Why electric vehicles have stalled - Dec. 4, 2008

Why electric vehicles have stalled - Dec. 4, 2008: "'It's one thing to build electric cars, but it's another to go out and get some kind of respectable market size and funding,' Wright says. 'At this stage of the game, when oil is cheap and batteries still expensive, spending two to three -times the price on an electric car doesn't really make sense.'"

With gas prices high it would seem more convenient to buy an electric car however there are some up and downs for it. There are things such as the battery packs which you still have to pay for and they could cost you more.

Ditch the Cookbook: iPhone as Kitchen Helper - TIME

Ditch the Cookbook: iPhone as Kitchen Helper - TIME: "That's right. You may think of your iPhone or Nintendo DS as just a phone or gaming device, respectively, but both have speedy processors and lovely displays that make them nifty interactive cookbooks. Even T-Mobile's Google phone has a video cooking program that makes recipes on paper feel as flat as day-old pancakes."

Applications for cell phones and games such as the Nintendo DS are growing that now you can even get recipes from them. Cook books will no longer be necessary.

Technology Review: Better Touch Screens for Mobile Phones

Technology Review: Better Touch Screens for Mobile Phones: "For all its designer appeal, Apple's forthcoming iPhone is lacking. While the touch-screen interface looks beautiful, it will most likely suffer from the same drawback that plagues many other mobile gadgets with touch screens: no tactile feedback. A button on a flat, slick display simply doesn't feel like a button, and as a result, people are prone to making errors with them."

This article talks about how a screen without the buttons seems nice but is not very good. Not having a keyboard leads to mistakes.