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...they'll adjust themselves. Cell phones, for instance, will receive a signal from a cell-phone base station, many of which often rely on commercially available rubidium atomic clocks. But if you would like to witness the leap second pass with your own eyes, log on to NIST's Web clock shortly before midnight Greenwich Mean Time, and watch as 23:59:59 changes to 23:59:60, a feat that only NIST's clock can achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wait a Second: Why 2008 Was a Long Year | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...properties around the world. A four-day trip to Cancun, including airfare and a room at the Gran Melia Resort, starts at just $666 per person. Airfare plus four nights at the W Hotel in New York City starts at $544 per person. Expedia has separate Web pages for people who prefer urban travel and those who like a sunny beach. Book before Feb. 11, 2009. (See 10 things to do in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Madrid Calling (and Other Cheap Deals) | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...bling, fake breasts and expensive dresses by foreign designers. "What a shame that there are ladies who get dazzled by the false shine of that money, who only aspire to be the girlfriends or loved ones of these vulgar thugs," wrote a Sinaloan resident identified as Gonzo on a Web discussion of Zuniga's arrest by the state's Noroeste newspaper. "These guys have taken a promising future and thrown it into the garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted! Taking Down Miss Hispanic America | 12/27/2008 | See Source »

...those people were then given a choice between towels, and 83% picked A, 26 percentage points higher than the control group. By assigning a number to their own experiences, "they changed their decisions," says Hsee. It's not hard to imagine using a product, talking about it on a web site for other consumers, and, in the process, upping your own chances of buying more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swaying Shoppers: The Power of Product Specs | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...reach minerals accessible, while low prices mean wells with high production costs are shut in. The threshold price for oil-operations expansion is around $50 a barrel, according to Combs. "This constant roller coaster [in prices] is something the industry is really getting sick of," Ingham says. (Read "Web-Savvy Homeowners vs. Landmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Braces for an Oil Bust | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

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