eyeglasses News Archive

12-Aug-2008

 

  • Calif. may be first to ban chemical in baby items (USA Today)
    Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans.


  • Latest fashion trend for all to see (The Pantagraph)
    Patsy Webber has 11 pairs of eyeglasses, and expects to pick up a few more for good measure. Webber is part of a growing trend of consumers treating eyewear as a fashion statement.


  • Launchpad Chicken: MobileMe and sync trouble (CNET)
    Jean-Louis Gassée looks into Apple's MobileMe launch misfire and whether the company is capable of running a worldwide wireless data synchronization service for tens of millions of users.


  • Listen up, boomers: Hearing aids go fashionable (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    NORFOLK If you're a baby boomer and loathe the idea of a hearing aid -- those clunky, squealing contraptions in your ears -- you might consider something a little more modern: Say, a personal communication assistant. An AudDeo or a Passion perhaps? Instead of the old putty-colored style, try something in a hip Creme Brulee or a racy Pinot Noir.


  • Candidate Shocks Party and Himself (New York Times)
    Bob Kelleher, who wants to replace the government with a parliamentary democracy, is the surprise Republican nominee in the race against Senator Max Baucus in Montana.


  • Pupils talk with chalk (York Daily Record)
    With blotches of black and white chalk on her nose, eyeglasses and sweatshirt, Aleksa Evans added final touches to a drawing of a young woman.


  • Wear your favourite film on your glasses (China Daily)
    EYE SEE: Now you can have the images from your favourite film on a pair of trendy eyeglasses made by designer Zakarias Tipton. The so-called 'cinematique frames', are made using recycled strips of famous movies.[Agencies]


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