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...owning does not carry as much perceived value as it used to. People are now more interested in experiences than in owning things." It's all about the benefits of the good life without all the headaches and commitment. In 1991, for example, 57% of people in a Yankelovich Monitor survey cited "being in control of their life" as the most important sign of accomplishment and success, while 38% said an expensive car was such a marker for them. By 2003, however, 76% thought being in control was a sign of success, while only 23% thought that an expensive...
...futuristic enough to make George Jetson envious. Technology research firm InStat/MDR predicts the global market will grow from its current level of $1.3 billion to nearly $10 billion by 2010. A recent study by the Z-Wave Alliance found 72% of Americans say they would like the ability to monitor their home when they are gone. Nearly 34% of builders offered automation capability in 2005, according to the National Association of Home Builders. But the real breakthrough is the widespread availability of new wireless devices that can be placed in strategic locations...
...XANBOO AT&T Remote Monitor system allows you to view what is happening at home from afar on your computer or a Cingular wireless phone. For $200 to start up and $10 a month, you can watch your pets or spy on the nanny while you are at the office, or turn your lights on and off to make the home seem occupied when you aren't there. You can turn your heat or air-conditioning on as you drive home. And the system can even be set to send a text message to your mobile phone if the motion...
...while you'll still have to do the folding yourself, Whirlpool is testing a line of "smart" washers and dryers, which enable consumers to monitor the status of their rinse cycle remotely and control the washer or dryer by computer or cell phone. But presumably it still takes a human hand to separate the lights from the darks...
...Jennifer Hudson addresses being the third African-American actress to win an Oscar: "This represents change." Press room cheers as Martin Scorsese wins the Best Director Oscar on the monitor behind her for The Departed. That represents change, too. Then the inevitable happens - someone asks the first Britney Spears question of the night. Says Hudson of the pop star's meltdown, "I don't know what's going on and it ain't my business...