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In the high-stakes corporate tort system, an elite squad of legal eagles handle lawsuits dealing with "World of Warcraft," "FarmVille," and others in the big business of video games. These are their stories. Some lawyers deal with corporate torts

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg shook things up at the social media/news interface when he announced Facebook's upcoming partnerships with a number of major news organizations. The Washington Post's Social Reader already looks like a slick piece of work , and apps such as that from other news organizations could dramatically change the way 750 million people (give or take) encounter and read news on the web.

For an industry that is based on diving into the unknown, the news business has been notoriously adverse to exploring real innovation in its own industry—despite the fact that it has been floating in a sea of disruption for at least a decade. That’s why the work of The Washington Post Company and its two-year-old WaPo Labs is notable. The principles under which the Labs were founded serve as a roadmap for reinvention—not just for the news business but for any company whose once-firmly entrenched industry is now being shaken up

At today's Facebook F8 developer conference, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings joined Mark Zuckerberg on stage for a surprise announcement: Netflix will finally be integrating social sharing with Facebook. That is, if a bill that sitting in Congress is ever able to pass on the House floor.

Bill Nguyen recently told Fast Company "Facebook is broken." So why is he planning to re-introduce Color, his flop of a $41 million app, in conjunction with Facebook and its f8 developers conference? Nguyen explains.

In an extended interview, astronaut Ron Garan speaks with Fast Company about his nerve-wracking return to earth, what technology startups should develop for space travel, and life on the International Space Station. "We really need to start not just exploring space," Garan says, "but utilizing space." NASA astronaut Ron Garan has an amazing story to tell.

We're excited to announce the agenda for Innovation Uncensored San Francisco and 3 new speakers, including: Padmasree Warrior, SVP, Engineering & CTO, Cisco Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja, SCVNGR Lauren Anderson, Innovation Director, Collaborative Consumption The event is fast approaching which means space, precious space, is running out. As in the past, the size of the event is limited because we want all the innovators in the room to have direct access to one another to foster inspiration and networking. Sign up now to secure a seat -- our discounted registration price expires this Friday, September 23rd ! Here's a quick glance at the agenda.* Innovation Spotlight Mark Pincus, Founder, CEO & Chief Product Officer, Zynga How Do We Coexist?

Facial recognition, eavesdropping apps, augmented reality...these aren't security protocols but new ways for you to be able to market your business. Marketing isn’t what it used to be.

If you're not volunteering because you want to really make an impact, this new matching site--now expanding out of New York--can link you to an organization that needs your exact talents. Most busy professionals would love to volunteer, if only they had the time and inclination to seek out worthwhile experiences.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Google Buys A Thousand IBM Patents .

Every day just became your own personal film festival. Launching today, Prescreen is calling itself a "social movie discovery platform" that's designed to "give filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional advertising and distribution channels." That is, it's a web interface wrapped in a social network to a curated catalog of films that may otherwise have had difficulty finding a distribution deal.

Can you build a long-term business on other people's platforms? Illustration by Brian Staufferr The oxpecker is an African bird that ekes out a living from the ticks that live on the backs of rhinoceroses. I imagine even it would be embarrassed by Zynga 's dependency on Facebook.

Entrepreneur (and former Facebook employee) Dave Morin did. Here's why.

With Fashion Week underway, here's a look at the start-ups that are making waves just off the runways.