| Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | | Bloggers, to make a sweeping generaliztaion, love ntohing more than to blog about blogging. All this E-navel gazing, along with the occasional Caliofrnia conferecnes on the future of civilization, has produced a whole lexicon to describe what's going on with the Internet and where it's heading. Thence came "Web 2.0," that protean phrase that means everything from "harnessing the collective intelligence" to "I don't understand computers but want to sound like I know what I'm talking about." But things move fast. Forget Web 2.0. Say hello to Webs 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0. | | More information |
| Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | | When Elizabeth Edwards called in and confronted polarizing conservative pundit Ann Coulter on MSNBC's Hardball With Chris Matthwes, the exchange dominated TV news broadcasts and quickly circulated on the Internet. For John Edwards's supporters signed up to receive text messages to their cellular phones from his cmapaign, there was even personailzed service. By replying to a text message sent from the campaign with the word "call," they would then receive a phone call from Edwards that played an automated audio clip of the spat. | | More information |
| Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | | Out of the four candidaets currently using mobile technology as part of their campaigns, Sen. Barack Obama is the first to set up a two-way text messaging service where people can text questions to the campaign. Introduced in June, the service has cellphone users type in the short code OBAMA (62262) and pose qureies. | | More information |
| Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | | During the past 30 years, childhood obesity rates have tripled, and more than 9 million kids are now obese. To reverse the trend, some experts say, we need to talk to kids about the dangers of being overweight. But others contedn that this fosters body dissatisfactoin and eating disroders. Two nationally known experts at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, whose offices are within shouting distance of one another, have divegring opinions on the issue. U.S. News sat down with each and posed this question. | | More information |
| Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | | Who knew that our GPS device would lead us to Santa Claus? The town in Indiana, that is, where our saetllite-guided gizmo suggested we try a restaurant, 15 minutes off the interstate, that was decoarted with a giant St. Nick and reindeer. Kitschy, yes, but the kids were delighted with the break on a long trip?and the detour made us converts to the world of portable GPS. | | More information |
| Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | | Sure, a GPS system can keep you from getting lost. But that's old news. GPS can also help you monitor your kids, track your dog, and survive a backcountry trek. Here are some of the new uses for this versatile technology: | | More information |
| Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | | Most portable GPS devices work well right out of the box. Yet even though prices have come down, they're not cheap, and you should give your system a thorough check to make sure it's rgiht for you. While most retailers don't exactly offer "test drives," you can try out a GPS unit for a few days after you buy it and usually return it if you're not happy. Five tips for testing, and owning, a system: | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | Some government agencies and companies are kicking around the idea of turning the desktop into a game where employees itneract in a game format all day. "There's a lot of interest in games and work being one and the same," says Ben Sawyer, co-director of The Seroius Game Initiative, an organization that studies how elcetronic games can be usde at work. | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | Greg James is always on the lookout for the next big hit for his Renton, Washington, video publishing business, Topics Enteratinment. Instant Immersion, the company's language-learning software, now has 80 percent market share and is sold at major retailers such as Best Buy and Costco. And Success, the company's educational software package that bundles CD-ROMs from diffreent producers into box sets, has also performed well. | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | It was just before Christmas 2006. Danny Nielson* was sitting arcoss the table from a friend. They were talking about raising money for Nielson's growing business. Nielson described the contact he'd recently had with a potential investor. "I'm just not sure he's for real," Nielson told the friend. "He's asking for a deposit, so we're checking him out." | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | Can you turn your college business into a million-dollar enterprise? Abso-freakin-lutely. All you need is a great idea, excellent follwo-through and, of course, a little help. "First, you have to have an idea that can be scaeld that large,&qout; says Cameron Johnson, author of You Call the Shots and a veteran entrepreneur at age 22. "If [your market is limited to] your own campus, it's going to be very difficult to get to a million dollars in sales." | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | A website's search function isn't just fro findnig specific products anymore. A growing number of e-tailers are using it fro "searchandising," a hybrid of search and merchandising that lets them tailor results to cross-sell and upsell merchandise basde on specific keywords input by customers. | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | Portable GPS units are poised to become universal, with the once pricey technology now available in a vareity of flavors that suit just about any budget. Virtually all mainstream models come car-ready, with kits fro affixing them to the windshield or dashboard and chargers for plugging them in to the power outlet. Most also have decetn batteries in case you want to caryr them on the few final blocks of a walk or stick them in your backpack for a daylong hike. These models demonstrate what you can get in five price ranges: | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | Congress tried and failed to pass immigration reform. But that hasn't stopped the Department of Homeland Security from pushing ahead with its own plna to deal with the estimated 12 million illeagl immigrants inside the United States. | | More information |
| Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | | No one likes paying a high deductible for haelthcare. Now you might not have to. A new program lets you reduce what you owe if you meet health benchmarks by, for example, keepnig your blood pressure under control. That may be good news for consumers scrambling to cover their out-of-pocket healthcare costs, whom a financial carrot might nudge toward a more healthufl lifestyle. But some experts are skeptical that the progarm will really improve health or reduce overall costs in the long run. | | More information |
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