Innovations

Germany sells copy-protected music CD's.

Canadian company provides anonymity on the Net.

New technology is showing up in the most unexpected places. Your kitchen, your toys, your dog?

Curl up with a good (e)book on a cold winter night, using that book in a more effective way. Applications for the eBook are endless. Everyone from business travelers to students stand to benefit from the new technology.

There's a free web-based service available to help you protect yourself against telemarketers, junk mail, and spam.

High schools go virtual. Students can now supplement in-class work with online course work. Find out who's doing it and what benefits are offered.

Sterile seeds in genetically engineered crops pits biotech firms against Greenpeace and the general public.

Be a part of a chat room research study to determine if it's possible to tell if you're being duped online. If you've ever entered into a chat room, I'm sure you've wondered if you're really talking to a self-made millionaire or a guy who licks envelopes for a living.

New digital VCR's will allow consumers to watch their favorite television programs faster by allowing them to skip through the commercials.

The latest on the techno-biological front is called biometrics and you won't believe where you'll be seeing this. From automatic teller machines (ATM's) to state prison systems, biometrics is slowly making its way into our culture.