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Tired of being tied to your laptop, television, or cell phone to get the latest happenings in the stock market? Well, this handy little device could very well the greatest invention known to man for people addicted to the tickers. Appropriately named the wireless Stock Market Reporter, this simple handheld device keeps track of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ stock market, and the S&P 500, sending you all those pluses and minuses so you can always be on top of things. It seems to operate on a similar paging system as first responders. No internet connection needed. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to give you the ability to track individual stocks -- as far as I can tell -- so you're stuck with knowing how well the market is doing overall. If the provided picture is any indication, it seems that everything is on the up and up, so now might be a good time to buy! A single AAA battery is said to provide enough life for a full year of stock ticking.
Web site takes mystery out of college dating
When a male college student wanders into Best Buy and a digital camera catches his eye, he doesn't buy it on the spot. Yes, it's shiny and sexy, but what's the battery life like? Does it suit his needs? Thanks to the Internet, he can go home, get on his laptop and read blogs about the product. So when this same student is out at a party or simply on the town, why shouldn't he have the same luxury when he meets a girl he likes? As cold as it sounds, for college students, this is exactly what happens. And the online mate-shopping aid usually is the Facebook Web site (www.facebook.com). "It really does suck the fun out of dating. I try not to (look), but people do it all the time," said Alex Smith, a sophomore at Hampton-Sydney College in Virginia.
A Buyer's Guide To Ultramobile PCs
Ultraportables used to sacrifice too much performance. They're beefing up on features--not weight. Ultraportable laptops have been criticised for underperformance, lack of features, and short battery life. That's kept them a tiny niche of the PC market. Most businesspeople rely on smartphones for access to the Web and wireless e-mail on the go, and carry standard laptops when they need more computing power. Ultraportable laptops have been caught in the middle. But 30 percent of 687 company PC buyers surveyed by Forrester Research expect to increase buying ultralight laptops in the next two years, while just four percent expect a decrease. Laptop makers have made significant improvements in newer models, with faster processors and more system memory, plus batteries that can, in some cases, keep a laptop running for up to 12 hours on a single charge.
Third man charged in shooting of Clarksville man
The mother of a local shooting and robbery victim said Friday morning that one of the three accused in the crime was her son's childhood friend and was aware he was carrying a large sum of money. Third man charged in shooting of Clarksville man Mother says man in custody was childhood friend of her son's By JENNIFER RIGG Jennifer.Rigg@newsandtribune.com The mother of a local shooting and robbery victim said Friday morning that one of the three accused in the crime was her son's childhood friend and was aware he was carrying a large sum of money. .
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Plugged In: Tips for a college student's computer
If preparing for the first year of college wasn't confusing enough, many students have to cope with buying a new computer to take to campus. The editors at PC Magazine have compiled a list of do's and don'ts in the Aug. 21 issue to guide buyers through the process. Among them: • Check on the school's system requirements. Most schools accept both Windows and Macintosh computers, but some departments, particularly in the hard sciences, might not be as flexible. .
COVER STORY: Novel Talent
Tasha Alexander decided to write a novel in 2002. She was stuck at home—a third-floor attic apartment with four tiny rooms in a 100-year-old house in New Haven—with a small child. Her husband was doing post-doctoral research in cell biology, and Alexander had quit her own job as a pharmaceutical sales rep when their son was born three years earlier. That afternoon he sat on the floor, playing with his toy trains. He no longer napped, but his obsession with trains gave Alexander occasional moments of peace—time she always spent with a book. Like almost all passionate readers, she had dreams of becoming a writer some day, but as a full-time parent, she felt lucky just to find the time to read. That afternoon the book was Gaudy Night, a mystery by British novelist Dorothy L. Sayers. As her son made puffing and chugging noises on the floor beside her, Alexander was struck by a passage: “If you are once sure what you do want, you find that everything else goes down before it like grass under a roller—all other interests, your own and other people's." She stopped reading.
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