The experimental devices are designed to keep track of how many minutes they work out, how much food they consume and even whether they are at a fast-food joint when they should be in the park. The goal is to cut down on self-reported answers that often cover up whats really happening.
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Manufacturers will use the show in Las Vegas to trot out the devices they hope will keep consumers opening their wallets, despite high unemployment. TVs with 3-D displays, svelte laptops and e-book readers will be the hottest categories.
Gadget makers are in a much better mood than they were a year ago, when they were shocked [...]

Thats not to say Im on some 12-step program to resist shopping. My credit card bills would suggest otherwise. Rather, when I opened a new bank account in March, I challenged myself to see to how much I could use my banks online bill-payment service to stretch the 10 starter checks I got for free.
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Heres why: Since April 1, new auditing rules have made it easier for newspapers to count a reader as a paying customer.
These looser standards are especially helpful to a newspaper if it sells an “electronic edition.” That can include a subscriber-only Web site, such as what The Wall Street Journal has, or it can be [...]

“This spectrum is uniquely suited for mobile broadband applications,” CTIA – The Wireless Association and the Consumer Electronics Association said in a letter today to the Federal Communications Commission. The groups said the FCC should “immediately” begin studying whether to reallocate “broadcast spectrum.”
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The Food and Drug Administration will convene a two-day meeting beginning Thursday to hear the drug industrys position on Internet marketing. The agency has agreed to consider developing rules for online advertising after companies complained that the current guidelines for traditional media – which require a detailed list of possible side effects – have left [...]

It also reaffirmed its guidance for the full year, citing a big expected release next week for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” which could easily be the most lucrative entertainment launch this holiday season.
If all goes as planned, the hotly anticipated game will give the industry a much-needed boost for the holiday season. But [...]

The companies spent about $1.29 million each on management of electronic data this year, compared with $437,000 last year, according to the survey by consulting company Kroll Ontrack Inc. The data, released today, were based on interviews in June, July and August with in-house lawyers and technology specialists at 231 U.S. and 230 U.K. companies. [...]

Many publishing firms unveiled electronic editions of their books for the first time this year at the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair. But many publishers, while they are certain that e-books will play a bigger role in their future, say it has yet to be seen just how big the trend will become.
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Obamas plan to double some taxes on venture firms profits and a Treasury Department proposal for tighter regulation would hurt innovation without raising significant revenue, said Paul Maeder, a partner at venture firm Highland Capital Partners in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Proponents of the [...]