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...rise. Like iPods and laptop computers before them, the pricey gadgets have become the newest high-tech target. Yet even as sales have slowed in recent months as consumers cut back on discretionary spending, theft of the devices has continued to soar. According to the FBI, as of late April, 31,324 portable navigation devices had been reported stolen in the U.S. - a 12% increase since late February. The crime is particularly rampant in big cities - Houston saw such robberies triple last year to 1,303. "These thefts get reported every day," says Captain Don McKinney of the Houston Police...
...devices is the logical next step. As for why device makers don't offer it yet, even though the technology has long existed to do so, she says, "They never really had to compete in this space, so there wasn't the need." But as prices come down (on April 23, TomTom reported that its average product price had fallen 42% over the past year to $185 per unit) and as the number of GPS device manufacturers increases, companies are scrambling for ways to differentiate their wares...
...College’s April Visiting Program allowed more than 900 admitted students this weekend to take a jogging tour of campus, trek to an activities fair in the Quad, and “get yo’ jollies” at one of the many parties organized by student groups. The program, informally referred to as “prefrosh weekend,” gave high school seniors the opportunity to dabble in the Harvard lifestyle, but many felt—especially at night—that their first college experience was not so different from their high school...
...addition to scores that gauge political candidates, cars, and household appliances, environmental friendliness is now also a factor considered in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review’s 368 Best Colleges book to be released this summer. The April 22 announcement comes after 63 percent of the 10,300 respondents to the Princeton Review’s annual “College Hopes & Worries Survey” said that “they would value having information about a college’s commitment to the environment and that it may impact their decision to apply...
Cold rain in Nagano on Saturday failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of onlookers as they waited to catch a glimpse of the Olympic torch during the flame's 16th international stop before its arrival in Hong Kong on April...