http://focus.iflove.com Focus on What You’re Feeling. Here it offers incomplete TV coverage of what is happening now and ever in the world Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:31:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oil prices closed lower Monday as traders locked in profits after a brief bounce on the back of robust Chinese economic data. In London, Brent North Sea crude for February delivery dropped USD 0.40 to settle at USD 80.97. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for February delivery, ended at ... http://focus.iflove.com/oil-prices-reduce-due-profit-taking/ The first US federal trial to determine whether states are allowed to ban same-sex marriages has begun in San Francisco, California. A Supreme Court ruling would determine the fate of gay marriages nationwide, without the possibility of appeal. Any ruling reached is expected to be challenged, possibly taking the case all ... http://focus.iflove.com/gay-marriage-ban-leads-argument-california-court/ The world’s automakers unveiled a number of hybrid gas-electric and battery-powered models, several of which might not be available for years to come. About 98 percent of the vehicles sold in the United States last year were powered by conventional gasoline engines, and hybrids occupied just a tiny niche. But at the ... http://focus.iflove.com/automobile-future-green-technologies-key/ In the coming months, the likes of Microsoft, Hitachi and major PC makers will begin selling devices that will allow people to flip channels on the TV or move documents on a computer monitor with simple hand gestures. The technology, one of the most significant changes to human-device interfaces since the ... http://focus.iflove.com/gesture-devices-arrival-use-hand-gestures-command-electronic-products/ The national apartment vacancy rate increased to 8% in the last three months of 2009. That is the highest level Reis has ever reported. The vacancy rate barely inched up from the third quarter -- just 7.9% to 8% -- but it rose significantly from a year ago, when it stood ... http://focus.iflove.com/rental-market-situation-vacancies-up-rents-down/ USB 3.0 is now available to consumers on laptops from HP and Asus, among others. It is a lot faster than the current 2.0 version. It is also more power efficient than 2.0. The president of the USB Implementers Forum discussed the arrival of USB 3.0 and gave a brief demonstration ... http://focus.iflove.com/usb-3-0-accelerates-transfer-speeds-hp-laptop/ Seventy percent voters in French Guiana voted against more autonomy for the French department in South America. Slightly over 48 percent of voters cast ballots in the referendum, with 69.8 percent voting against more autonomy for the overseas French department bordering Brazil and Suriname. http://focus.iflove.com/french-guiana-opposes-more-autonomy-french-department-south-america/ TV manufacturers are embracing 3D technology, but it doesn't mean consumers will be quite so enthusiastic. USA Today technology journalist Jefferson Graham doesn't think so. "You go to the movies three hours and you wear some glasses, that's fine. Do you really want to wear those glasses in front of your ... http://focus.iflove.com/3d-tv-unpopular-among-consumers/ Google's forthcoming Nexus One smartphone is composed of components costs $175, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli. The new phone, which Google unveiled Tuesday, offers an inside designed by Google and an outside designed by HTC. The primary interface is a 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The Nexus One runs Google's Android ... http://focus.iflove.com/nexus-ones-hardware-worth-about-175/ DirectLife's Activity Monitor is waterproof and uses 3D accelerometer technology. Philips' DirectLife fitness tracker monitors one's daily activity levels by tracking the duration and intensity of movements.     It is about to be released in Germany and the U.K. Moreover, Philips has just announced a companion gadget that might actually rival the ... http://focus.iflove.com/philips-directlife-brings-fun-your-daily-activity/