The military’s uniforms will probably never be runway ready. But in the future, a soldier’s threads might very well be quite a bit sharper

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New Navy Uniform Could Monitor Sailors’ Pee for Signs of Nuclear Attack [Military]

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Square Enix Will Ship Online Dragon Quest in August

Earlier this month, I had an evening meeting in D.C. followed by a class to teach in Boston the following day. I had just one choice for a flight: the US Airways 9 p.m.

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Be Very Afraid: The Cable-ization of Online Life Is Upon Us

For the last 16 years, the Webby Awards have touted themselves as the internet’s answer to the Academy Awards. In their words, the Webbys are “the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet.” Flipping through the past nominees, the selections often feel arbitrary: a mishmash of corporate websites, usual suspects, and Flash ad campaigns. Pioneering, innovative sites show up once in a while, usually when sponsored by a large company

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Five-Word Speech: ‘The Webbys Are Still Around?’

Ken Levine. Photo: Irrational Games WASHINGTON, D.C. — Considering the subject matter of his next game, it makes sense to interview Ken Levine in our nation’s capital.

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Q&A: Ken Levine’s Brave New World of BioShock Infinite

Photo: Spencer Higgins; Illustration: Si Scott Dan Siroker helps companies discover tiny truths, but his story begins with a lie. It was November 2007 and Barack Obama, then a Democratic candidate for president, was at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, to speak. Siroker—who today is CEO of the web-testing firm Optimizely , but then was a product manager on Google’s browser team—tried to cut the enormous line by sneaking in a back entrance.

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The A/B Test: Inside the Technology That’s Changing the Rules of Business

A booth demonstrator for the mobile-game portal Gree shows a cellphone game at Tokyo Game Show in September 2011. Photo: Robert Gilhooly/Wired.com Two of Japan’s largest social game publishers, Gree and DeNA, will limit the amount of money that teenage customers can spend in their mobile games, according to a report. The Japan Times said Wednesday that the two publishers would limit customers 15 and younger to spending only 5,000 yen (approximately $62) per month , effective as soon as April 26.

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Japan’s Social Game Publishers Limit Teens’ Spending

Photo: Garry McLeod Last spring Sam Fiorella was recruited for a VP position at a large Toronto marketing agency. With 15 years of experience consulting for major brands like AOL, Ford, and Kraft, Fiorella felt confident in his qualifications

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What Your Klout Score Really Means

Photo: Brock Davis Thirty years ago, when John Naisbitt was writing Megatrends , his prescient vision of America’s future, he used a simple yet powerful tool to spot new ideas that were bubbling in the zeitgeist: the newspaper. He didn’t just read it, though. He took out a ruler and measured it

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How to Spot the Future

Spotting the future is an art. We asked eight of our favorite visionaries for their techniques. Paul Saffo A longtime technology forecaster, Saffo is a managing director at the Silicon Valley investment research firm Discern.

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8 Visionaries on How They Spot the Future