The new HP 6315 smart phone and wireless PDA works on both cellphone and Wi-Fi networks.

Specs include:
64MB RAM; 64MB ROM
240×320 pixels 16-bit color display
640×480 pixels VGA Camera
Texas Instruments OMAP™ 1510 @ 200 MHz
Microsoft® Windows® Mobile™ 2003 for Pocket PC operating system
Seems to be the 1st handheld to offer 3-way voice and data capabilities over [...]

The Navitus from Sony is a Linux-based multi-function remote with 32MB of RAM, a 200MHz processor, USB interface and a Memory Stick® media slot.

Controls up to 18 different devices; has a customizable 65K color LCD Screen; backlit buttons; supports up to 33 macro functions…This thing is more powerful than some PDA’s!

The RAZR V3 is a new flip phone from Motorola. The V3 will be one of the thinnest (less than 14 mm) phones on the market. It weighs less than 100g, and has almost no ABS, as the case is made entirely of aluminum.

Quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)
Bluetooth
MPEG4 Video Playback
VGA Camera, max 640 x 480 resolution
5MB [...]

By Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Software maker Skype has begun selling a service that lets Net phone users call traditional telephones anywhere in the world.
Customers of SkypeOut, as the service is called, download free software and then create an account with $12, $30 or $62 worth of voice minutes. The accounts are charged [...]

By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Apple Computer and Motorola announced a deal Monday that will let customers of the iTunes music store transfer songs onto the next generation of MP3-enabled phones from the handset maker.
Under the agreement, Apple will create a new version of its iTunes software for cell phones. The software will [...]

By Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Handset maker Motorola on Monday introduced a new phone that it says will switch calls seamlessly between cellular services and wireless Internet networks, potentially offering business customers big savings if the technology works as promised.
A representative said the CN620 Wi-Fi cell phone is expected to be commercially available [...]

Last month, as part of operation Northern Edge, the U.S. military set up some GPS jamming equipment in Alaska, in order to test the efficacy of some new anti-jamming equipment. The motivation for such a test is, of course, is that militants and others can easily jam or interfere with such weak signals, therby rendering [...]

McMaster-Carr publishes an on-line catalog with an astonishing 410,000 products. While most of these are industrial / manufacturing types of items, there are some gadgets included.

NASA and Warp Drive in the same sentence?? At first I couldn’t believe it, but apparently, Yes…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration IS WAS reviewing the potential of Warp Drives and Wormholes as part of its Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BPP) Project.

The BPP Project is charged with discovering new methods to power spacecraft, including such [...]

The Birth of Plenty is a new book on economics by Dr. William J. Bernstein.
The book is an inquiry into how prosperity gets created. He states that for countries to become wealthy, four factors must be satisfied:
1. Property rights for individuals.
2. Belief in the scientific method.
3. Free flow of capital.
4. Good roads and communications.
Sounds [...]