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How groundbreaking, genre-bending collage artist Marco Brambilla traded the Hollywood filmmaking machine for artistic freedom and found himself feted by the pop culture he satirizes.

Google in legal hot water, Big names (Apple! Microsoft! Sony!) buy big Nortel patents, Facebook battles another would-be owner, RIM's highly public executive brawl. This, and other bits of news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Google Broke Wiretap Laws?

By hooking up just a few cars to a grid that allows engineers to adjust conditions based on real-time traffic conditions, everyone would be blessed with congestion-free rides. It’s safe to say, despite Nevada's recent approval of fully automated vehicles , that we Americans are ambivalent about the prospect of networked cars

Spain has pulled off a Net security coup and arrested three men suspected of the attacks on Sony's PlayStation Network among others. Those arrested are local Anonymous hacktivists. So cops have essentially whacked a hornet's nest

How great leaders build great company cultures I wouldn't last a day at TRX.

Photograph by David Heerde To build this school in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré used local materials designed to withstand weather conditions ranging from blazing sun to torrential showers. His schools now serve 500 children

Avery Johnson, coach of the New Jersey Nets, shares his keys to success in management, regardless of your industry. Avery Johnson overcame the odds as a player in the NBA

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Quantum Health's employee-run "cultural councils" build and maintain equilibrium within its offices. Servicing the healthcare industry can be especially tiresome, so Quantum Health strives to keep its employees happy and functional

At Namast Solar, nothing is more important than the idea of workplace democracy. Why democracy? Blake Jones is a longtime student of inequity.

The end of the world's tomorrow, say some. Want to make a buck off it?

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The gadgets and gizmos to get you from door to destination, and the travel fiends behind them. The lightweight construction of the Tumi Vapor Extended Trip Packing Case takes a beating beautifully; its metal exterior cleverly conceals scratches and dings.

China may be wising up to international condemnation of its lax copyright protection standards, as the Ministry of Culture has revealed it will "punish" local search giant Baidu for facilitating illegal music downloads.