According to Reuters, NorWest Airlines (Also known as NorWorst Airlines), are going to charge $15 if a user wants to be sure that they get an aisle seats. It had to be NorWest airlines. This is an airline that will cancel flights because of a huricane 1000 miles away… Think that this is the only US airline doing these types of things? American Airlines and Delta got rid of pillows on their domestic flights last year. And most airlines have stopped free meals for flights under three or four hours.

Amazon.COM have released a WebService that provides HDD space for the price of only US$0.15 per GByte per Month. This is an interesting service. For about US$2 per year you can have remote backups, or a secure area on the net where you can store your database…

Lastly, DefenseTech is reporting on some of the politics and technologies with Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and Afganastan. Many of these devices are actually based on cellphones and with limited external hardware being used to explode an attached bomb when someone calls the phone. The bomber had better hope that they do not accidently have someone ring them when they are installing the bomb…