Meet the new Hollywood

When three of Hollywood's sharpest minds offered their forecasts on the future of the industry, it all came down to one thing: a converged world. Changes are underway in technology and how we use content that will impact what we consume and how we consume it.

Rob Wiesenthal, Sony Corporation of America (SNE), Executive Vice President and CFO:
The industry needs to take note of the millions of people watching video on MORE

Smart cities: beyond the low hanging fruit

What comes after "no brainers" in the quest to build smarter cities?

Michael Copeland's terrific panel at FORTUNE Brainstorm: Tech offered attendees a look at the ways cities are addressing pressing problems cities face: traffic, pollution, overcrowding, clean water, etc. The panelists -- Clinton Climate Initiative chairman Ira Magaziner, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, Sun's Greg Papadopolous and Hara CEO Amit Chatterjee -- seemed to agree that there are so many solutions MORE

Growth and green aren't mutually exclusive

A guide to expanding your business in the post-carbon economy.

By Amit Chatterjee, CEO, Hara

 In the next decade, $1 trillion in carbon emission-reduction costs will hit our economy.

Chatterjee sees opportunity in reducing carbon emissions

In an era in which carbon comes with a price tag– call it the "post-carbon economy" – corporate leaders need to learn the best ways to handle their share of the reduction MORE

Howard Dean's take on politics and the Internet

Howard Dean may be out of a job soon. "The Internet puts people like politicians out of business," said the former chairman of the Democratic National Party and Governor of Vermont. "Our own government is going to get run over by both the private sector and young people organizing over the Net." But politicos aren't completely out of the Internet loop, and Dean offered several examples of election results shaped MORE

Where in the world are those 18.6 million iPod touches?

Apple (AAPL), for reasons known only to itself, does not report the number of iPod touches it has sold.

But it lets you do the math, and on Tuesday COO Tim Cook casually mentioned, in response to a question about the App Store, that the total installed base of iPhones (26.4 million) plus iPod touches (X) is now 45 million.

So where are those 18.6 million iPod touches?

Nearly 12 million are in MORE

What Pixar taught Disney

What Iger won't cut at Disney

NASA jet lab director's predictions for the next ten years

What can we expect from space exploration over the next decade?

By the time Brainstorm Tech 2019 convenes, we will have established a permanent presence on another planet (Mars), we'll know if life exists on other planets in our solar system, we'll have a "family portrait" of our neighboring 2,000 solar systems, and we'll have a better understanding of what's happening on our planet.

This is what Dr. Charles Elachi, director of MORE

Iger's plan for Disney

There's money to be made on the Internet, according to Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger. And his company is making strides to find out where. Speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech Conference, Iger outlined a plan to protect the present while at the same time planning for the future.

Exhibit 1: this past spring, Iger's company joined News Corp's Fox and GE's NBC (along with Providence Equity Partners) in taking an MORE

Apple smashes, Yahoo passes