http://marketplace.publicradio.org//display/web/2010/09/03/pm-fashion-may-be-going-hightech/

 Ball gowns that literally make you glow, a chic mini dress that doubles as phone -- these aren't ideas from the future, but ideas that are already available on the market.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/russell-smith/i-dosing-fad-as-harmless-as-getting-high-on-bach/article1692791/

As teens trip out to beats said to mimic the effect of hallucinogenic drugs, police and parents panic. As it turns out, they need to take a chill pill.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/31/earlyshow/main6822427.shtml

New Theory Says That Women Are More Likely to Want to Have Sex When Their Male Partner Helps Out Around the House. Need to reignite that spark in your marriage?  Well there's hope and believe it or not -- it comes from household chores.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sleep/teens-young-adults-losing-sleep-tech-toys/story?id=11480259

Experts Say Effects Can Be Very Detrimental to Health. A growing body of research suggests that more and more young people are becoming sleep-deprived because they can't put down their high-tech toys.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/30/earlyshow/leisure/main6819157.shtml

The Early Show's Taryn Winter Brill explored new ways to search for a "BFF." 

Many Women Are Turning to the Internet to Cultivate New Friendships at Any Age or Stage of Life.

http://www.torontosun.com/life/2010/08/30/15189211.html

Paying for sex remains taboo (and illegal), but could paying for friends be the start of a new trend?

Nowadays, you can rent almost anything if you can't really afford it: a car, a house, a flat-screen television or a great sofa. And now you can even rent the thing that takes years to build up to - a friend.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/technology/30location.html?th&emc=th

Internet companies have appropriated the real estate business’s mantra — it’s all about location, location, location. 

But while a home on the beach will always be an easy sell, it may be more difficult to persuade people to start using location-based Web services.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/technology/30adstalk.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Julie Matlin was tempted by a pair of shoes on Zappos.com. Then the shoes started showing up in ads on other sites she visited.

The shoes that Julie Matlin recently saw on Zappos.com were kind of cute, or so she thought. But Ms. Matlin wasn’t ready to buy and left the site. 

http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/29/internet-wiping-out-printed-oxford-dictionary/

It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing.

Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it’s uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary’s next edition will be printed on paper at all.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/28/AR2010082800191.html?wpisrc=nl_headline

Back-to-school shopping deals are just a text message away this year as retailers wade into the brave new world of mobile commerce. 

Industry experts and techno-evangelists have long predicted a day when people no longer make the long trek to the mall or even tether themselves to their desks to shop. Now, as more Americans are snapping up smartphones that can access the Internet and boast large-screen displays that make it easy to browse for clothes or microwaves, the future may not be far off.