Outlook 2007

The future is now
If the future is upon us, what's ahead? Here is what 10 top leaders and thinkers see on their horizon, from 3-D printing to $100 billion private-equity deals. (more)

Second Life: It's not a game
Fortune's David Kirkpatrick reports on why IBM's Sam Palmisano and other tech leaders think Second Life could be a gold mine. (more)

Energy's cleaner future?
Fortune magazine talks with industry visionaries including oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and ethanol pioneer Vinod Khosla about their view of the future. (more) VIDEO

Advertising's big bang (a duck)
Ad guru Linda Kaplan Thaler talks about what makes the Aflac duck so successful, and how the advertising business will change. (more) VIDEO

What's next in energy
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is putting his bet on cellusolic ethanol. (more)


Hannah Montana Inc. Move over, Tinker Bell. Disney's latest star is fast becoming a brand of her own. (more)
A 'Hero's' predictions for 2007 Until he won the role of a geeky Japanese office worker who travels through time, Masi Oka was best known as a special-effects programming whiz for movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean." (more)

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