Apple and Volkswagen are doing a promotion this summer wherein new Beetle owners get a new iPod with the car (along with an accessory kit to mate the two). The commercial is very cool.

It's only available via the "premium download", but for $5.95, not bad. For those who have been hiding under a rock, America's Army is the world's leading online advertisement for military service.

Jeff Goldblum's voice is back for the new G5 commercial, now available online via QuickTime.

CNet reports that Cisco has confirmed previous reports that there is a flaw in Cisco's IOS software that can result in denial of service through routers running the software. It appears that there is a sequence of packets that causes the router to believe that its queues are full and …

An article from BBC News this morning indicates that researches in the US have determined that so-called "male menopause" is not due to hormonal changes, but is instead due to unhealthy habits, such as too much drinking, or perhaps just laziness. Professor John McKinlay, of the New England Research Institutes …

In a move that appears specifically targeted at Lexmark and their chip-enabled anti-refill technology, the North Carolina Senate has approved a law that would allow everyone in the state to refill any printer cartridge, regardless of any agreement to the contrary in the purchase agreement. An article from the Herald …

It's not the whole case, but CNet reports that Microsoft has lost an important ruling in the case brought against it by small software and technology company InterTrust Technologies. The case involves the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology and patents currently held by InterTrust. The company has a …

At MacWorld earlier this week, Apple announced a program whereby users of Adobe's Premier can get a copy of Final Cut Express from Apple in exchange for their original disks. The disks can alternately be used for a $500 discount off of the price of Final Cut Pro (also from …

Apple's stock was up in after-market trading after the company announced that they had earned a profit on increased revenues of 1.55B in the last quarter. Although still much smaller than the Microsoft Windows market (Apple is number 7 in personal computer sales), the showing was strong enough to …

An article in the Scotsman describes the planned slaughter this week of about 3,000 genetically modified (GM) sheep from the firm that cloned Dolly. The sheep were being used by PPL Therapeutics to test AAT, a drug intended to slow the progress of diseases such as hereditary emphysema and …

According to an article from BBC News, the British Wind Energy Association is shooting to produce half of the UK's "clean power" target using wind turbines. Earlier this week, the British government announced that they were opening up three off-shore areas for new wind turbine farms that could help in …

AOL is going to be launching a new service to customers called AOL Journals that will provide features that allow users to easily create a web log, otherwise known as a blog. According to an article in the Washington Post, the company will not release the service until later this …

In May of 2002, I sold my 15" PowerBook to a lady named Jenny Hedley (a transplanted Californian living in New Zealand at the time). She had purchased it to work on a surf film "by women and for women." I emailed back and forth with her over a couple …

With the announcement by Apple that they have sold approximately 6.5 million songs and are basically break-even in their new music service yesterday during their quarterly conference call, many people are announcing their intention to follow Apple's lead and compete with it. An article from Australian IT discusses EMI's …

The New York Times has an article about the reasons that kids like to watch the same film repeatedly and what effect it may have. On balance, they think it isn't harmful and may even be good for them. Of course, they're not talking about letting your two year old …

An article from CNet discusses a recent drop in Netratings traffic ratings for file sharing services (down about 15% since the end of June). It's an interesting (and provocative) theory, but I'm not sure I agree with it. With the beginning of summer, you see fewer college students, and there …

Apple has released Security Update 07-14-2003 (available through Software Update) which fixes a problem associated with security and the screensaver on OS X. The patch is available as a free download. So much for the complaints about Apple not responding quickly to security issues.

According to an article from Wired, a Pentagon program that provides online voting in general elections will be increased from the pilot levels in 2000 of 86 users to over 100,000 voters in 2004. The plan is to allow serving troops and ex-patriots to vote using a "secure" system …

An article in the Washington Post indicated that staff in the Metro's planning and architecture group will be cut over the next six years to 10% of its current level. You read that right, not cut by 10%, but cut to 10%. It appears that plans to expand the public …

The US Senate has likely dealt a death blow to the TIA (Total Information Awareness, ahem, Terrorist Information Awareness) program sponsored by former Iran-Contra figure John Poindexter, according to an article on Wired. The Senate has inserted language into the 2004 pending defense appropriations bill explicitly restricting funds from being …