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How to monopolize the new network is a paper by David S. Isenberg on the future of telecommunications. Interesting if you're into this sort of thing. Giant fibre to the home monopoly vs. David P. Reed style wireless mesh network.
Toshiba shows off a fuel cell prototype they say will be commercialized next year.
Yes, this is exactly what it sounds like, and as I understand it this is really going to happen. We're talking very small volumes of fuel - like you could carry around a refill in something the size of a pen. Sure would be nice to break the recharging cycle.
Lots of noise in the press today speculating on a possible Apple on line music service. Here's a San Jose Mercury News article. Here's a potentially interesting anonymous comment from a December 2002 thread on slashdot.
I'm not exactly doubting it, but let's just wait and see what happens.