无线上网价格战逐渐升温

In today’s Tech Byte, cell phone price wars are heating up. Beginning today, both Verizon Wireless and AT&T are cutting prices or their calling plans. Verizon made the first move, saying it will charge $70 a month for a non-limited calling plan, down from $100 a month. AT&T matched it's rival’s announcement on Friday. But both companies are requiring more customers to buy data plans used to access the internet and check email on smart phones.

This seemingly unlimited flow of newspaper content in the web may begin to slowly dry up. The New York Times is reportedly getting ready to charge readers for access to it's site. New York Magazine reports the paper will give readers access to a limited number of free articles before inviting them to subscribe. The Times will join the Wall Street Journal two major papers to charge for content which could open the door for smaller papers to do the same.

Some doctors in Australia have found a way to cut health care costs, the Nintendo WII. They say the WII balance board is clinically comparable to what’s known as a force platform in assessing a patient’s balance after a stroke. The WII accessory only costs about $100 dollars, the medical device typical sells for more than $15,000.

Finally, sarcasm can often be lost in emails. But a company, appropriately called Sarcasm has come up with the solution. It's developed this new punctuation mark, the sarc mark, the dot inside a spiral line is supposed to be used at the end of a sentence if you’re concerned the irony of your message will be lost. The symbol can be downloaded for a $99 at sarcmark.com

It sounds like a great idea. No, Really.
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clinically  临床地
 force platform 测力板