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Farm installs robotic milkers

Farm installs robotic milkers

Robotic milking machines could help reduce the often crushing workload of operating a dairy farm. At least one Minnesota family is experimenting with the new technology.

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Edina Realty sues for top spot on Google

Edina Realty sues for top spot on Google

Two Twin Cities real estate companies are in a legal fight with implications for the future of advertising on the Internet. Edina Realty is suing relative newcomer TheMLSOnline.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition. The dispute is over how the newer company uses an increasingly important advertising medium: Internet search engines.
by Jeff Horwich

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New European chemical rules spur change in the US

New European chemical rules spur change in the US

The European Union is expected to start requiring that businesses prove their products are safe -- or they'll be taken off the shelves. American companies are gearing up for the new rules, even as they say the U.S. system works fine.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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The future of the Web

The future of the Web

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are promoting a future of more user-generated content on the Internet and an empowered citizen media. One digital media critic says the cultural consequences of this are dire.

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Future Tense: McClatchy's Internet strategy

Future Tense: McClatchy's Internet strategy

When Sacramento-based McClatchy bought the 32 daily newspapers of the Knight Ridder chain, it also bought the papers' Web sites. Now, big changes are likely for the Web sites of the former Knight Ridder-owned properties, including those of the 12 newspapers McClatchy plans to sell in the months ahead.

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Spammers turn to stocks

Spammers turn to stocks

The content of spam in the nation's e-mail inboxes goes through phases and fluctuations. In recent months, solicitations for pornography and pills have gotten competition from pitches that are equally annoying and potentially disastrous to anyone who takes the bait: stock-hyping spam.
by Jeff Horwich

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Growing biotech in Minnesota

Growing biotech in Minnesota

State leaders believe the growing biotech industry could be a big part of the future of Minnesota cities. Local leaders and politicians focused on biotech at a conference Tuesday in St. Cloud. At least one school in the region is already working to prepare students for careers in the biosciences.
by Tim Post

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Podcasts for the frozen

Any ice angler can tell you about casting. The question is, do they know about podcasting? It's not a fancy way to drop your line, but a downloadable audio program that can be produced in a broom closet or even an ice shack. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently produced its own podcast about ice fishing. Officials hope to inform anglers around the state. So far not too many are biting.

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Gadgets gone wild

With so many televisions, computers, mp3 players and digital cameras to choose from, how do consumers make the best purchase? A technology expert helps Midmorning sort it all out. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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