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For nonprofits, an end to business-as-usual

OPINION | How will we secure a just and vibrant society now that our old models of sustaining essential organizations are disintegrating?

Inventor of e-mail program honored by Smithsonian

Inventor of e-mail program honored by Smithsonian

The Smithsonian has acquired the documentation chronicles the invention of the e-mail program.

What would Lincoln do?

What would Lincoln do?

In the lead-up to Presidents’ Day, FlackCheck.org asks people to send a message to their local stations.

World Economic Forum: Top 10 emerging technologies for 2012

World Economic Forum: Top 10 emerging technologies for 2012

The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on emerging technologies released its top 10 emerging technology trends.

The secret to job creation

The secret to job creation

OPINION | Emerging technologies hold the key to job creation in the United States.

Colleges looking beyond the lecture

Colleges looking beyond the lecture

Science, math and engineering departments at many universities are abandoning or retooling the lecture.

Trade and 'the next war’

Trade and 'the next war’

If the United States is going to strengthen its ability to compete, what does that mean for trade?

What’s next in broadband?

What’s next in broadband?

More and more, talk has centered around optical fiber.

‘The most amazing business’

‘The most amazing business’

To Chef Jose Andres, there’s more to the culinary arts than meets the eye or the palate.

Health care innovation: From regulation to ‘bigger brains’

Health care innovation: From  regulation to ‘bigger brains’

Former FDA chief Andrew von Eschenbach was part of a roundtable discussion on the future of innovation in health care.

DARPA’s Dugan: End ‘ethereal’ view of innovation

DARPA’s Dugan: End ‘ethereal’ view of innovation

The idea of innovation itself, needs to change, said Dugan.

Cast Your Vote

In this photo taken on on Thursday , Feb. 3, 2011, an unidentified job seeker looks for an auto mechanic job opportunity at the Verdugo Job Center in Glendale, Calif. Fewer laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits, marking third drop in four weeks. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A new model for career counseling

OPINION | Career counselors can help people get ahead in their hunt for a job. But does the current model work?

Project Dreamcatcher: Where ‘big data’ meets the Obama campaign

Project Dreamcatcher: Where ‘big data’ meets the Obama campaign

The campaign of President Barack Obama is undertaking a massive data-mining effort, and it’s called Project Dreamcatcher.

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Traders work in the S&P 500 pit at the CME Group's Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. U.S. stocks pared losses as the cheapest valuations for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since 2009 lured investors and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he is ready to take more steps to boost growth. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg

Facebook and the big IPO letdown

COLUMN | If you’re expecting an IPO boom in the wake of Facebook, be prepared for disappointment.

Hayley Tsukayama

Hayley Tsukayama

E-textbooks beyond Apple’s iBooks

Nature Publishing Group recently launched a new text called Principles of Biology, a constantly updating science e-textbook.

Hayley Tsukayama

Hayley Tsukayama

Sony’s PlayStation Vita hopes to carve a niche for itself

Sony’s strategy to beat mobile gaming: offer console-quality gaming on the go

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Hayley Tsukayama

The Circuit: Microsoft, Google, privacy

Microsoft and Google go back-and-forth, Commerce privacy report expected, Comcast launches minority networks

Kiteaton

Team @yammer not doing themselves any favors with ridiculous customer service today :/ OTOH, my morning coffee and cake are great!

PSFK

The Co-Sharing Trend [Need To Know: SXSWi] http://t.co/TIO0upZF

mashable

Cute alert! @BAHjournalist found the newest coo-worthy blog: "Babies with iPads" - http://t.co/sRTAcYVC

TheNextWeb

Home, sweet home: 60% of UK employees could be working remotely within a decade http://t.co/4wGMmng8 by @TGW_Paul on @thenextwebuk

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CBSNews

Opposition activists say 2 Western #journalists and a prominent Syrian blogger killed in shelling of #Homs, #Syria: http://t.co/xsP5mmTR

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Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria http://t.co/fMs0cj2F

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Video: V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai's path to the Smithsonian

V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai invented the EMAIL system at the age of 14 at 1978. He spoke with The Post's Emi Kolawole about his path from being a teenage inventor in New Jersey to the Smithsonian.

Discussions@Innovation

For young graduates, the case for economics

"Very nice piece. I especially like the fact that you are the economist for the Environmental Defense Fund. It's important to make it clear that those who favor a cleaner environment want to accomplish that through market mechanisms rather than through what is sometimes overly rigid regulation."

Innovation in the Twitterverse

Tour the world and follow the innovation conversation on Twitter. (source: UMapper)