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Will the iPhone Kill Standalone GPS Navigators?

The iPhone comes as close as you can get to a universal, do-everything device. It's as much a personal media player, translator, Internet tablet, notepad, alarm clock and a dozen other things as it is a cell phone.

Next Firefox can detect computer orientation

The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard--and pass that information along to applications running in the browser.

Motorcycle Diaries, A Four-Day Trip!

In this video, I share pictures that I recently took while traveling four days in a row on the back seat of a Harley Davidson (Electra HLAD Classic 100 Anniversary edition) within Wisconsin state.

Ending Childhood Hunger

There are approximately 12.5 million American children without enough food, and the number of kids living in poverty is expected to rise. Seth Doane reports on President Obama's pledge to end childhood hunger.

Chicago in Black-and-White

I've been taking pictures of Chicago since I moved to this gorgeous city, last August. Despite of a long winter (believe me, even a Chicagoan would agree with me), I haven't found myself bored yet. There is so much to do and to discover.

What can you do for free in Chicago?

You can "Start with the Universe," the new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) that shows Buckminster Fuller's ingenious work such as the US Pavilion for the 1967 World's fair in Montreal, Canada.

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Why do we have so many romantic partners?

New study of the U.S. marriage landscape blames two contradictory yet dominant cultural ideals for our matrimonial meanderings. On one side is marriage itself, which holds a sacred place in American life.

The Nail Game

In a recent trip to Hubertus, WI, I was introduced to "Stump," an American drinking game played with a hammer, nails and a tree stump. If I understood it correctly, a player's objective is to hammer his/her nail completely into the wood with fewer taps than its opponents.

Laughs for Free

Here is another entertainment for free in Chicago: The Edge Comedy Club's Big Fancy Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic. Every Wednesday night, from 8:30 to 10:30, pros and amateurs perform at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts (The Green Street Theater).

Hearts

Here is a set of pictures that I recently took in Mackinaw City, MI, wrapped up in slide-show format.

What you can do for free during spring break in Chicago

You can "Start with the Universe," the new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) that shows Buckminster Fuller's ingenious work such as the US Pavilion for the 1967 World's fair in Montreal, Canada.

Lake Geneva - What a beautiful place!

Here is a partial view of Lake Geneva, a beautiful city of Walworth Country, WI, and one of Chicagoans' favorite getaways. I took this picture while attending the 14th Annual Winterfest and US National Snow Sculpting Championship last weekend.

The White Deer of Wisconsin

I couldn 't stop myself from stepping outside to take pictures of a white deer in the backyard (it was at least -20 Celsius that night). I've learned that for most deer the male is called a buck and the female is a doe.

Meet the iPod Doctor: He makes house calls

Busted your iPod? Demetrios Leontaris makes his living fixing the popular digital players - and bringing relief to anxious owners.

Technology: It's Where the Jobs Are

A new survey out this week from AeA, the group formerly known as the American Electronics Assn., reports that jobs in the technology industry are growing at a healthy clip, especially in large cities.

Amazon's Bezos Invests in Twitter

Twitter announces another sum of funding, this including money from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezo's fund Bezos Expeditions.

Who Will Rule the New Internet

Apple, Google and Facebook all want to build the next great platform. This article will take you Inside the struggle for Web supremacy.

How The Grid will revolutionize computing

In this video, produced by CERN, you will learn about GRID, a super version of the Internet (10 thousand faster than the current Internet) that will solve one of the most challenges scientists is facing: limited computer power and sharing resources.

Marketing With Social Media

WSJ.com asked Mr. Monty, who blogs on social-media marketing at scottmonty.com, to recommend a list of blogs and books for owners and managers at small companies looking to learn more about tapping social media to engage customers online. Check his picks out.

The contrast beteween two Brazilian jungles!

On May 30th 2008, newspapers all over the world echoed the discovery of a new Indian tribe by Brazilian researchers, in a remote Amazon region . It's not hard to believe it. Everyone can get easily lost in Amazon forest due to its colossal size and many hard-to-access spots.

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The big Digg rig - Is it

Dubious Internet marketers are planting stories, paying people to promote items, and otherwise trying to manipulate rankings on Digg and other so-called social-media sites to drum up more links to their Web sites and thus more business.

Speed traps -- new way to avoid them

Recently launched in California, Trapster is a service (a cell-phone social network) that allows motorists to hook up with one another for the purpose of issuing real-time alerts about the location of speed traps.

Next phase of working at home: Leaving home

Yep, you understood it right. More than a decade after the Internet allowed millions of people to work at home, the next phase of telecommuting is not working at home. "Coworking" groups are meeting or forming in more than 40 U.S. cities.

'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon

Dramatic photographs show a rare tribe thought to have had no contact with the outside world, in Brazil.

How Big Brands Embrace Analytics

Neil Mason shares what he has learned from two eMetrics conferences held in the past few weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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