Nifty startups in the wireless/mobile arena showcase what's coming to a geek lover near you.

DEMOmobile 2004

] The number of broadband Internet subscribers in the U.S.
] has tripled since 2001

FCC: Broadband Usage Has Tripled

I like Alien vs Predator

Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Lists

] The Social Future as seen by six SF Writers

John Shirley: Global to Local

] The threat to the country is very real. The large pool of
] idle youth has allowed Islamic fundamentalists to find
] easy recruits. Saudi sources say that many of the
] insurgents were in their early teens.

Since the early 90s, I've always compared Islamic fundamentalistic terrorism with the punk movement. It seems apropriate.

The real inspiration for Islamic Terrorism? Boredom

] W Ketchup is made in America, from ingredients
] grown in the USA.
]
] The leading competitor not only has 57 varieties, but has
] 57 foreign factories as well. W Ketchup comes in one
] flavor: American.

I think I'm going to hurl.

All Ketchup is not created equal

] It classified 3.8 million Los Angeles County residents as
] "low-literate," meaning they could not write a note
] explaining a billing error, use a bus schedule or locate
] an intersection on a street map.

Nation of Idiots

] Researchers stress that the ultimate dream - an
] affordable, easy-to-use vehicle that could allow regular
] people to fly 200 miles to a meeting and drive 15 miles
] to the mall - is still probably decades away.

damn.

Will flying car ever take off?

] The plus: the multidimensional topology of space in three
] dimensions will seem simple at last and a million dollar
] reward will be there for the asking. The minus: the
] solver does not claim to have found a solution, he
] doesn't want the reward, and he certainly doesn't want to
] talk to the media.

get your math on.

Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet

] Great firms can be undone by disruptors who analyze and
] exploit an incumbent%u2019s strengths and motivations.
] From Clayton Christensen%u2019s new book Seeing
] What%u2019s Next.

The Innovator's Battle Plan