There is an interesting story on The Register about how Windows 2000 has been Microsoft’s most successful failure.

For the traveller comes this… It is GPS Airtrack. It shows forward and bottom views of the aircraft flight on the video screen in the cabin of commercial aircraft, as well as computer generated models for night time viewing.

On the Legal Front, The US Supreme Court have refused to hear a case involving Lexmark. This is great news. It means that it is legal in the USA to make compatible printer cartriges even if the manufacturer does not want you to. More information is available on slashdot.org

These Free Spirit Spheres look so cool. The are effectively spherical tree houses… I can just imagine a restraunt of these in the Daintree or something – I can just imagine how romantic such a place would be. They have another treehouse here