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TECH SPECIAL REPORT - EUROPEAN INNOVATION 2008

The State of European Innovation

Only 10 European outfits made a recent BusinessWeek ranking of innovative companies from around the globe. Still, Europe is going strong in several segments

How Nokia Users Drive Innovation

Through online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, the Finnish handset giant gathers customers' ideas from around the world—virtually free
Slide Show: Nokia's Dream Phones

Bureaucracy Hampers an E. coli Weapon

French biotech GeneSystems developed a system to detect the deadly bacterium before it reaches supermarket shelves, but it faces red tape and resistance

Danone Innovates to Help Feed the Poor

Along with Grameen Group and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the French food company has created a nutritious and inexpensive yogurt for Bangladesh

Asset4 Enriches Risk Assessment

Investors want to know more about companies than ever—and they are increasingly turning to the nonfinancial metrics of Asset4

Europe's Carbon-Trading Pioneers

The cap-and-trade-emissions market has spawned a host of innovators who act as brokers and deal in carbon dioxide futures and derivatives

Europe's Innovation Hot Spots

Governments are making efforts to propel innovation on the continent by creating competitive clusters centered around a specific sector
Slide Show: Europe's Seedbeds of New Ideas

Applause for Europe's Top Inventors

The European Inventor of the Year awards honor the makers of the best patented inventions in research and industry. The recognition may be the push they need
Slide Show: Six Ideas that Changed the World

France Telecom Goes to the Movies

With its three-screen service, Orange—the telco's mobile, Internet, and TV arm—makes sure you're wired for entertainment wherever you are

Joocing the Next Billion Internet Users

Paris startup Jooce has an idea: Instead of one laptop per child, why not many virtual desktops per public computer? It's catching on

Wacky Ideas at Geneva Inventions Expo

The fair, which brings inventors and investors together, features 1,000 new creations including artificial nose hair and a self-making bed

Jean Nouvel's Moment in the Sun

Winning the Pritzker Prize makes him this year's architectural "it boy," but the French architect has proven he's no flash in the pan
Slide Show: A Pritzker for Jean Nouvel

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