Texas smokers will pay significantly more for cigarettes starting Jan. 1 when the excise tax increases by $1 a pack in a move that health experts hope will discourage folks, especially teens, from lighting up.

According to the American Advertising Federation (AAF), advergames are low on the budget priority list for online advertisers. A November 2006 study by the group revealed that its members had only budgeted 3.6% of their media budgets for video games in 2007. This is up from 2006, when AAF members said that they would spend [...]

Bradley Werner and Ben Barokas predict what’s up for video in 2007, including BT and contextual targeting, sponsor cards, five-second bumpers, end cards, telescoping and more.

 
It was not the sharp Alaskan winds or the dicey takeoffs among the fjords of Juneau that finally grounded the Westwind II jet used by Frank H. Murkowski as governor. It was the weight of all that political baggage.

Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about Christmas, we came up with this batch of numbers to put the whole thing into perspective.

Trends related to our homes and our food are changing.  Here is the 3rd part of an iVillage discussion with three home and food experts that will surely keep us buzzing about next year.

A notorious motorway speed camera which has increased the risk of accidents and caused huge tailbacks is to be scrapped.

A comon parasite can increase a women’s attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.

It seems that stuffing a breathalyzer inside of devices completely unrelated to alcohol is all the rage these days, and A&A Products (no relation to Alcoholics Anonymous) of Hong Kong is hoping you never leave home without a blood alcohol gauge of your own.

A recent study has shown that chilren who are given tiny doses of the food they are alergic to, will, over time, overcome their allergies. 

There’s no better way to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of broadcast radio — or to completely enrage your sibling by rendering that brand new cellphone useless — than to craft your very own FM jammer.

Beware of the shape of glass you use. It could contribute to you drinking much more than you think.

The BBC has long been know for its amzing photography.  Here are some of the year’s best.