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Entertainment

David Pogue on TEDTalks

David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for The New York Times, an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News, and one of t...

Jun 27, 2006
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Entertainment

Ads We Love: Pac-Man Puppet Show

Some of the best-loved TV ads can hold their own as short films, with compelling characters, surprising twists, emotional resonance … ...

Jun 22, 2006
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Entertainment

Ze Frank and his wikicomedy

There’s been a lot of talk in TED HQ lately about The Show. That is, Ze Frank’s show. The one he writes, films and posts each we...

Jun 19, 2006
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NYC: TED musicians in concert

It’s a great month for TED music in New York. It seems all our favorites will be coming through… Starting this Saturday June 10 ...

Jun 9, 2006
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Biology

Olivia Judson: DNA is the new fossil record

Are fossil records a thing of the past? Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson (TED2005) thinks they may be. In Sunday’s New York Times,...

May 29, 2006
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Entertainment

Ripe for parodying

If you liked the Sony Bouncy Balls ad, you’ll love this homage, filmed in Wales for the soft drink, Tango.

May 23, 2006
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Entertainment

In Cannes-venient Truth: Behind the scenes with Gore

When Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” premiered at Cannes this weekend, TED2006 photographer Robert Leslie was on hand to...

May 22, 2006
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Entertainment

Ads we love: Honda "Choir" and "Impossible Dream"

At TED2006, we devoted an unusual amount of our “interstitial” time to a single advertiser, showing three different ads from Hon...

May 18, 2006
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Entertainment

Clio Award Winners: You saw them first at TED

We were pleased to see that several of the ads we highlighted at TED2006 and TEDGlobal were awarded Clios last night, in Miami. The Honda ad...

May 18, 2006
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