Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market

Why is it so hard to stimulate innovation inside big corporations, while at the same time VCs are awash in innovative business plans and people?

From GE to Nestlé to watchmaker Omega, companies use the Games to test-drive new ideas—and strut their stuff

Animation producer Kadokawa thinks it has more to gain than to lose by allowing its content to be shared for free on the Net

How Procter & Gamble is using design thinking to crack difficult business problems

How a routine packaging redesign at the high-end music equipment maker kick-started a companywide turnaround

Mitch Pergola, the business strategist behind Fuseproject, talks about how design firms can take a page from the venture capital playbook

A new book from the Bottom of the Pyramid guru lays out the new landscape of business, driven by consumer co-creation and service customization

A Silicon Valley nonprofit fostered the development of a radical open-source platform for top-level health research

Stoves, refrigerators, and other appliances used to be the core of General Electric's business. But now the hot growth is elsewhere

Apparently not, even though more research and development is joining manufacturing in the shift toward low-cost nations

Can JetBlue founder and former CEO David Neeleman find success with his latest venture, a domestic Brazilian airline dubbed Azul?

Even if the historic merger goes through, the newly combined company will face huge difficulties getting off the ground

CEO Eric Schmidt describes the simple principles driving the company's steady stream of innovations

As the computer giant cuts its number of major research projects, its labs director explains the attempt to marry the grant-writing focus of a university with the entrepreneurial approach of a venture capital firm

The social network provides important lessons for executives—and a key forum for innovation and experimentation

Research in Motion founder Mike Lazaridis talks about building a successful R&D culture and a decade of sustainable innovation

In a new book, Here Comes Everybody, author and academic Clay Shirky argues the future is here; it's time to get on with it

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, talks about the potential pitfalls and rewards of trying to "buy" innovation

It's not yet clear how tradition-bound equestrians—or Olympic judges—will view the iconoclastic footwear

A small Southern California startup is betting that ultralight recreational aircraft like its sleek A5 will revolutionize private aviation

How the Flip—a bare-bones digital camcorder—grew from a simple idea to a contender among giants like Sony

Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster?

Scientists are using biomaterials in consumer electronics

"Good design" often comes with a hefty price tag. We pitted four popular, pricey products against their low-cost counterparts—with surprising results

An exercise machine that allows workers to multitask may be the silliest (or smartest?) invention since the executive toy

The innovations of the $2,500 car carry important lessons for Western executives

Strida 5.0 is the newest iteration in a series of foldable bikes by British designer Mark Sanders. Long available in Europe, the line finally landed in the U.S.

Consumer electronics companies need to do more than pare product lines and make cool stuff. What Apple offers is a complete ecosystem

How a marketing executive's field research spawned the DOT-it line of portable LED fixtures that are lighting the way to an energy-efficient future

Cordell Ratzlaff wants to expand the tech giant's reach by designing products customers can love

Along with Grameen Group and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the French food company has created a nutritious and inexpensive yogurt for Bangladesh

Recessions present a good opportunity to collaborate with others on finding, developing, and marketing new ideas

Paul Polak and his company, International Development Enterprises, have helped 17 million people lift themselves out of poverty

A Finnish study profiled twelve U.S. companies to give insight on how successfully applied service innovation can bring in the big bucks

Indian business Neurosynaptic Communications brings health care to the country's poorer citizens with a portable diagnostic kit

Improving the user experience could inspire people to tap into the system more regularly to help stave off more serious illness

Recent redesigns at Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search, and Ask.com are providing graphically rich alternatives to the minimalist search giant

To design an offering that customers will love, start with a rough draft—and co-create

A new exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art presents fresh talent in data visualization and other design disciplines that could have far-reaching business applications

Aerion's engineers have devised a radical new design for a high-flying, luxury supersonic business jet. Now, they just need a partner to make it

An upscale New York restaurant is the first to feature "ubiquitous computing," with an innovative table-top interactive menu

At 75, design pioneer Richard Sapper continues to push his craft in new directions

Galleries from around the globe showcased works and sold many limited-edition pieces at last weekend's Art Basel Miami and Design Miami events

Green design calls for small improvements across large volumes and for reducing the resources, materials, and energy used in products

In a new book, the management guru discusses the environmental woes facing business and some steps that may lead to a more sustainable world

It's green, it's healthful, and it works. So why is this cleaning textile practically shut out of the U.S. market?

