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I've had several good meals at The Ten Bells, a well-reviewed wine bar in Manhattan's Lower East Side over the last couple years. Dark and cozy and decorated with empty wine bottles and chalkboards that display that day's menu, the food is simple and delicious—tapas like papas bravas, albondigas, and creamy brandade, as well as excellent charcuterie (duck rillettes!) and cheeses.

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Philips is selling its TV business to a Chinese volume manufacturer, while Apple TV gets more real every day.

As applications for the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 arrive, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

1. Apple TV rumors, of the big-screen rather than plug-in-peripheral kind, have come and gone. But over the last day or so a huge debate on the topic has arrived online with some heavyweight names taking part .

MoMa Design Store makes your mess of a desk into a garden of bad attitude with these flower-like paperweights. Crumple up that TPS report and go frolic! Here to remind you that you can indeed venture beyond your building for lunch, the MoMa Design Store's crumpled-up paper desk weight smack of bright spring flowers, screaming for you to break your hibernation. Better yet, they're made out of simulated work papers that you may have "simulated" finishing before leaving early to drink in the park.

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You may not be a CEO, a billionaire philanthropist, a tech whiz kid or a saintly fighter for the rights of humanity, but you--yes, you--have a shot at the TED stage in 2012.

The United States Postal Service wants you to "go green in 2011," so its released--just in time for Earth Day, we imagine-- a set of stamps with little tips on how to achieve better harmony with nature.

In February, we predicted that Demand Media IPO'd just in time.

Taptu's brand new iPad app brings us one step closer to the future of perfectly personalized news. Sure, it's nice to have an RSS reader that looks good

Mobile apps are the future of the Web.

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1. What disruptive forces threaten our business? Every business faces external forces that are disruptive or threatening to success or, even, viability

Last week, we posted the results of a report from the John Muir Trust claiming that wind power is a lot more useless than the wind industry--or anyone invested in renewable energy, really--would like us to believe. Naturally, we were contacted by the