By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Remember Google Buzz? What about Orkut, or Google Wave? Google has tried several times, without much success, to take on Facebook and master social networking. Now it is making its biggest…
Last week, we wondered how long Eminem’s Recovery could hold on to the pole position on the Billboard 200, predicting that it might run the board until Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream drops on August 24….
For independent electric car companies, it’s so long, automobile row. Some electric vehicle manufacturers have jettisoned the old model of franchise auto dealerships in an effort to change not only how we drive, but also…
Remember Google Buzz? What about Orkut, or Google Wave? Google has tried several times, without much success, to take on Facebook and master social networking. Now it is making its biggest effort yet. On Tuesday,…
As we put rubber to road on our Motorola Xoom review, it’s important to note that it was only a matter of time before the Android army delivered a proper iPad competitor. Moto’s partnership with…
With “Transformers,” the third time is apparently the charm. Not that there’s much that’s actually charming about “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” It is the same sort of deafening mayhem celebration as its two absolutely…
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets Director: Michael Bay Writer: Ehren Kruger Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley…
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Published: January 20, 2011 WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will announce a five-year plan on Thursday to make thousands of its packaged foods lower in unhealthy salts, fats and…
By BOB TEDESCHI BlackBerry owners aren’t voracious app users. They can’t be. With only about 15,000 (often uninspired) apps to choose from in BlackBerry’s App World, the selection simply isn’t deep or broad enough to…
By DAVID POGUE Published: January 12, 2011 The star of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show wasn’t even there. That might sound like an odd remark, but it’s true. Look, summing up the major trends of…
By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN Published: January 15, 2011 Americans were liberated from AT&T last week. The news that Apple was ending its exclusive relationship with AT&T and would begin selling the iPhone 4 on Verizon’s network…
By JOE NOCERA January 14, 2011 With this week’s announcement that Verizon Wireless is going to begin selling the iPhone — something its customers have been panting for ever since AT&T got that first, exclusive…
Written by Garth Snider on October 22nd, 2010 There has been a lot of ink spilled recently about the plight of the small businessman in the recession. In particular, there has been a great deal of…
By SAM GROBART Published: December 29, 2010 Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks. But the tech industry…
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS The holiday season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and calories than at any other time…
By CATHY HORYN YOU know how remote and strange the fashion world is when you go to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. For one thing, employees are zipping around the sprawling campus on scooters…
By ADAM NAGOURNEY LAS VEGAS — The notice on the door to the hotel-casino was emphatic. “The Westin Casuarina is a Smoke Free Environment. Thank you for not smoking.” Just beyond, four people were hunched…
By KERMIT PATTISON Jim Denney faced a common choice: buy a franchise or start an independent company? He was an experienced business owner in Scotia, N.Y., near Albany, who had spent a year investigating a…
By MIGUEL HELFT Facebook has more than 500 million users around the world. And Americans spend more of their time online with Facebook than with any other Internet company, including Google and Yahoo. Now the…
The trampoline is a gymnastics device, constructed from a very strong, tightly stretched material, attached with springs to a frame. The trampoline was invented by American George Nissen in the period after 1930, when as…
A trampoline workout is a simple, low-impact way to get some cardiovascular exercise. Choose a trampoline model that works well for your situation. For example, if you want to work out inside your home, a…
Bouncing on a trampoline is a lot of fun. You only have to hear the laughing and shrieking that accompanies children on a trampoline to know that it is something they enjoy a lot. What…
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs. People bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive purposes. The fabric on which…
Sharon Gaudin Microsoft advanced its partnership with Facebook this week, a move that could be the biggest threat to Google’s search standing yet. Microsoft and Facebook announced that they’re teaming up to make Internet searching more…
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Should you stretch before a run? That question, which has prompted countless academic studies, debates and inter-running-partner squabbles, is now at the heart of a notable new study published in August on the Web…
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Susan Wojcicki, the Google executive who oversees advertising and who also supplied the garage where Google was founded, has been given a promotion. Ms. Wojcicki has been named a senior vice president, Eric E….
By Barbara Hodapp TVs GL1 Series Regza line of the Japanese manufacturer, whose screens are high definition LCD, will be available in versions 12 and 20 inches diagonally in Japan. They are compatible with Blu-Ray 3D….
