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Strange but true: A vigorous foot massage is one of the simplest short-term solutions to jet lag. And since no one wants to fit yet another gadget in their carry-on, we'jre going low-tech with our choice of the Soothera wooden ball foot massager. The real bonus here is the set of slippers that come with it, which contain within their lining thousands of thermal gel beads that can be heated or chilled, depending on whether one wants to reduce swelling or increase circulation after a long flight

Arguing over the "best" headphones with an audiophile can be a daunting, flight-long proposition. But slipping on a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones will not only cut out that ambient noise, thanks to the super comfortable noise-reducing memory foam padding, the best-in-class 'phones will end the debate before it begins. The $300 cans don't use the same "noise cancelling" marketing jargon as their similarly-priced Bose Quiet Comfort 15 competitor (they call the closed-back design and sealed earcups "noise isolating") but the in-your-own-world end result is equally impressive.

Poynt deserves the "super app" moniker by which it is often described: The free application, which works for Android, iPhone, Windows 7, BlackBerry (including integration with Playbook), and Nokia QT, is a third-party service aggregator that provides local business listings and entertainment options (via Citysearch), directions (Google Maps), dining options and reviews (OpenTable), movie listings, and ticket purchases (CinemaSource and Movietickets.com).

Given the exorbitant fees and questionable valuation from mile- and point-swapping services, skillfully managing the rewards programs to which you already belong proves to be the smarter move. UsingMiles is a free and elegant app for this purpose, allowing you to manage all of your flight miles and hotel-rewards points from a single dashboard.

There's a certain agony associated with searching for travel, some of which a flight-aggregation engine like Kayak alleviates.

If it's good enough for Entourage's Ari Gold to close his deals here, then it qualifies as a power spot for us. But seriously, Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills is more than just a pretty setting for fake agents on TV shows: The restaurant—dark and intimate downstairs, and more raucously old-school (complete with piano bar) upstairs—is a great place for a special-occasion dinner.

With an interior designed by Philip Johnson and Mies van der Rohe, and featuring artwork by the likes of Pablo Picasso, there's no doubt that the The Four Seasons (which opened in 1959) was always meant to accommodate the city's movers and shakers. Madonna, the Dalai Lama, and Martha Stewart are among those who've lunched here, and the expense account-friendly menu is reliably stocked with power broker classics like caviar, lobster, foie gras, and steak. But the true center of power lies with the restaurant's co-owner and maitre d', Julian Niccolini, who rules the lunchtime seating chart with flamboyant aplomb.

Famous for its neoprene electronic-cover products, Built's snazzy iPad sleeve offers the ultimate protection for your precious device while you're on the go. The plush inner lining of the sleeve prevents scratches, while the zip opening and bottom grips make it easy to find wherever you stash. Bonus: It comes in two bright-colored patterns but is also stain- and water-resistant

As of early April, the state-of-the-art T2 Terminal in San Francisco is the new home of American Airlines and Virgin America. In a $393 million renovation of the original 1954 terminal by Turner Construction and Gensler, architects recycled 90 percent of the original building content

The little things a restaurant does to show customers its love can go a long wayespecially at the end of a meal. Of all the aspects of the restaurant experience, paying the bill is probably the least fun. Aside from the whole how-to-split-a-check quandary , there's also a chance for an establishment to be totally obnoxious.

How do you reboot the concept of a reboot? With a director who values originality, leadership, a strong team, and the power of rabid fans to say whatever the hell they want (as long as they're saying something). Sound like any successful entrepreneurs you know

If you have to ask... Companies are required to submit to the EPA all studies about substantial risk that their chemicals pose to humans

It has been written that: "At bottom, robotics is about us. It is the discipline of emulating our lives, of wondering how we work." So what can this week's crop of mechanistic marvels tell us about ourselves? Juggling robots Juggling is surely a human-only art

"We were blown away by the potential of this technology for the graphic novel," Disney creative director Nashie Castro tells us. The roughly $680 million comic book and graphic novel industry is still heavily reliant on sales and advertising from print--unlike its fellow publishers in the newspaper and magazine worlds, where the transition to digital is farther along

Sunday, June 05 .p { float:left; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, serif; height:225px; margin-right:25px; margin-top:10px; width:178px; } #wrapper p { line-height:15px !important; font-size:14px !important; } #wrapper { position:; } The reputation of skyscrapers -- all that water use! CO2 emissions! -- is pretty dim. But these towering beauties prove that green doesn't have to mean unsightly