By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer
Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:55 AM ET
At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their
lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled
"animal friendly," while men likely will go for a new product.
Cameras are watching them. From inside a control room, monitors
record the customers' movements, hesitations, facial expressions,
posture, weight, even their eating habits.
It gives the scientists plenty to chew over. They study the
influences on eating, how products can be made more appealing, and how
to direct consumers to specific — perhaps healthier — choices.
Steve Demeter developed the iPhone puzzle game Trism as a side project, but now he's quitting his day job. Why? Because he says he's generated $250,000 in profits since he started selling the $4.99 game on iTunes this summer. That's after Apple (AAPL) has taken its 30% cut of total sales, and after subtracting his initial investment of about $5,000.
San Francisco - Business travelers will soon need to carry the name of their corporate lawyer in addition to their passport when returning home to the United States, and they may need to bring with them a different business laptop as well. This is because 
Armed with the world's fastest Internet and an even stronger desire to learn English, South Koreans are using the latest Web resources to master a language that is the economic and emotional focus of their education.
