The Technology of Me

Before long we will be able to store entire data centers on a digital watch.
Holographic breakthrough crams in 0.5TB per square inch - vnunet.com

With all of the problems in this world that need to be fixed, it is a comfort to know that someone has invented a programmable soda bottle.
Programmable Beverage Containers

Those of use who are tech savvy know not to use IE because it has more holes than Swiss Cheese. The people that get screwed by all these vulnerabilities are the millions of people who use IE because it is what they know and are not technical enough to know any better.
Computerworld > Microsoft warns of nasty IE bug

Maybe film studios are starting to realize that they have to change their way of doing business to keep up with technology and the way we use it. There will still be a lot of movies downloaded by file sharing. I would be willing to pay for a movie(as long as it is a quality film) that I can download to my PC and wait for the DVD to come in the mail.
CNN.com - Coming soon: Download-to-own films - Mar 23, 2006

I wonder if this really works. I have thrown badly scratched CDs away before, I will try this next time.
Re-surfacing CDs so they work again.

Medical science is making some incredible discoveries lately. These researchers severed optic nerves on some mice the injected a solution containing nano-particles and the nerves regenerated returning vision to the mice. Imagine where this research might lead, repairing stroke damage or healing other brain injury.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nanotech helps blind hamsters see

A class actions lawsuit has been filed against the music industry for price fixing and other illegal practices. They want online music distribution killed but who wants to pay $15 for a CD for 1 or 2 songs?
Class action lawsuit filed against music industry

This gives a new meaning to being a “fly on the wall”.
United Press International - Security & Terrorism - U.S. military plans to make insect cyborgs

First we had the patent issues between RIM and NTP which came close to shutting down Blackberry service. Now we have another patent infringement lawsuit over eBay’s “Buy It Now” feature. Apparently, another company has a patent for buying auction items at a fixed price, even though they haven’t been in the auction business since 2000.
Federal government supports “Buy It Now” patent

What an interesting experiment. This guy wrote letters to 100 companies asking for free stuff and is listing what companies he wrote letters to and the responses he receives. I might have to give this a try.
The $39 Experiment: Asking Random Companies for Free Stuff