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Discusses the use of Web sites by local political candidates in the U.S. View that Senator Bob Dole's 1996 campaign was the beginning of the Internet age in politics; Use of the Web to post campaign platforms, solicit donations and find volunteers; How the Web allows candidates to disseminate information; Difficulties finding some of the Web sites; Question of whether campaign information on the Web is reaching voters; Why voters are sometimes disappointed with Web sites. INSET: At Senators' Web Sites, a 60-Day Vow of Silence.

Reports on the spread of satellite dish antennas for televisions in urban areas in the U.S.

Discusses the reasons for the failure of several school Web sites.

Discusses the increase in the number of forgotten laptops at airport screening machines across the U.S., resulting from the security measures imposed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Provides information on the Shark Shield, an electronic device that repels shark developed by SeaChange Technology.

Provides information on the current standard for the compression format that reduces the file size of photographs for transmission over the Internet called the Joint Photographic Experts Group as of may 23, 2002.

Examines the decline of the one-way pager business in the U.S., due mainly to the popularity of cellular telephones. Number of people in the U.S. who still carry the device; Advantages of beepers over cell phones, including cost and reliability; Users of pagers, including hospitals; Why people give up their pagers; How uses for beepers continue to emerge, such as the telematics market; Expansion of two-way pagers.

Focuses on the health risk of radiation among cellular telephone users.

Provides information on wireless signal communication and the utilization of cellular phones.

Discusses the technical problems experienced by many cellular telephone users. Surge in the number of complaints received by wireless providers about a lack of reliable service and signal strength; Struggle of providers to match network capacity with the rapidly increasing demand for cellphones; How overloaded networks result in disconnected calls and other problems for users; Outlook for expansion of cellular sites. INSET: Tests Continue, but Radiation Risks Remain Unproven.

Reports on the actions taken by state transportation officials in Mississippi to prevent car accidents common in the eight-lane bridge across the Mississippi River during winter.

Focuses on the development of radarlike maintenance systems for aircrafts, automobiles and structures in the United States.

Discusses the implications of advances in automobile technology. How many drivers willingly give up their privacy for convenience or savings; Fears of privacy advocates regarding tracking data and information-sharing; View of legal experts that federal regulations protecting information from intelligent systems (telematics) are unclear; Details on personal assistance technology, such as OnStar, and event data recorders; Speculation on future uses of automobile monitoring devices.

Provides information on Scalable Vector Graphics, a graphic technology designed to make Web images fit any screen, proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium.

Focuses on the development of the robotic aircraft Autonomous Helicopter.

Provides information on a system of electronic signs that direct drivers to open spaces at the parking garage of Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

Reports on the improvement of the Peripheral Component Interconnect standard developed by Intel Corporation.

Reports on the use of handheld computers with software to help students organize school requirements in the United States.

Reports on RoboCup 2001, the fifth annual soccer competition for robots, to be held in Seattle, Washington.

Features the V.92, a worldwide modem standard, ratified by the International Telecommunication Union.

Presents information on a device to monitor glucose among diabetics.

Discusses the emergence of independent high school student Web publications in the United States, impelled by the fear of censorship by school administrators.

Provides information on the snow making equipment being used at ski resorts in the United States.

Discusses the advantages of using Doppler radars in weather forecasting in the United States.

Presents information on the online services of several religious congregations in the United States based on a survey conducted by Pew Internet and American Life Project organization. Results from the survey; Advantages of online religious services; Description of the Web sites of several churches.

Focuses on the development of surveying instruments. Overview of the process of surveying in the 18th and 19th centuries; Survey system in the 1980s; Information on total stations, computerized instruments to measure distance.

Discusses the trend of people in the United States to purchase the latest technology and then not use it. Reasons people do not use their gadgets, including not understanding how it works and lack of need for the product; Marketing strategies of technology companies, which target tech-smart audiences before they target people who would buy their product and not use it.

Focuses on the move of advertisers in the United States in tapping cell phone subscribers with text messages to reach customers. Details on the advertising tests to be conducted by SkyGo on its Boulder, Colorado users; Challenges faced by companies planning to user cell phones for their advertisements.

Focuses on the complaints of Web users with Web site designs. Problem with redesigning a Web site; Discussion on information overload as the biggest complaint about Web designs; Opinion from Jakob Nielsen, a Web usability consultant at Nielsen Norman Group.