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...people used dial-up modems, which don't have enough bandwidth to transmit video well. But now that more than a third of all Internet users have DSL or cable-modem connections, online video quality is finally up to snuff, if not exactly Emmy worthy. There's also a low-cost program that makes video chatting simpler than ever. Before you get started, you'll need to invest in a webcam and a headset. I used the Logitech QuickCam Orbit camera ($130), which automatically follows your face as you move, but basic models start at $25. Headsets with built...
...likely to breed as ardent a generation of collectors. Indeed, with the rise of no-frills airlines, hasn't much of the paraphernalia associated with flying all but vanished? For an answer, check out airlinemeals.net, the largest online collection of photos of airplane fodder. In the section belonging to low-cost carrier Ryanair, there's a picture of an empty table. Looks like collectors will have to find those pepper pots and branded napkins somewhere else...
...tough, the saying goes, that the only way to make a million bucks is to start with 10 times that. David Neeleman began JetBlue Airways in 2000 with an unprecedented $130 million. Launching a customer-oriented, low-fare airline on the cusp of what turned into the greatest crisis in U.S. aviation history was fortunate: this year JetBlue will become the first low-cost airline since deregulation in 1978 to so quickly become a major carrier, with more than $1 billion in revenues...
Fifteen percent of the money in equity mutual funds--nearly $600 billion--is invested in low-cost index funds. Investors have one man to thank for making that option available to them: Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group and creator of the first index fund in 1975. Bogle's genius was to recognize that most investors--including the managers of mutual funds--underperform the market. Factor in the transaction and management fees imposed by traditional mutual funds, and investors fall even further behind the market. Bogle's simple idea was to create a fund that would track...
...likely to breed as ardent a generation of collectors. Indeed, with the rise of no-frills airlines, hasn't much of the paraphernalia associated with flying all but vanished? For an answer, check out airlinemeals.net, the largest online collection of photos of airplane fodder. In the section belonging to low-cost carrier Ryanair, there's a picture of an empty table. Looks like collectors will have to find those pepper pots and branded napkins somewhere else...