Rebecca Greenfield

As George Lucas prepares to release his Star Wars franchise in 3-D, we take a look at the reigning king of sci-fi's patents More »

As I increase my Twitter presence, following more users and gaining more followers, I'm overwhelmed by all of the incoming tweets, retweets and replies. What tools can I use to help organize my account? More »

TV shows like 'Glee' and 'Mad Men' feature ads that make viewers think the commercial break is over More »

Gummo's proto-Ikea stuff organizer never made him as famous as Groucho More »

A mom both on screen and at home, Curtis understood that the conventional diaper system needed a bit of tweaking More »

The launch of the instant search engine has prompted the instantification of other beloved sites More »

Some celebrities aren't just pretty faces. A few of them are also touched with that Yankee prowess for tinkering and invention. In this weekly series, we introduce you to the Patents of the Rich and Famous. Inventor: Marlon Brando.Known For: Looks like Coppola wasn't the only Godfather legend who dabbled in the sciences. Brando was known for more than his award winning (and rejecting) performances in The Godfather and On the Waterfront. Besides advocating for… More »

Some celebrities aren't just pretty faces. A few of them are also touched with that Yankee prowess for tinkering and invention. In this weekly series, we introduce you to the Patents of the Rich and Famous. Inventor: Hedy Kiesler Marky aka Hedy Lamarr. Known For: With a face like that and a name like Hedy, Lamarr used her assets to pursue a lucrative acting career. She began with her controversial appearance in Ecstasy, a 1933 film featuring a naked Ms.… More »

It's one thing to maintain ruthless control over an oppressed citizenry. But quite something else to tweet about it well.In today's Davos-driven geopolitics, even authoritarian leaders need to be savvy about public relations. That's why even the toughest leaders are all up on the Internet; they use Twitter to craft their images without the hassle and noise of competing parties or media bias. Don't Miss Sage Stossel's. World Leaders on Facebook. But, while… More »

Some celebrities aren't just pretty faces. A few of them are also touched with that Yankee prowess for tinkering and invention. In this weekly series, we introduce you to the Patents of the Rich and Famous.Inventor: Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. Known For: Most notably: He's Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s dad. But besides fathering one of the most influential science fiction authors of the 20th century, Kurt Sr. had quite the little business of his own. In the early 20th… More »

Some celebrities aren't just pretty faces. A few of them are also touched with that Yankee prowess for tinkering and invention. In this weekly series, we introduce you to the Patents of the Rich and Famous. Inventor: Francis Ford Coppola.You Know Him From: A critically acclaimed producer, director, and screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola had dominated that whole film industry scene by his mid-thirties. After winning a bunch of Oscars for his Godfather films,… More »

A serious design innovation became an icon of sexual liberation for a generation, but then what happened? More »