Tech confab with a conscience (TED) goes global

TED http://www.ted.com/ , the granddaddy of all tech summits, is on a path to becoming a global brand.

For most of its 25 years, TED (for "technology, entertainment and design") was an exclusive, seaside gathering of a few hundred of the globe’s top techies and thinkers. Al Gore trotted out his speech on global warming at TED in 2006, shortly before the issue became a worldwide cause. This year, Bill Gates illustrated the dangers of malaria by unleashing mosquitoes on the crowd.

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

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