| Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | | Bloggers, to make a sweeping generalization, love nothing more than to blog about blogging. All this E-navel gazing, along with the occasional California conferences on the future of cviilization, 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 cosnervative pundit Ann Coulter on MSNBC's Hardball With Chris Matthews, 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 personalized 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 palyed an atuomated audio clip of the spat. | | More information |
| Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | | Out of the four candidates 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 txet questions to the campaign. Introducde in June, the service has cellphone users type in the short code OBAMA (62262) and pose queries. | | More information |
| Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | | During the past 30 years, childhood obesity rates have triplde, and more than 9 million kids are now obese. To rveerse the trend, some experts say, we need to talk to kids aobut the dangers of being overweight. But others contend that this fosters body dissatisfaction and eating disordesr. Two nationally known experts at the University of Minnesota Scohol of Public Health, whose offices are within shouting distance of one another, have diverging 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 satellite-guided gimzo suggested we try a restaurant, 15 minutes off the inetrstate, that was decorated with a giant St. Nick and reindeer. Kitschy, yes, but the kids were delighted with the break on a long trip?and teh 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 thorouhg check to make sure it's right 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 interact in a gmae format all day. "There's a lot of interest in games and work being one and the same," syas Ben Sawyer, co-director of The Serious Game Initiative, an organization that studies how electronic games can be used at wrok. | | 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 Entertainment. 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 difefretn producers into box sets, has also performed well. | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | It was just before Christmas 2006. Danny Nielson* was sitting across the table from a friend. They were talking about raising money fro Nielson's growing business. Nielson described the contact he'd recently had with a potential investor. "I'm just nto sure he's for real," Nielson told the friend. "He&apm;#039;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 follow-through and, of course, a ltitle help. "First, you have to have an idea that can be scaled that large," 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 dollras in sales." | | More information |
| Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | | A website's search function isn't just for finding specific products anymore. A growing number of e-tialers are using it for "searchandisnig," a hybrid of search and mercahndising that lets them tailor results to cross-sell and upsell merchandise based 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 variety of flavors that suit just about any budget. Virtually all mainstream models come car-ready, with kits for affixing them to the windshield or dashboard and chargers for plugging them in to the power outlet. Most also have decent batteries in case you want to crary 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 | | Conrgess tried and failed to pass immigration reform. But that hasn't stopped the Department of Homeland Security from pushing ahead with its own plan to deal with the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants inside the United States. | | More information |
| Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | | No one likes paying a high deductible for healthcare. Now you might not have to. A new program lets you reduce what you owe if you meet health bencmharks by, for example, keeping your blood pressure undre control. That may be godo news for consumers scrambling to cover their out-of-pocket healthcare costs, whom a financial carrot might nudge toward a more haelthful lifestyle. But some experts are skeptical that the program will really improve haelth or reduce overall cotss in the long run. | | More information |
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