Cherokee Investment is backing the Mainstream GreenHome, a residential laboratory for green building practices they believe will protect the environment and provide solid returns to investors

Janine Benyus, dean of the burgeoning "biomimicry" design movement, helps companies look to the natural world to help take their business green

Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering the potential of a powerful economic engine and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources

A radical document, supported by industry organizations, major designers and leading consultancies, aims to set a new standard for sustainability in design

The new law backs ethanol and ignores other alternative fuels. Venture capitalist David Berry talks about what it means for energy innovation

Out of more than 1,000 products examined, only one met federal standards

Three leaders in sustainable-design consulting are collaborating to leverage their expertise, stimulate new products, and boost "cradle to cradle" certification

Gianfranco's Zaccai's column praising the Swiffer as ecofriendly sparked outrage in the blogosphere. Here, he answers questions from one skeptic on “profitable sustainability”

Europeans, Asians, and Latin Americans took more International Design Excellence Awards than ever. And students made a strong showing

Preservation, environmental awareness, and community were paramount for winners of this year's BusinessWeek/Architectural Record China Awards

The annual Plagiarius Awards call attention to the most flagrant product imitations and raise awareness about the dangers of piracy

This year the communication design awards went to a series of food packaging, a concept car with a fishy inspiration and a board game as annual report, among other things

The Index: Awards gave its People's Choice prize to a device for disposing of used needles. The inventor had a personal stake in the product design

Ten weeks of role-playing led to a design to help the wheelchair-bound at the gym. That design earned the IDEA Best in Show award

It's no surprise Cooper-Hewitt honored the doyen of computer design, but some 2007 National Design Awards did go to lesser-known talents

Nike, Honda and Skittles were big winners at this year's D&AD awards, which this year had a refreshingly eclectic feel

The online auction giant, hoping to boost inventory and revive growth, will imitate Amazon and court users who sell at fixed prices

Employees at the consumer products company object to its antediluvian attitudes about Web access, e-mail, and other mainstays of modern life

Sony Ericsson's Xperia mobile phone won't be released for a couple of months, but it's getting a lot of buzz in the blogosphere

No, but the software giant has been trying some interesting new things in search. And it has the money and time to spend on startups and new search features

Nancy Heinen, former general counsel, will pay $2.2 million to end SEC's options-backdating case

Struggling AMD may look to unload its chipmaking facilities to a partner to concentrate on battling the industry's giant

It isn't easy for online storage companies to break through and cash in. Winners will learn to layer storage with more valuable services

The Indian government wasn't interested, so OLPC partners with Reliance ADA Group to bring computers to India's primary school kids

It's time to take a new look at MacBooks. A step-up to multitouch screens starting at a nifty price would thrill consumers

There are a dozen or so Web sites that review local businesses across the country. Take a look, and read what people say behind your back

The Japanese Net entrepreneur Joichi Ito makes a case for free-content distribution on the Internet. Nine Inch Nails is an early adopter

Support is building for a measure that would make companies get consumers' approval before collecting info about their Web surfing

To boost its presence in Asia and fuel growth, the auction site plans to acquire a 36.4% stake in Korean e-commerce giant Gmarket

The social network has vaulted over MySpace in worldwide audience growth, thanks to tools that translate content into many languages

A new report focuses on advertising methods, such as through social networks, and urges lawmakers to restrict junk food advertising to kids online

PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield is building another software upstart that is attracting a lot of attention

It's been tough lately for companies like Red Hat and Novell that bet their business on open source. Here's a look at the haves and the have-nots

Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market

Its R&D arm has a new initiative aimed at hatching design ideas

Cisco needs to redefine itself as a software company. But Google and Microsoft are way ahead in the "collaboration" game

A startup's approach to advanced pattern recognition could trump rivals' in the hunt to capitalize on finding trends in large streams of data

Paul Maritz replaces co-founder Greene as chief of the software maker, whose shares sink on news of the move and a revenue warning

The Android-based phone is due out in the fall. Here's what to expect in terms of features

While Sprint Nextel's earnings show hopeful signs, those signs might be misleading. And investors have yet to be convinced

Videoconferencing equipment makers, such as Norway's Tandberg and its U.S. rival Polycom, are riding high as companies try to cut costs

Privacy advocates' concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown, industry experts say

Beyond computers, Wi-Fi-enabled televisions, set-top boxes, and cars are entering the market

Skeptics and boosters were wrong, the Apple smartphone is different enough to be fun, but hasn't sent Japanese phonemakers back to the drawing board

Blogger Arik Hesseldahl says Apple is on track to have the iPhone in 3,200 U.S. stores

With the debut of the new iPhone 3G, rival phonemakers and wireless operators—and possibly Apple—will feel the impact

Boxed products are no longer the gaming industry's backbone. Social gaming on the likes of Facebook and MySpace is where a lot of money can be made

Video creators need to distribute, organize, and promote their content, and multiple startups are building on what YouTube already provides

Illusion Labs, creator of the App Store hit Labyrinth, scores by producing a variation of the game as a marketing tool for a beer brand

Its stash may soon be bigger than Microsoft's. But should all those billions continue to lie dormant?

A new report shows that tech-related positions are safe bets right now, especially software developer. But sales is solid, too

In spite of media coverage and doctors' advice, millions of Americans are still overweight. Why can't state and federal policies control help?

Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market

Hewlett-Packard awards 41 university professors as much as $100,000 apiece and plans to be more involved in the research projects

With giants like Cisco and GE driving demand and staffed more by skilled expats, India's offshore R&D centers are booming, despite spiraling wages

Some of the best and brightest U.S. high school students spend summers preparing to tackle science's biggest challenges

Dell's Tim Bucher, a former Apple vet, and his Zing software hope to give iTunes some competition

The Web surfing on the Apple device is great. But some users are now choosing to carry a second cell phone

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These software programs help you do everything calculate your carbon footprint to remotely monitor your home.

Could faster chips translate into slower computers? That's the sales-threatening prospect furrowing brows in every corner of the PC business, from industry titans such as Intel, Microsoft, and Apple to major centers of academe.

Pop quiz: name the breakout digital businesses that have been spawned by traditional media giants that aren't simply online offshoots of existing brands. There is, let's see, Time Warner's TMZ, and, depending on how it goes, NBC and Fox's Hulu.com.

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It's a tough market for tech IPOs. The CEO of tech startup Convio explains why he canceled his company's debut this week.

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Dell courts Gen Y'ers - and bets on a turnaround - with a redesign of its flagship Latitude laptops. "Business pink," anyone?

The Internet company unveils Fire Eagle, a service that lets consumers broadcast their location to scores of Internet-based services. By Michael V. Copeland

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By any measure, it is a long way from the Park Avenue headquarters of JPMorgan Chase, the global investment bank that generated revenues of $100 billion last year, to the dusty streets of Kampala, Uganda, where a poor woman can buy a new cook stove for about $6.

Google is pulling back on paid-search ads to make Web browsing a better experience - and rival Yahoo appears to be benefiting.

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Talk about your summer scorchers.

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When cyberattacks outpace rules about disclosure, consumers get hurt.

Chip giant's chairman talks up benefits of technology in developing world; four developers to get $100,000.

Hint: It's more than just an iPod.

The Finnish giant has scale, but it doesn't get much love from Silicon Valley developers.

Despite claims to the contrary, don't think that EA's takeover plans have changed.