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For most of human history, we have defined time through the movements of planets and stars.

When your company needs to use a process, concept, toolor really anything that's protected by a patent, copyright, or trademarkhere's how to license it, and avoid legal trouble. The world of intellectual property has suffered a shake up in the Internet age

Over the past month, I attended three conferences. Each one brought together some of the greatest minds in B2B sales and marketing. Sadly, some of their presentations distracted us from their important messages

Whether it's sudden press or a viral video, it's easier than ever for business owners to get a taste of the spotlight. Here's how to make it last. Before she turned actress Natalie Portman into a ballerina for the film Black Swan, dancer Mary Helen Bowers was already training women all over New York City through her fitness company, Ballet Beautiful, which she founded in 2008

Nearly 100 years after Joyce wrote his polyglot seminal work, are we any closer to a technological solution to breaking down the barriers of language? Not if the recent scuffle over Google Translate is any indication. Joyce and the Limits of the Twentieth Century In celebration of Bloomsday (June 16, the 107th anniversary of the fictional events that occur in his Ulysses), I'll reach beyond time, death, and the limits of my own or anyone else's knowledge to affirm that James Joyce would have adored Google Translate.

Until now, the antics of LulzSec have seemed more or less harmless (depending on where you draw the line on the criminality of White Hat hacking), but with the release of 62,000 usernames and passwords to unlisted sites, LulzSec has got personal. LulzSec claims to have hit the CIA this week , and may also have again penetrated web security at the Senate's website, and an earlier LulzSec leak of over 20,000 usernames and passwords was confined to pornographic websites--headline-earning efforts indeed. But today's 62,000-plus list actually doesn't mention which site the passwords and login credentials are connected to

Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill yesterday that takes direct aim at online privacy.

Commentators continue to guess at whether GOP candidates at the June 13 debate in New Hampshire will live up to their promises. But their faces never lie. Sensory Logic's Dan Hill analyzes their expressions for Fast Company to reveal what traditional pundits can't

While the deal makes sense on paper, you know it's never that easy to pull off, which is why you'll need your management team prepped to make it happen as smoothly as possible. Your business , unlike your competition, is doing well and growing. Or, perhaps your growth has reached a lull and you'd like to rectify that

Walmart might move in down the street and underprice you, but they can't take away your story. The stories of three small businesses might help you outfox your biggest competitors.

Restaurants are notoriously difficult businesses, and less than half make it past their third birthday. The handful of chefs who not only stay afloat but rise to the very top rely as much on business savvy as knife skills

Adrian Slywotzky has written noteworthy business books, such as Value Migration , The Profit Zone and The Art of Profitability . His books have been featured in major publications, including BusinessWeek

Where else but at a Fast Company event can White House assistant chef and food policy advisor Sam Kass trade beer tips with Sam Calagione , the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery? [video_twistage 1] The two Sams, Nos. 11 and 46 on our Most Creative People in Business list, respectively, put their heads together last week at Fast Company's Most Creative People conference, where Calagione praised the White House's home brewing and cooking initiatives

What are the major milestones in productivity throughout history? Here's a timeline of key events that helped increase human efficiency, including the commercial diary, Henry Ford's Model T car, and the invention of the world wide web. 1791 Benjamin Franklin’s posthumous autobiography described the founding father’s system for the pursuit of “Order”.

Leading Net radio service Pandora has just priced its IPO, ready to lead a nascent industry into the next phase.