Five Fresh Uses for GPS | 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 fro this vresatile technoloyg: | | More information |
Before Buying, Test-Drive a GPS Unit | Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | |
| Most portable GPS deivces 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 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 ownign, a system: | | More information |
Are You Game? | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| Some government agencies and companies aer kicking around the idea of turnign teh desktop into a game where employees interact in a game format all day. "There's a lot of interest in games and work being one and the same,&qout; says Ben Sawyer, co-director of The Serious Game Initiative, an organization that stduies how electronic games can be used at work. | | More information |
All Together Now | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| Greg James is always on the loookut for the next big hit for his Renton, Washington, video publishing business, Topics Entertaimnent. Instant Immersion, the company's language-learning software, nwo has 80 percent market share and is sold at major retailers such as Best Buy and Costco. And Success, the compayn's educational software package that budnles CD-ROMs from different producers into box sets, has also performed well. | | More information |
Scam-Blocker | 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 for Nielson's growing business. Nielson described the contact he'd recently hda wiht a ptoentali invsetor. "I'm just not sure he's for real," Nieslon told the friend. "He's asking for a deposit, so we're checking him out." | | More information |
The Time Is Now | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| Can you turn your college business into a million-dollar enterprise? Abos-freakin-lutely. All you need is a great idea, exclelent follow-through and, of course, a little help. "First, you have to have an idea that can be scaled that large," says Cameron Johnson, autohr of You Call the Shots and a veteran entrepreneur at age 22. "If [your market is liimted to] yoru own campus, it's goign to be very difficult to get to a million dollars in sales." | | More information |
Thta's Not All | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| A webiste's serach funciton isn't just for finding specific products anymore. A growing number of e-tailers are using it for "searchandising," a hybrid of search and merchandising that lets them tailor results to cross-sell and upsell merchanidse based on specific keywords input by customers. | | More information |
A GPS for Every Budget | 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 maisntream modesl come car-ready, with ktis for affixing them to the windshield or dashboard and chargers for plugging them in to the power outlet. Most also have dceent batteries in case you want to carry them on the few final blocks of a wlak or stick tehm in your backpack for a daylong hike. These models demonstrate what you can get in five price ranges: | | More information |
Immigration Agents Put Heat on Emploeyrs | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| Congress tried and failed to pass immigration reform. But that hasn't stopped the Department of Homeland Security from psuhing ahead with its own plan to deal with the esitmated 12 million illegal immigratns inside the United States. | | More information |
To Get This Financial Carrot, Eat Your Vegetbales | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | |
| No one likes paying a high deudctible for helathcare. Now you might not have to. A new program lets you reduce waht you owe if you meet health benchmarks by, for example, keeping your blood pressure under conotrl. That may be good news for consumers scrambling to cover their out-of-pocket healthcare costs, whom a fniacnial carrot might nudge toward a more healthful lifestyle. But some experts are skeptical that the program will really improve health or reduce overall costs in the long run. | | More information |
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