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  How Google Fuels Its Idea Factory 

  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_19/b4083054277984.htm

  Leading up to Google's first-quarter earnings report on Apr. 17, investors couldn't have been more bearish. They had knocked the stock down 35% since the start of the year, concerned that a weak economy ... would finally hurt the search giant's advertising business. But Google ( GOOG ) defied skeptics—and the economic downturn—with a surprisingly strong showing that sent the stock soaring 20% the next day. More than anything, Google's continued prosperity is a testament to its ability to keep innovating, both in search and advertising operations and in new lines such as online office-productivity software. Many companies, says Chief Executive Eric Schmidt , can skirt downturns entirely by coming up with innovations that change the game in their industries—or create new ones. (When asked if Google's strategy would change as the economy heads into a likely recession, he replied: "What recession?") In a recent interview in a tiny meeting room next to his Mountain View (Calif.) office, Schmidt   [More...] [Less...]

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  PC World - Top 50 Tech Visionaries 

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  Get tech advice from thousands of PC World Members Rate and recommend the latest tech products Share your thoughts in blog and article comments Get free excerpts and exclusive discounts on Super Guides ... Top 50 Tech Visionaries Without the imagination and hard work of these fifty innovators, technologies you use every day might never have been invented. Christopher Null, PC World It's easy to look at a laptop, an iPod, or a laser printer as nothing more than a tool to get work done with or to while away your free time on, but these and many other high-tech devices didn't fall off a tree. They emerged following years of hard work--and in some cases, an entire career devoted to a single technology--by inspired researchers, designers, and developers. Our list of technology visionaries includes the guy who invented a way to store data in a portable form--and who almost got demoted as a result. It recognizes the woman who popularized the term "bug" after a moth flew into a computer relay. And   [More...] [Less...]

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