Game controllers come in many forms - so why not an exercise bike? The Smart Cycle from Fisher-P... IN TV GAMES, PRESCHOOLERS

Game controllers come in many forms - so why not an exercise bike? The Smart Cycle from Fisher-Price is a child-size stationary bicycle that hooks up to a TV. The idea is to get your preschooler off the floor and pedaling to drive over letters on the screen while avoiding potholes.

Once the bike is assembled - four D batteries are required - it is plugged into the audio and video inputs ...

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One small, windowless room with cameras. One weird-looking $25,000 helmet. Two computers.

That's all Stanford University researchers need to transport student subjects into a virtual world that's so real, they bump into walls and feel like they're plummeting down a 30-foot pit.

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Vierthaler, who investigates Internet child porn crimes as part of the Montana Cyber Crimes Task ... Internet remains dangerous

Vierthaler, who investigates Internet child porn crimes as part of the Montana Cyber Crimes Task Force, said Congress has beefed up laws and prison sentences for sex offenders and that the FBI is pursuing cases.

But the problem is big, Vierthaler said. "I think we're catching a small percentage" of offenders, he said. That's why it's important to educate parents and youth about the ris...

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Children pranced around Gloria Baker Feinstein, eyes filled with wonder at the device the Kansas City photographer held in her hand. It was only a digital camera, but to the knot of Ugandan orphans, it might as well have been a magic wand.

They had never seen themselves before. Not in a photo, not even in a mirror. For that mat...

Hundreds of surplus bicycles, other goods available to residents Checks, credit cards and c... World of wheels awaits kids of a

Hundreds of surplus bicycles, other goods available to residents

Checks, credit cards and cash will be accepted Saturday at the Green Bay Police Department's annual bike auction.

A surplus of items from the city of Green Bay, Brown County, the Green Bay School District and the police department will be up for bid.

That includes 444 bikes of all kinds, for all ages and some wi...

TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp. said Friday its group net profit for the year throu... Matsushita Posts 41% Incre

TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp. said Friday its group net profit for the year through March jumped 41%, as it slashed costs and ramped up production capacity of consumer electronics such as flat-screen televisions.

The Osaka-based maker of Panasonic-brand goods said its full-year group net profit rose to ¥217.19 billion from ¥154.41 billion. Group sales gained 2.4% t...

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latest news Matsushita profit through March rises 41% on cost cutting, higher output By Jay Alabaster Last Update: 6:15 AM ET Apr 27, 2007

(Adds background) TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp. (6752.TO : 6752.TONews , ...

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The ubiquity of digital cameras and cheap flights has made photodocumentarians of us all, as well as dealers of instant nostalgia. It used to be that, in addition to walking uphill both ways, photographers of distant lands lugged dozens of pounds of cameras and equipment every which way, and developed their negatives (g...

said Friday that profits and revenues rose for a fifth year in a row in the fiscal year just ende... Matsushita Annual Profit U

said Friday that profits and revenues rose for a fifth year in a row in the fiscal year just ended as strong sales of digital products offset rising material costs and stiff competition.

The Japanese electronics company, which makes Panasonic brand products, said the group's net income for the fiscal year that ended March 31 rose 40.7 percent to 217 billion yen ($1.82 billion), up from 1...

said Friday that profits jumped 40.7 percent for the fiscal year just ended as strong sales of di... Matsushita Annual Profit U

said Friday that profits jumped 40.7 percent for the fiscal year just ended as strong sales of digital products offset rising material costs and stiff competition.

The Japanese electronics company, which makes Panasonic brand products, said the group's net income for the fiscal year that ended March 31 rose to 217 billion yen ($1.82 billion), up from 154 billion yen the previous year. read more