By WILLIAM NEUMAN Shoppers in the supermarket today can buy chicken free of nearly everything but adjectives. It comes free-range, cage-free, antibiotic-free, raised on vegetarian feed, organic, even air-chilled. Coming soon: stress-free? Two premium chicken producers, Bell…
Jun. 6, 2007 eBay has reportedly acquired community-based Web search tool StumbleUpon for US $75 million. The online auction company is once again reaching outside its core competency for a strategic acquisition; one that straddles…
Launched in 2002 by three 20-somethings in a Calgary, Alberta, apartment,StumbleUpon now has 2 million registered users drawn by its knack for finding websites that match their interests and those of others with similar tastes…
By: Tim Bajarin Sites like StumbleUpon add a dimension of entertainment to the art of searching. A lot of guys are flippers, taking command of the TV remote and cycling through the channels to find out what’s…
By Joseph Menn and Chris Nuttall Hewlett-Packard has become the first computer manufacturer to release a tablet running Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, releasing a model aimed at US business users on Friday, more than six…
New Online Learning Center and Community Provide Valuable Step-by-Step Education and Resources for Mastering Home Technology NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon has launched its new Room to Learn social media website (http://roomtolearn.verizon.com) to help customers…
All the big name Consumer Electronics giants like Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Philips, Vizio, etc. have announced a slew of Plasma and LCD 3D TVs that will be released over the course of 2010. These manufacturers…
By: Wendy Sheehan Donnell Here’s what you need to consider before you take the plunge into the third dimension with a new 3D HDTV. If finding the right HDTV wasn’t hard enough, now you need to decide if…
The Apple iPad cat is officially out of its bag, but it’s not going to be the only tablet game in town. There are a number of other devices out there in various stages from “barely…
Reviewed by Donald Bell The Apple iPad is an unprecedented device. It doesn’t shoot rainbows or make puppies, but this roughly 8×10-inch tablet computer melds your laptop, smartphone, gaming console, and iPod into a single,…
Meditation, prayer, exercise and yoga are all great ways of taking care of yourself and keeping stress levels low. Dr. Jonah Yakel Despite all the wonderful things autumn has to offer, it’s also time to…
By MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO — If you want a smartphone powered by Google’s Android software, you could get Motorola’s Droid 2 or its cousin, the Droid X. Then there is the Droid Incredible from HTC, the Fascinate…
By HILARY STOUT THE bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time. The toddler, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, clambered to a wobbly stand in his crib. He smiled, reached out…
1) Economic Turmoil – It’s not the $700 billion bank bailout. And no, it’s not the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The real economic stimulus is … wait for it ……
By BRUCE LAMBERT GARDEN CITY, N.Y., — The eight women visited Long Island this summer along with vacationing families and other business travelers, staying in hotels and motels in commercial strips in middle-class suburbs like…
You’ve managed to keep your business afloat, but how are you managing the stress? By Tiffany Meyers In the economic tailspin of the late 2000s, loss is part of life. Workers are losing their jobs,…
Find out how these 5 families run their companies without starting World War III. By Rich Mintzer Home-based businesses and family-operated businesses each have their own minefields of potential problems, but the one pitfall they…
Use these tips to make the most of your Facebook marketing efforts. By Scott Gerber Facebook may have 500 million users, but having an outpost on the social-media site won’t necessarily increase sales or referrals…
Four tips for those of you who aren’t Web geeks, starting with the basics. By Dan Briody For all of you who aren’t Web geeks, let’s start with some blogging basics — and then talk…
By Rob Pegoraro A tiny $99 box can connect your TV to a wealth of Internet-delivered TV shows, movies, pictures, podcasts and music. But which $99 box should you get? In one corner, there’s Apple’s…
by Kent German Choosing a cell phone carrier isn’t easy. Should your choice come down to network coverage, or should you decide based on the selection of phones? Or perhaps the level of customer service…
By: Chloe Albanesius Is a third-party case scratching up or even cracking your iPhone 4? Tech blog gdgt reported Thursday that some slide-on, third-party cases can cause scratches or cracking on the iPhone 4, so…
By FRANK RICH “THE Social Network,” you’re understandably sick of hearing, is a brilliant movie about the Harvard upstart Mark Zuckerberg and the messy birth of his fabulous start-up, Facebook, circa 2004. From the noisy…
