As the amount of data that the feds collect on innocent civilians
grows, so will the number of people who are victims of crimes that were made possible by unauthorized access to a government database.

Seth Godin:  When was the last time you excitedly told someone about Fedex? They’re perfect. The only time we notice them is when they screw up.

College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they’re taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.

Nearly a third of antidepressant drug
studies are never published in the medical literature and
nearly all happen to show that the drug being tested did not
work, researchers reported on Wednesday.

While the countries of Dubai and Bahrain get much of the press, a massive construction effort is going on in Saudi Arabia to convert oil money into a sustainable economy. (w/pics)

Youthful looks are a dream
for most people. Imagine doing away with that sagging jawline, droopy eyebrows
and cheeks that have a downward life of their own. A new, advanced facelift
called silhouette facelift can lead to a tighter jaw, fashionably turned-up
eyebrows and pert cheeks and restore those good looks for a longer time.
What’s more, the hospital stay […]

Wal-Mart has apparently tired of its investments in radio frequency identification turning into a prolonged pilot study and is stepping up
pressure on suppliers to comply with its 3-year-old
inventory-technology mandate. The retailer says that beginning Jan. 30,
it will charge suppliers a $2 fee for each pallet they ship to its
Sam’s Club distribution center in Texas that […]

The Columbia Journal Review writes about the possibility of unionizing bloggers.
Author Chris Mooney writes ‘Yes, dear reader: the Bloggers Guild of America
may be on its way. The dispute between screen and television writers
and media conglomerates has its roots, after all, in the Web.’