When you start a new relationship, you never know when its going to hit the rocks. Amazon and Toys R US were once the dream team. Now look at what's happening. InformationWeek > E-Commerce > Why Amazon Is Suing Toys 'R' Us > June 29, 2004

Is Big Brother here? Check out the new wireless capabilities of the police. There has been concern from day 1 about the possibilities of wireless to track people. The technology is in existence and easy to implement. Just a matter of time. Globetechnology

Here is an interesting article about the message filters of Google’s new Gmail system, which adds targeted advertising messages to incoming e-mails. Apparently, the system still needs some fine-tuning. The New York Times > Technology > Advertising: The Internet Ad You Are About to See Has Already Read Your E-Mail (Free registration required)

Timothy Berners-Lee, the generally acknowledged inventor of the Internet, has received the Millenium Technology Prize of approx 1.7 Million Dollars. This is the first real financial payback he has received from his accomplishment, arguably the greatest single invention of the 20th Century.He had declined to capitalize on his invention commercially from the beginning.The Millennium Technology Prize

The established bricks-based music stores have been watching developments in the sales of music on the web with concern. Like some other types of business in the past, they run the risk that they might be disintermediated by the use of the internet. They've considered going to the internet themselves, but the latest is that they are pulling back and re-thinking. Eventually, they'll have to come up with a new business model and/or strategy. Globetechnology

Microsoft apparently considered the acquisition of Germany’s SAP. Telegraph | Money | Gates flirted with buying German software maker

Micropayments are making a (wireless) comeback. Qualcomm brews tiny transactions | CNET News.com

Those camera phones are not just toys. They could be killer apps! The camera phone's killer app