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Film

Pangea Day: Hear Jehane Noujaim on NPR

Pangea Day — the global film festival, happening May 10, 2008 — comes from a wish made by filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, who won the ...

Jan 31, 2008
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Transcript

Zipcar and beyond: Robin Chase on TED.com

Robin Chase rose to fame by founding Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business, but that was one of her smaller ideas. In this ...

Jan 31, 2008
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Technology

We're made for zooming

It its newest issue, Newsweek publishes a detailed story on Microsoft’s Seadragon technology and the man behind it, Blaise Aguera y Ar...

Jan 30, 2008
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TED Prize

A vision for TED: Chris Anderson on TED.com

At the time of this talk, TED’s future was in the balance. Its founder, Richard Saul Wurman, had just sold the conference to Chris And...

Jan 30, 2008
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Culture

Looking at celebrity: Alison Jackson on TED.com

Why can’t you make it through the checkout line without flipping through page after page of pregnant celebs in Us magazine? Alison Jac...

Jan 28, 2008
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News

Telling the story of a passionate life: Ben Dunlap on TED.com

Sit back and listen, as Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian man he met at Wofford College. In telling Teszler’s ...

Jan 23, 2008
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Film

U2, 3D, and the rise of immersive cinema

The first of a new generation of digital three-dimensional films, U2 3D, is in limited release now. Already the entertainment world is abuzz...

Jan 22, 2008
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Uncategorized

Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com

With subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock, and a slide show that has opened the minds (and pocketbooks) of CEOs across the...

Jan 21, 2008
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Design

Porco awarded, Antonelli promoted

TED speaker Paola Antonelli (watch her TED 2007 talk) has been promoted to senior curator of the New York Museum of Modern Art’s depar...

Jan 17, 2008
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