] Microsoft is expected to unveil copy-protection software
] this summer that will for the first time give portable
] digital music players access to tunes rented via
] all-you-can-eat subscription services--a development that
] some industry executives believe will shake up the online
] music business.

Why does this sound doubtfull?

Microsoft's iPod killer? | CNET News.com

With a 400Mhz RISC processor the USB 2.0 and FireWire handheld runs on the new Mac OS Portable OS. Basically, a stripped down version with PDA and Video functionality intended primarily for Video recording and playback, instant messaging, web browsing, email and address book.

Wow. All they need to do is make it a cell phone too.

Apple Announces the PowerPod : Handhelds : MobileMag

Wired News says two US draft bills are proposing increasing penalties and lowering the burden of proof against the users of file sharing networks. One would allow the US DoJ to take civil action against file sharers on behalf of copyright holders - a fundamental change to the way copyright enforcement works. Senator Orrin Hatch describes peer-to-peer networks as a pornographic conspiracy that uses children as "human shields". Both bills are sponsored by Senators who have received large donations from the entertainment industry.

vigilant.tv - US preparing bills to criminalize P2P

BT Group and Yahoo have teamed up to create a service in the United Kingdom that will provide voice over Internet Protocol calling from an instant-messaging client to any telephone in the world.

Sounds cool.

BT, Yahoo mix VoIP with messaging | CNET News.com

Japanese car maker Toyota is resolutely determined not to be outdone in developing the world's most pointless novelty robot.

Japanese unveil trumpet-playing robot

] Move over Bionic Man and make room for BLEEX the
] Berkeley Lower Extremities Exoskeleton, with strap-on
] robotic legs designed to turn an ordinary human into a
] super strider.
]
] Ultimately intended to help people like soldiers or
] firefighters carry heavy loads for long distances, these
] boots are made for marching.
]
] "The design of this exoskeleton really benefits from
] human intellect and the strength of the machine," says
] Homayoon Kazerooni, who directs the Robotics and Human
] Engineering Laboratory at the University of
] California-Berkeley.
]
] The exoskeleton consists of a pair of mechanical metal
] leg braces that include a power unit and a backpack-like
] frame. The braces are attached to a modified pair of Army
] boots and are also connected, although less rigidly, to
] the user's legs.
]
] More than 40 sensors and hydraulic mechanisms function
] like a human nervous system, constantly calculating how
] to distribute the weight being borne and create a minimal
] load for the wearer.

USATODAY.com - Robotic legs could produce an army of super troopers

Eventually the software will let people publish some or all of the information they collect to the web to let them create their own biographical blog.

Be your own Big Brother.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Log your life via your phone

] How the FBI eavesdrops on Internet phone calls (and why
] it sometimes can't).

Can They Hear You Now? - How the FBI eavesdrops on Internet phone calls (and why it sometimes can't). By David S. Bennahum

"only the Polytron reduces an entire mouse to a soup-like homogenate in 30 seconds."

the Polytron

Usefull reference. About everything you need to know about DVD. It's really not very exciting.

DVD FAQ