gigabit-per-second broadband: who will pay for it?

Soldiers are using a heavily modded version of America's Army to learn how to defuse bombs. While it may have been created as a game, the software's platform is proving versatile enough to use for battlefield training. The

Soldiers are using a heavily modded version of America's Army to learn how to defuse bombs.

At the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you'll see more web and mobile app companies--even tiny startups--than in years past.

You may not use a health device connected to your doctor yet, but you probably will soon. What will these devices look like and how will you use them?

The Nintendo generation wants to bond with their children on their old digital stomping grounds. "On the menu of things to do with your kid, it's not the best choice," says MIT Professor and Alone Together author Sherry Turkle. Playing catch in the backyard with Dad is so 20th century.

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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. LinkedIn IPO Skyrockets Doubling in price right out of the gate, LinkedIn's stock price has been selling for as high as $92.99 a share, fueling as much adoration as it has bubble speculation