Reinventing the pen pal for the digital age
Ted Pincus: What if you could enable 200,000 American kids to work with 2 million of their peers abroad -- online, real time -- on projects that teach them what global trade is all about? Today those subjects and many more are being pursued jointly through a remarkable network that is bringing today's technology to the old-fashioned "pen pal" concept.
Ted Pincus: What if you could enable 200,000 American kids to work with 2 million of their peers abroad -- online, real time -- on projects that teach them what global trade is all about? Today those subjects and many more are being pursued jointly through a remarkable network that is bringing today's technology to the old-fashioned "pen pal" concept.
Holiday online spending up 15% on Cyber Monday
Holiday spending at retailers’ Web sites jumped 15 percent on Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, from a year ago, according to research company ComScore Inc.
Three new mini video cameras promise HD under $230
Andy checks out three new HD camcorders from Flip, Kodak and Aiptek that come in a small package with a price tag to match. But can you get HD-quality video at a bargain price?
Andy checks out three new HD camcorders from Flip, Kodak and Aiptek that come in a small package with a price tag to match. But can you get HD-quality video at a bargain price?
75% off, free shipping: Cyber Monday, version '08
It was online retailers' turn to offer doorbuster sales Monday, the day workers used their spare time with high-speed Internet access to snag bargains. Retailers offered discounts up to 75 percent and free shipping. The National Retail Federation started Cyber Monday three years ago as a way to keep shoppers' interest in doorbuster sales that kick off the holiday.
It was online retailers' turn to offer doorbuster sales Monday, the day workers used their spare time with high-speed Internet access to snag bargains. Retailers offered discounts up to 75 percent and free shipping. The National Retail Federation started Cyber Monday three years ago as a way to keep shoppers' interest in doorbuster sales that kick off the holiday.
Eos is up and playing very quickly
Brad Spirrison: I have the attention span of an amoeba. My browser brain is physically incapable of spending more than 45 seconds reading an instruction manual. If a newly purchased electronic device is not fully operational within minutes of being removed from its box, it will linger in the attic or home office for years and decades to come. My wife loves that.
Brad Spirrison: I have the attention span of an amoeba. My browser brain is physically incapable of spending more than 45 seconds reading an instruction manual. If a newly purchased electronic device is not fully operational within minutes of being removed from its box, it will linger in the attic or home office for years and decades to come. My wife loves that.
Lens flare
Being a technology pundit means never being satisfied with what you have, whether it's a takeout burrito or the digital camera you used to photograph it for your food blog. Traditional pocket cameras are cheap, simple and convenient. But in the end, they're built for snapshots, not photography. And while there's no limit to the sort of pictures you can take with an SLR, its bulk and heft often lead you to leave it at home, or back in your hotel room.
Being a technology pundit means never being satisfied with what you have, whether it's a takeout burrito or the digital camera you used to photograph it for your food blog. Traditional pocket cameras are cheap, simple and convenient. But in the end, they're built for snapshots, not photography. And while there's no limit to the sort of pictures you can take with an SLR, its bulk and heft often lead you to leave it at home, or back in your hotel room.
