ZDNet UK is reporting that there is strong interest in providing WiFi access on train cars throughout the UK. Today, there is already a company rolling out 802.11 access in the stations, but the future may include the rolling stock as well. Frankly, I would appreciate it as an …

Wired has an article on "Smart Dust." The idea is to make machines so small (1 cubic millimeter) that they can be spread like dust and can communicate like motes (see this morning's article about wine motes).

An article from ComputerWorld states that the IEEE committee governing the 802.11g wireless standard (branded Airport Extreme by Apple) has finally reached an agreement on the standard. But, the draft (expected to be approved soon) is not without controversy. The big question is one of "real" (as opposed to …

Two companies talked about icon management software for the Macintosh today. Both use an "iPhoto-type" interface, including single-windows and light-weight categorization. However, only one of them is currently available. Chicken Byte announced IconBox, which is available for download as a demo and retails for $12.85. IconFactory has announced on …

In a story that may redeem some of the people who have made fun of the "Star Wars boy", a story from the Ottawa Citizen (at Canada.com) reports that the campaign to get the kid an Apple iPod for his trouble has turned into a booty of over $4000 …

OK, this is a total fluff story, but The O List now contains the 15GB iPod.

GraphPad, makers of easy to use software for statistical graphing, have released GraphPad Prism 4, a new version of their successful scientific graphing program.

Controversial Gator is under investigation again. This time, it is the venerable Harvard Law School that is stopping to examine the company's tactics. An article from CNET covers the report at a high level. The report contains a number of interesting statistics, technical descriptions, and even some tools for figuring …

Film industry users of Apple's Keynote presentation product will be happy to see that Keynote Pro has released a new theme just for them. Pitchboards is designed to provide users with all they need to present a movie, TV, or video idea.

Articles appearing today in CNET (here) and eWeek (here) give some details about the upcoming 9.0 release of AOL's client for Windows. One quiet replacement was Apple's QuickTime supplanting the Real Network's RealOne player from previous version.

Joining a growing list of companies to offer Voice Over IP telephone services, AOL's Time Warner Cable is starting to offer these services to broadband customers starting Thursday. An article on CNET contains the details.

An article in The Globe And Mail (of Canada) details the use of new Intel miniature sensors (called "motes") to monitor the growth and health of a vineyard in British Columbia. The sensors are a technology co-developed with the Wireless EmBedded Systems group at Berkeley. Using TinyOS, the "motes" communicate …

There is a good interview on Broadband Reports with Jim Baller, an attorney specializing in muni broadband projects. Baller covers a lot of ground with the interviewer, Karl Bode. Everything from the history of the rural power in the United States and its relevance to the issues of broadband in …

I kept hearing good buzz about Bend It Like Beckham, so with Bruce Almighty set to join The Matrix:Reloaded in theaters tomorrow, I decided that I needed to see it before it went to the small theaters. Good choice: this movie is a little gem. Bend It Like Beckham …

CNET reports that the EA is upping the subscription rate of Ultima Online to $13/month from $10/month.

I was reading an blog entry where William Gibson has posted a copy of his speech to the DGA (Director's Guild of America) about music, film, technology and the possible future of mass media and was pleased, although not surprised, to find it hitting the same notes about the future …

An article from Wired tells of a court case where a man convicted of murdering his daughter would like to go free because the police used a GPS device to find the grave of the slain girl. The crux of the case (being taken up by the ACLU, of course …

An article from Wired describes a new coat being designed by a firm in Boston (with the help of an industrial design engineer from MIT) that is designed to give those who attack its female wearers a bit of a shock. Powered by a 9-volt battery, the jacket is made …

This article from the BBC News tells you how James Dyson (inventor of some form of bag-less vacuum sweeper) created a garden water feature that appears to send water uphill. Pretty nifty!

This great site allows you to predict economists' reactions to just about any trend. Well worth the time.