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Retail: L'Bel expands its reach with 'virtual office" (San Jose Mercury News) L'Bel Paris, a 40-year-old company that sells cosmetics primarily through beauty consultants, has discovered how technology can enhance and expand what's been a pretty successful approach so far. us.rd.yahoo.com
Small Office? You Can Make the Paperless Dream a Reality (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - The ideal of a "paperless office" is still more fantasy than reality for many of us - whether we're working for someone else or running our own business. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tomasky talk: Obama's challenge (Guardian Unlimited) Michael Tomasky looks ahead to Barack Obama's convention speech tonight us.rd.yahoo.com
Hospitals and care homes ignoring older people's human rights (Guardian Unlimited) Hospitals and care homes are ignoring older people's human rights, despite a report a year ago calling for a "culture change" in the NHS, says Age Concern us.rd.yahoo.com
Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- In the future of immersive entertainment, people may not only walk through floating 3D images, but also manipulate the images in thin air. Taking a step toward this reality, researchers have built a prototype of a room-sized 3D immaterial display, demonstrating the possibility of using the technology for a variety of entertainment purposes. us.rd.yahoo.com
Why Boris Johnson refused to button up for Olympics (Guardian Unlimited) Boris Johnson's notes on his trip to Beijing in today's Spectator explain why he looked a tad awkward when he waving the flag for Britain over the weekend. It appears the mayor of London got caught up in a mini diplomatic incident us.rd.yahoo.com
Minute-by-Minute report: Keothavong v Schiavone (Guardian Unlimited) Can Anna Keothavong become the first Brit to reach the US Open third round since 1991? Find out NOW with Les Roopanarine us.rd.yahoo.com
News quiz: Wacky Wednesday (Guardian Unlimited) Samira Shackle sets the questions on the week's more unusual stories us.rd.yahoo.com
Huge surge in online college courses at Tri-C (WKYC Cleveland) CLEVELAND -- Padding out to the sunroom, a glass of ice tea in hand, Linda Haycook is about to attend class. She opens up her laptop and moments later is immersed in her course work at Cuyahoga Community College while her five cats and dog keep her company. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Digested Read Podcast: Ever, Dirk: The Dirk Bogarde Letters, Edited by John Coldstream (Guardian Unlimited) John Crace picks up a highly poisonous pen us.rd.yahoo.com
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