“His Wi-Fi sneakers light up to indicate signal strength whenever you walk near a zone.”http://joshspear.com/item/wi-fi-sneakers/?rss

eBay is not going through the happiest of times. Not only has it found it necessary to make 1000 people %u2013 10% of its workforce %u2013 redundant, it has had to own up to a serious breach of trust with its Internet telephony program, Skype.http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/why-ebay-should-open-source-skype

Want an ultra-portable touchscreen tablet mac? Don’t look to Cupertino for this one; the closest thing you can get your hands today, for a reasonable price at least, is a Gigabyte M912x netbook running the Mac OS X 10.5.5.http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/08/tablet-mac-mac-os-x-on-the-touchscreen-gigabyte-m912x-netbook/

Every year, every major Linux development, every major distribution release sparks a volley of so-called expert opinion of this being finally the year of the Linux.http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/10/08/linux-for-the-masses-are-we-there-yet/

These free programs will pimp up the abilities of your Windows Mobile.http://www.filibo.com/2008/10/6-must-have-applications-for-windows.html

Unlike so many other pie-in-the-sky tech masturbation fantasies masquerading as projects that’ll see the light of day, Terrafugia’s Transition flying car amazingly looks like it really will go on sale next year, as its creators claimed three years ago. Gregory Mone from Pop Sci even got to sit in the $194,000 car, which is basically […]

Apple has patented the OS X Dock, nearly a decade after the operating system made its public debut with a new slant on the taskbar.The late arrival isn’t due to a lack of initiative, however. Apple applied for the patent December 20, 1999, and it was approved by the US Patent Office only yesterday.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/08/apple_patents_osx_dock/

It wasn’t a contentious topic at last night’s presidential debate, but network neutrality is the hot-button issue on the mind of PM’s senior tech editor. He explores the candidates’ stands on the issue in a Geek the Vote edition of his biweekly trends column.http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4286547.html

Just over 12 months since one of Romania’s most popular BitTorrent trackers was raided by the police, Torrentbits.ro is suffering more problems. Customers of one of Romania’s largest ISPs, UPC, can no longer access the site.http://torrentfreak.com/major-romanian-isp-blocks-bittorrent-site-081008/

Search Engine Land has confirmed with Google a rumor that’s been floating around the web lately…http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/finally_google_to_offer_rss_fe.php