Who said that Blogs served no useful purpose?

Well the following story shows they do, Kevin Dugan writes about Bloglines feeds and Parcel tracking…

Now, you can have Bloglines track the status of your UPS, FedEx, and USPS packages. From your My Feeds page, click the Add link in the left pane. Then, click the Package Tracking link in the right pane. From there you can enter tracking numbers for UPS, FedEx, and USPS packages.
Also, you can do a search on a specific tracking number. Entering a tracking number will create a subscription in your account that is updated whenever the status of your package changes.

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Are we becoming obsessed with technology?, Are you one that cannot spend a moment away from your cellphone or laptop?

Well some students seem to need ready access at all times.

Paul Davidson of USA TODAY posts this report…

The American college campus, long an oasis of scholarship and coming-of-age, is now being transformed by a more palpable force: an armada of laptops, cell phones and perpetual connectivity.
At the University of North Carolina here, where every building and most outdoor common areas offer wireless Internet access, sophomore Dax Varkey lugs his laptop everywhere.
In class, he takes notes on the portable computer, sometimes instant-messaging or e-mailing friends if the professor is less than riveting. In his dorm, he instant-messages his roommate a few feet away. He’s tethered to his cell phone, which he even uses to call a buddy who lives one floor above him, and his iPod, which supplies music for walks between classes.

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Ebay has long been a channel where goods could be sold without interference from the taxman…but will it stay this way?

The answer is not clear but the issue certainly needs to be considered, the following AP report offers some comment…

Hawking baby and children’s clothes — along with some garage-sale and thrift-store bargains — on eBay helps Sunni Wojnarowsky bring in some extra money so she can afford to stay home with her two young boys.
The additional dollars are great, but does she really need to hassle with the paperwork and report her small profit to the Internal Revenue Service? Her question, posed to the online auction site’s discussion board for sellers, generated much advice — and more confusion.

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The winner in this ongoing race is yet to be known but Yahoo is making it clear that they intend to win over those in the marketplace.

Om Malik posts a great commentary on Yahoo’s ongoing bid to win blogger and techie favor - i’ve said so before, and i’ll say it again: They’re doing a great job…
Look at some of the recent additions to Yahoo’s mix:

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Yahoo has joined the race to ensure they don’t get left behind in battle to provide consumers with increasing email storage.

Google set the scene by offering 1GB storage with their Gmail service…

Yahoo and Hotmail used to offer less than 6MB of storage until Google’s Gmail service was launched with 1GB. Since then both services have raised their allocations. “We know that people are using their Yahoo Mail accounts to send and store more attachments, photos and important messages than ever before,” says Andy Spillane, vice president of Yahoo Mail.

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