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...claimed to tackle acne (blue light), wrinkles (red) and sun spots (green). The brush-shaped tools ($225 each), which have not yet gotten the FDA's nod, went on sale at Nordstrom in April. "We ran out of stock in the first 30 days," boasts Sherif. "And I got phone calls from [potential partners and buyers] after just 20 days of being in business. Can you believe it?" Dee Rodriguez, president of Coastal Products International, the U.S. distributor of ilift, an antiaging device using infrared light, which was originally developed in Italy, also got instant nibbles from "names that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: The Newest Wrinkle | 11/12/2007 | See Source »

...bring attention to the audacity and stupidity of our elected leaders." One woman pulled into the driveway bearing a photograph of her nephew, killed in action the day before. Another day, a Marine in uniform got out of his car to stand at attention and salute. Another day, the phone rang and Ann heard a woman on the line announce, "My son is one of those flags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Veterans' Day Vandals Touch a Nerve | 11/11/2007 | See Source »

...kiosks in nine states and is aiming to open an additional 3,000 in the next two years. Each kiosk is run by an entrepreneur from the village, typically a man in his mid-20s. The cost of a kiosk package--computer, digital camera, Internet connection over a cell-phone line, and printer--is $1,500, which is paid back over a few years. Each entrepreneur also pays a fixed monthly fee of $11. For that, there is help if anything goes wrong with the hardware, special rural-focused online packages that Drishtee develops (like the matchmaking service) and regular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SATYAN MISHRA: Linking To Rural India | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

Vinter said the Cambridge office made significant contributions to Google’s recently revealed plans to expand into the cell phone market...

Author: By Samuel J. Bakkila, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Google To Renovate Cambridge Offices | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...ruling in federal district court that overturned Hailey's law preventing nonresidents from circulating petitions. "This was the least funded campaign in history," he says. "I spent maybe 20 bucks. I got the signatures on the petitions on my own dime. I spread the word through e-mail and phone calls and posting on blogs, I printed some fliers off my computer, photocopied them at Kinko's and put them under car windshield wipers on Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mellowing Out on Marijuana | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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