BMW has a system to keep a constant distance with the vehicle in front of you, but it doesn't steer the wheel: http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/technology_guide/articles/active_cruise_control.html

BT needs disambiguation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT

Acronyms can be confusing, so please explain them before using the acronym.

You can change almost anything in this mouse, except you cannot turn it into a left-handed mouse. This mouse is for right-handed people only.

I'm left handed and I use a left-handed mouse at home. My hand muscles are much more relaxed with my mouse.

I have also tried symmetrical mouses, but I still feel a mouse shaped to the hand you are going to use it is much better.

The link seems slashdoted. This is a google cache link to it:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fDtM1ZPbO5kJ:insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/Kellogg/article/why_broadband_prices_havent_decreased+Shane+Greenstein+broadband+prices+decreased&hl=en&gl=es&strip=1

Summary: the broadband industry regulates itself, thus prices remain high.

I myself own a Nokia N97. Its hardware is very well constructed, solid, nice touch, good camera, but it's software is damn slow and buggy, mainly because it's based in Symbian. I'd say Nokia should focus much more in software development rather than hardware if they want to succeed. So this joint venture with Intel is not going to change anything in the marketplace, as Nokia's hardware is good enough now.

I think this Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication of home appliances would better use PLC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication instead of wireless for communicating. All of these appliances already need a power plug, so no extra cables are needed. And the wireless communication can be really bad in some houses with thick walls.

If drugs become targeted to certain DNA profiles, wouldn't it be likely that medical centers ask you to let them keep records of your DNA? Well, may be not your complete DNA, but certain genes. I wonder what could happen if such records go to the "wrong" hands, as health insurance companies.

I just found a video of a skiin robot on youtube dated 2008 from the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNWh9DuF3hw

It may be an strategic choice from MS. Preventing people from use other filesystems will lock you to Windows. In the other hand, releasing a development kit to users for free (as in beer) would help them increase the user base, and thus selling more Windows copies. A better explanation here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html

first we should stop selling them weapons.

The UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/ has had for some time initiatives like http://www.astronomicalheritage.org/ to promote and/or protect dark night skies.

The big drawback I can see is that anyone will get a speeding ticket anymore. The government would not receive any income from that. They may limit your engine though a bit higher than the actual speed limit so they can still fine you.

so 5 seconds after you send an email you start regenerating mana.

video cards don't save human lives.