July 6, 2011

The questions will definitely be short -- if not sweet -- when President Obama holds a national town hall meeting on the economy today. The questions will come from Twitter messages that are limited to 140 characters each, but the president isn’t limited in his answers. The first-ever Twitter town hall meeting for the White House will be presented online as a webcast. Source Link

If you wear glasses or contacts for nearsightedness, you may want to look into more-frequent eye exams to detect a more-serious problem that could lead to blindness. A new study says nearsighted people may be nearly twice as likely to also develop glaucoma. Early detection of glaucoma can limit the damage that can cause permanent loss of vision. Source Link

The next generation of Internet users may have no idea what “dot-com” means as the managers of the world’s information superhighway have opened the door to all kinds of new domain names. Those seeking a unique suffix will have to pay a hefty application fee, and big corporations should be among the first to register to get domain names ending in brands like dot-honda, dot-microsoft or dot-pepsi. Source Link