Eric Westerman

So, you have decided to take on the challenge that is 26.2 miles? Congratulations...and what the heck are you thinking? Lest we forget that Pheidippides died attempting the original feat? Nonetheless, thousands of Americans chose every year to challenge themselves and push themselves to the brink.

There are two fundamental pieces of information that stock brokers like to hold back when asking a client to invest their money. One is that you can beat the market. The other is that you cannot. Sounds confusing? Allow me to explain.

Fantasy football has gone from a fringe activity that a select few nerdy fans were involved in to a completely mainstream activity in which most fans take part - many with multiple teams. This has played no small role in the ever increasing popularity of the NFL.

The world of search engines was turned upside down this week when Google debuted Google Instant. This was quietly unveiled with little warning or fanfare until was already online. You may have noticed that when you type in your recent Google searches, search results begin showing immediately and change as you are typing.

The term bust is thrown around too often in professional football. So many high round picks do not pan out that labeling all of them as busts would completely negate any value given to the word. But when a Heisman Trophy winning QB from a prestigious college program is chosen in the top 10 picks overall and is flat out released by the team that drafted him just weeks after being named the starter in his fourth season, then the word bust applies.

No longer do researchers need to spend days and weeks in libraries going over books and combing through old newspaper articles to find snippets of relevant information. Simple Google searches now return more extensive and more applicable sources than could have ever been hoped for fifty years ago. But what are the best research tools?

Here is a newsflash - Apple's IPad is here to stay. This handy little tool has taken the 2010 computer industry by storm...in a down economy no less. Steve Jobs and Apple are currently unmatched when it comes to finding and attacking new consumer markets.

Christopher Nolan's science fiction film surrounding the world of dreams is likely the only film from this past summer that will be remembered five years from now. Will the winter season redeem the year? What is coming up for potential blockbusters and/or future award winners? Here is a list of the five upcoming films that I am excited about:

With so many computer viruses of various methods and levels of infliction floating around, it begs the question: which one is the nastiest? What computer virus does the general public least want to see on their hard drive? My top 3 answers:

Windows Vista represented Microsoft's first major operating system revamp since Windows 95 (Windows 98 and XP, while popular amongst PC users, simply built on the 95 platform). While Windows 95 changed the world of personal computing, Windows Vista landed with a major dud.