Finding the Fakes: Textile ‘DNA’ Thwarts Designer Counterfeits

Glued-on labels and misspelled brand names were once dead giveaways to exposing counterfeit designer goods, but high-end counterfeiters have become far more sophisticated. Today, it can be far more difficult to distinguish designer products from their counterfeit cousins using visual inspection alon Full story

Avoid decorating disasters online

  Designers are now offering their stylish services via e-mail to help customers save time and money. Interior designer Betsy Burnham and Janice Lieberman, of Reader’s Digest, offer advice.

Wake up to video game sleeper hits

The excellent new "Machinarium" game is a good example of something game fans should remember in the next few months: Sometimes it's the little games that make the biggest impression. Full story