Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word popular. 7 news.

Allergy sufferers who take the popular prescription medication Zyrtec are getting several new options that don't require a prescription.

Money Magazine sent about 40 prints and negatives to six popular services. Here's which did best at getting them onto your computer.

The prospect of making the world interactive through cell phones and QR codes--printed two-dimensional bar codes made popular in Japan--has two Long Beach, Calif. ad execs cozying up to high-tech thought leaders at companies like Nokia and Samsung.

The assassination on Thursday of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani politician, drew large numbers of viewers to YouTube on Thursday and Friday. But professional TV newscasts, some posted by the news organizations themselves, were by far the most popular content on the site.

[Technology] Continental Airlines kicked off a U.S. trial using paperless boarding passes with QR code--printed two-dimensional bar codes made popular in Japan--in early December. The bar code, issued to air travelers at Houston's Intercontinental Airport, is being used to verify passengers at the gate.

Some people think big. Others, like the popular "pink boot lady," just think bigger.

Metacafe, a website that pays people who upload popular videos thousands of pounds by sharing advertising revenue, is to focus on expanding its presence in the UK in 2008.