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Microsoft is letting you try its latest operating system before you buy. Here are the business features not to miss.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple iPad Pre-orders Sell Out

Edward Saatchi, founder of NationalField and Obama 2008 campaign staffer, tells Fast Company how a culture of accountability helped the campaign achieve its goals.

A new Gawker report shows Twitter lagging far behind Facebook in revenue. If the numbers are accurate, they show big trouble.

You know your device's memory will one day fail or not be enough, but how well do you know the faults of your onboard wetware? The best memory system may not be the one inside your head.

Seth Priebatsch, serial entrepreneur and chief ninja at Scvngr, tells Fast Company why depending on viral sharing for growth isn't all it's cracked up to be. [twistage 8bc8d2ad68a1c] Want more great strategy ideas from top entrepreneurs

We struggle every day with the ever-present need to get bigger, then get bigger again, in order to meet our objectives and create a sustainable business.

Peel, the app that learns your television tastes and turns your iPhone in a remote control , launched with the aim of creating a next-generation TV guide . "We started with discovery and control," says Scott Ellis, Peel's VP of marketing. "Now, we're focused on blowing out our social sharing." Today, the startup, which has raised more than $24 million in VC funding, finally unveiled its social experience at SXSW.

Your words help you build relationships with customers--so choose them carefully. Awesome photos, catchy videos, and fancy graphics are helpful, but the most important thing where sales are concerned are the words you use

Arriving in San Antonio, 10 busloads worth of brand new companies unload their ideas on venture capitalists.

How to fine-tune your website to give your customers exactly what they're looking for. Many e-commerce websites focus on the same thing: the homepage. They A/B test images and messaging and layout and tweak the user experience so it's clear and compelling.

Here's how one Israeli company acquired a start-up company, and helped innovation, independence, and creativity flourish there. It is the dream of many entrepreneurs to build something great and have their company acquired.

Feeling like a failure in business?

Almost overnight, millions of people watched and shared this 30-minute video.

Corporate lawyers are the trained ninjas of negotiation, but you don't need three years of expensive post-grad education to learn some of their strategies. Negotiation is as unavoidable as it is it feared. In the ideal world of many young entrepreneurs, professionals would handle it all, winning the best deals for your startup and reducing the opposition to rubble.