A who's who of hackers

It's hard to get a handle on the hacker community, but here's a look at the range of people -- from lone geeks to organized governments -- who could be behind recent security breaches.

FORTUNE -- The recent hacking headlines make it seem like we're in the middle of a cyberwar: In the past few weeks, there have been revelations of security breaches at organizations including Citigroup, Sony, the IMF, and MORE

In Quebec, an economic plan for an environmental mutation

As the polar ice caps recede, Canada plans Asian shipping routes and sustainable developments for its northern lands.

FORTUNE -- Climate change is reshaping our world from pole to pole. But one result of global warming could alter the face of commerce in North America and Asia forever: the opening, thanks to the melting polar ice caps, of a new maritime shipping route through the Arctic ocean. The route would connect MORE

How going green can be a boon to corporate recruiters

Companies that tout their environmental sustainability cred could have a competitive edge in attracting the younger generation's best and brightest.

FORTUNE -- When a recruiter wants to snag top talent away from the competition, they often tout time-honored perks like bonuses, stock options and vacation time. But recruiters looking to put their best foot forward should add a new item to the arsenal: a company's environmental sustainability record.

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How Pepsi's crowd-sourced ads beat the Super Bowl beer spots

Pepsi cut out the market research middleman and let users make and vote on ads. Result? Most memorable Super Bowl ad of 2011.

Apparently, a video of a pug knocking down a glass door on top of some guy is a good way to sell junk food. But Pepsi didn't spend millions doing market research to come up with the concept, called "Pug Attack." Instead, the company leveraged its MORE

A green technology wish list for 2011

By Michael Kanellos, Editor in Chief of Greentech Media. His colleagues Shayle Kann, Shyam Mehta, MJ Shiao, Rob Day, Eric Wesoff and Brett Prior also contributed.

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The green tech industry will fondly remember 2010. After enduring collapsing prices and lackluster demand in 2009, solar companies saw panel shipments grow by an astounding 93 percent to 125 percent this year. Waiting lists for the new electric cars from MORE

Tom Steyer: The jolly green banker

Banker and philanthropist Tom Steyer says the idea of business doing everything perfectly without government involvement is "ridiculous." That's why he's fighting to convince politicians and CEOs that going green isn't a sacrifice, it's an opportunity.

Tom Steyer

Tom Steyer founded Farallon Capital Management and OneCalifornia Bank. He's also an environmentalist and philanthropist. He and his wife funded the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford University, devoted to researching sustainable energy, and the Steyer-Taylor MORE

New c-suite seat: CTO of the cloud

C-level positions don't get created overnight. So what is it about the cloud computing revolution that merits a seat in the executive suite?

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The cloud: A once, well, hazy term that describes the increasingly vast array of software, applications, and data storage tools that live not on users' home PCs but on the Internet, is taking MORE

Nissan's Leaf strategy: battery powered confusion?

Nissan really wants to be the leader in electric vehicles. Maybe that's why it's being coy about how many they plan to sell.

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Nissan executives have been notoriously optimistic about the electric vehicle market, and not without a vested interest: they hope to become the leading manufacturer of green cars. So far, the company's image has done well from the refresh. Nissan has received plenty of press for MORE

Why Dell won't go private

The company needs to transform, but here's why going private doesn't make sense.

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Rumors of Dell going private really took off back in June when, at the Sanford C. Bernstein investor conference, CEO and founder Michael Dell, well, mentioned that he had considered that strategy.

Then earlier this month, CFO Brian Gladden poured some gas on the flames when he said the debate was still alive in Austin, saying that Dell MORE

Electric vehicles not as easy as A123

The hot battery maker has a balance sheet problem -- lots of inventory of expensive EV batteries. It looks like the adoption curve for electric vehicles is flatter than anyone thought.

Battery maker A123 was supposed to rev up the electric vehicle revolution. When the company went public in September 2009, Wall Street loved it. But recently, A123 (AONE) has had a hard time pleasing the Street, missing earnings estimates even MORE