Bombardier has a prototype named Embrio. What will personal transport look like in 2025? Looks a lot cooler than a Segway!

MobyDock is a Mac-like application dock using DirectX. Interesting!

Chris Hayes talks about how Tablet PCs can be used in sports. Good for player meetings and to illustrate plays. I agree, I just wish I had a better way to illustrate a play progression. I can illustrate a corner kick in soccer, but I think the lines representing player runs can be a bit confusing.

New York Times covers the digital adaptation of liner notes and art that has accompanied music for decades. I will have an entire CD downloaded (pirated) but I will still go out and buy the CD for the artwork and lyrics. Pearl Jam usually thinks outside the jewel case. John Mayer’s site rocks because there are lyrics posted for every song. Too bad it’s in Flash. How long until download sites like Napster and iTunes embed lyrics in their media files?

RecordStoreReview.com reviews music stores in the U.S., Canada, England, Japan and more. Special tilt towards mail order, but good to see Amoeba Records is the third store added to the list.

Ireland now has driving data recorders, similar to an airplane’s black box. It is not mandatory, but there will most likely be a large reward in your insurance premium.

Google has a new Deskbar for Windows users. You can now search from your taskbar and have a small window display the results without opening you Web browser.

Google has supposedly been spidering IRC channels. Source IP is 216.239.45.4.

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby

US raises spectre of conscription by recruiting volunteers for the Selective Service System’s regional boards “to decide which young men are eligible for deferments, postponements or exemption from military service.”