By JEFF SMITH, Scripps Howard News Service

On Taaz.com, women can upload photos of themselves and try on different makeup and hair styles.
On Viewzi.com, users can search for a term and view full Web pages.
Taaz and Viewzi are just two examples of how the Internet is evolving from text to visual-based.

The evolution of online advertising-- Current model: Web sites use "cookies," a small text file placed on the hard disk of a computer, to remember certain information about a customer at a later time. Companies such as Google use cookies to deliver ads relevant to the information a person is looking for.

You've been browsing the Internet lately for information about carbon emissions to help your daughter with her climate change project at school.You've also done a little shopping in advance of the holidays, buying that more-than-you-really-wanted-to-pay-for digital camera for your spouse.

A Qwest supervisor in southwestern Colorado took his concerns over extended bathroom breaks to an uncomfortable level, union officials charge.They claim the manager for the Denver-based communications technology firm recently gave disposable urinal bags to about 25 male field technicians with the message: When you have to go, don't waste time searching for a public bathroom.