Microsoft's wireless traffic-jam alerts are a little tricky to personalize, but the benefits make that initial effort well worthwhile. Traffic in Los Angeles is sort of like your least favorite relative at a holiday get-together -- always annoying and always there. I've been on the freeway at midnight on Saturday, stuck in traffic that I would normally expect to see only during Friday-afternoon rush hour. And the folks at my local news-radio stations aren't much help. They update the traffic scene every 10 minutes, but they rarely have enough time to report on all the worst tie-ups.
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