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...Detroit auto show opens to the public Jan. 13 with a parade of new models and concept autos like this Toyota hybrid sports car. SUVs are out, small cars are in, and everyone's touting fuel economy and high-tech gadgetry. Here's a peek...
These criminals don't tote sawed-off shotguns and ski masks. Smart thieves steal data, not banknotes, because a financial institution's confidential customer information is often more valuable than what's in its vaults. Banks and credit unions know this and have policies to protect themselves from high-tech heists...
Barrett's administration has tried to address unemployment through a huge investment in real estate development and tax incentives to attract business. The mayor says those efforts have created more than 10,000 local jobs. Most of them, however, are either high-tech positions beyond the skills of many Milwaukee residents or low-wage service slots in retail shops and chain restaurants that pay less than needed to support a family...
...This is a common mantra in India these days. The past 15 years have seen massive changes in the world's second most populous nation, but many of the improvements - a booming high-tech and services sector, a growing middle class, rising foreign investment - have been concentrated in the cities and not yet trickled down to the 700 million or so Indians who live in the countryside, most of whom are still poor subsistence farmers...
Think the high-tech market of the future is just teens, tweens and twentysomethings who want their iPods smarter, their Xboxes faster and their cell phones thinner? Consider this: in the next 10 to 20 years, 78 million baby boomers in the U.S. will reach ages when health care is a worry. That sizable number--and the billions of dollars it represents in potential sales--has sent companies scrambling for technology to help seniors cope with the infirmities that come with aging while maintaining their autonomy. Here's a preview of some of the fascinating gadgets currently in the works...