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Tech Trends columnist John Brandon reviews Siri, the voice-command system built into Apples iPhone 4S. I got a lot of work done during a recent road trip, thanks to my new assistant. As I drove, she added some meetings to my calendar, took an e-mail dictation, and found some restaurant options for dinner

After 11 months and $550,000, they had gotten nowhere. Could they really gamble what was left on a hunch? Josh Levy and Ross Cohen left the offices of Beyond.com, a hiring website based outside Philadelphia, feeling like fools.

Gifford's ice cream has been a New England institution for decades. Will its super-vivid new packaging help it go national or alienate existing customers? Gifford's ice cream has been a New England institution since the family-owned creamery, based in Skowhegan, Maine, opened its first ice cream stand, in 1980.

Results are promising from two new studies involving targeted drug treatments that are helping women with advanced breast cancer live longer. Dr

In a surprise decision by the Obama administration, young teenagers will not be allowed access to Plan B, the morning-after emergency contraception pill, without a prescription. Wyatt Andrews reports on what's behind the controversial move.

A pair of new drug combinations have been successful in trials on women with advanced breast cancer

How to regain your motivation and determination on even the darkest days.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did not believe data supported allowing girls under 17 access to Plan B One-Step pill

The actor again makes himself look like a jerk on social media. Two simple questions could have saved him

To make up for its tardiness to the online music store game, Google Music has enlisted bona fide music lovers to help curate its store. It's the Google version of "High Fidelity," with Tim Quirk as Rob Gordon.

Environmental Working Group study examined 84 popular cereals, found 44 contained more sugar per serving than cookies

"If ever there is a moment to join or start up your own company, this is it," says Smith. "To be the little nimble startups that can run rings around the major corporations and move faster than them and be more innovative than them, the moment is now." Moshi Monsters is already a $100 million multi-platform children's game, toy and book franchise, and one of the Toys"R"Us hot toys of 2011 , but I was skeptical about the company's "transmedia" ambitions.

Partner Bruce Gibney talks about what's hot, Facebook, and why Monday morning meetings aren't necessary. Founders Fund , investors in Facebook and Space X, last week announced it had raised $625 million for its fourth fund, larger than the first three funds combined.

So far this year, Pravina Raghavan, district director for New York at the U.S. Small Business Administration, loaned $789 million, up 63 percent over 2011.

Health secretary overrules FDA, says young teenagers cannot buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription