This website sees press releases from many online businesses claiming that their websites are ‘personalized’. However, the question to be asked in many cases is ‘What is the actual benefit to the customer from the personalization of this service?’ In many cases, there is not a great deal, which explains why purely online services are [...]

Dell are running a ‘back to school’ competition in the U.S., where consumers can personalize their new, built-to-order systems by having them design a skin, or cover, that can be adhered to the back of a notebook computer. The creator of the winning design will receive a $10,000 grand prize, an Inspiron(TM) notebook computer and [...]

Dell computer, the World’s largest computer maker (and most successful mass customizer) have set up a blog called ‘One2One – Direct Conversations with Dell‘ as a way of improving communication between the company and its customers.

The UK state broadcaster BBC wants to allow audiences to create personal radio stations from its content, its director general has said. The planned service, provisionally called MyBBCRadio, was revealed by Mark Thompson at the Radio Festival in Cambridge, England.

MarketWatch.com, a subsidiary of the Dow Jones group, which provides business news, financial information and analytical tools, has launched of a significant homepage redesign. The streamlined homepage now offers readers the ability to personalize and quickly access recently viewed quotes and associated stories, save articles for later reading, and view a dynamic display of real-time [...]

If the everyday pictures of sunsets and flying ducks isn’t to your taste, you can always put your fingerprints on display in your home. And you don’t have to get arrested. DNA 11, the creators of DNA artwork, have announced a second-generation product of fingerprint art.

American recording artist Jessica Simpson’s new summer single “A Public Affair” is to be made available as personalized version. Simpson’s record company Epic say that this is the first time music fans have been offered the innovative opportunity to put their own name into a customized pop song so that the lyrics are literally calling [...]

Amazon.com subsidiary CustomFlix Labs, Inc., has announced that CBS News has selected CustomFlix and Amazon.com to distribute thousands of hours of prime-time and classic news content, including award-winning “Minutes” programming, through the CustomFlix Create Your Own DVD(TM) service.

The International Herald Tribune has begun offering a personalized news podcast service, under the AudioNews name.

Frank Piller has posted the first notice of the 2007 World Conference on Mass Customization, which will take place at MIT. He also gives details on two other conferences taking place later this year. The 2007 World Conference theme is ‘Extreme Customization’.

The Washington Times carries an article on the future of the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration), written by Robert Goldberg and Peter Pitts.

The internet world is buzzing with discussion regarding a paper presented by Google research scientists Michele Covell & Shumeet Baluja. They have published a research paper on the idea of delivering personalized content to a user’s PC or notebook, by listening in to the audio content of a TV program that is close to the [...]

the U.S. Postal Service’s popular customized postage program has been extended to business customers.  Customized postage allows a customer to personalize postage with pictures or images using Customized PC Postage technology.

Bank of America and Hill’s Pet Nutrition are teaming up to offer the PetRewards Visa card, on which users can include their own pet’s picture! Customers can submit their pet’s picture by by mail or submitting a digital photo online, or they may choose from three existing card designs (one of these is shown here).

iBloks, a developer of ‘self-expression’ software for personalizing digital media, has recently published the public beta release of its software in connection with the Beta 2 availability of Microsoft Windows Vista.