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Revving up downsized SUVs that are comfortable and agile

Updated: 09/05/08 3:17 PM

Large and luxury SUVs might be languishing on dealership lots, but smaller and car-based SUVs are continuing to sell, according to the editors of Consumer Reports. Those smaller vehicles are often good alternatives to the larger models; they have better fuel economy and still deliver the practicality, power and amenities that consumers expect.

Product Recalls / Where to go, what to do

Updated: 09/01/08 6:20 AM

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Real-time stock quotes available free at online sites

By Stephen Bernard - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

NEW YORK — The average investor will no longer have to wait 15 or 20 minutes to find out what stocks are doing, as multiple financial Web sites launch free real-time quote services.

How to ensure online shopping is safe from ‘phishing’ schemes

By Jordan Robertson - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

Q: With so much talk about Internet security problems and credit card fraud, how do I protect myself while shopping online?

Sites to understand pensions

By Chuck Myers - McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

It seems that fewer and fewer businesses offer a company-sponsored pension fund for their employees these days.

Speaker packs a wallop with features of Swiss knife

By Don Lindich - McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

If you are not an iPod fan and want to buy a speaker device to play music in your home or your car, there are a number of options.

Harding finds true meaning of the Web

By Mike Cassidy - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

Admit it: You want to be Matt Harding. I want to be Matt Harding. Hell, everybody wants to be Matt Harding.

Taiwan offers comics on mobile phones

By Annie Huang - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese mobile service providers have started a comics service on cell phones following the huge success of the business in nearby Japan.

How to stop Gmail snoop at public Wi-Fi

WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

Q: How can I keep somebody from snooping in my Gmail when I’m using a public Wi-Fi connection?

Consumers buying fewer cell phones

Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — U. S. consumers have been buying significantly fewer cell phones but paying higher prices for them, according to a research firm.

New videos for Xbox

Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gamers with a hankering to watch music videos will have more choices after Warner Music Group Corp. announced it is adding its library of videos to Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 game console.

Apple fans shrug over iPhone 3G’s woes

By Jessica Mintz - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal.

Here’s a handywoman’s guide to getting your voice heard on the Net

By Renee Russo Martinez - SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:44 AM

Do you suffer from that most dreaded of syndromes, NWD (Nonexistent Web site Disorder)?

With new games and pricing, Sony to take on Xbox

By Shaun Conlin - COX NEWS SERVICE
Updated: 09/01/08 6:42 AM

A new, 80-GB PlayStation 3 will be the mainstay of Sony’s game-hardware lineup starting this month. And what’s more, it will be reasonably priced. That’s the big news from Sony at the recent 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit on video games (E3 2008) in Los Angeles

Web design tips

Updated: 09/01/08 6:19 AM

Some things to keep in mind during the design process of your Web site:

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