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...been a grim recession for computer companies. First-quarter PC shipments were down 8.1% from last year's levels and down 14% from the prior quarter. But that's what happens in a recession. The newer data, though, says green shoots are sprouting, with important implications for business and investors...
...today's teenagers are indeed spending more responsibly, how long can this attitude last? While retail analysts repeatedly claim that adults will never again consume like they did in prior years, they don't make the same claim about kids. Klinefelter says there's plenty of pent-up demand in the teen sector. Yes, teens aren't spending because of the recession, but that's also because retailers have failed to create a hot new trend. Denim has been the default teen look for the past few years, and nothing has knocked it off its perch. "Once the dominant...
...delivered only if it comes from an e-mail address that has been explicitly preapproved. It's also why the companies say they don't worry about becoming obsolete, even though, eventually, the vast majority of Americans will be tech-savvy. "Many of our current customers were computer users prior to adopting Presto," says Radsliff. "They found that as they aged, they didn't want to hassle with owning a computer anymore." (See: "How Facebook Is Affecting School Reunions...
...handmade signs, is sookoot e sabz, or "green silence." We are here to mourn the fallen, those several who have died in the past few days at the hands of the reprehensible basij, the volunteer paramilitary gangs who back Ahmadinejad. The chants that played such a prominent role prior to the elections and which peep out here and there are contained by the "shuushes!" and "quiets!" of the crowd...
Application alerts. The iPhone's main limitation prior to this upgrade was that it could typically run only one application at a time. Now, an application can contact you even if it's not running, meaning you don't need to be using, say, an instant-message app to be alerted that you received a message. This fix, which lets apps alert users via text messages, also means that all those cool-sounding social-network apps that let you know when a pal is nearby will finally work. In geekspeak, this alert system is known as "push notification...