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New Page 1 Subscribers to the XM satellite radio service typically pay $9.99 per month for access to over 100 digital music stations. Most customers of the service utilize units installed in their vehicle or small portable radio devices. Several months ago XM began offering a device to install in your computer that would allow you to listen to the service. Along comes a third party software provider which allowed these PCR devices to download and store the songs. The discontinuation of this device comes amid the battle of copyright infringement spearheaded by the recording industry. The PCR that originally sold for around $50 is now fetching a premium on ebay with some bids going as high as $350. XM

The Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities submitted a report to Congress yesterday showing that Peer-to-Peer filesharing traffic on campus networks has dropped over the last year; in some cases by as much as 50%. Likely factors contributing to the decline include a growing number of universities making deals with "legitimate" online music services such as the now industry-friendly Napster and Apple's iTunes Music Store, as well as over 150 cases of students being sued for copyright infringement.

Here's proof that GA airports really are small communities and that the "residents" know when something is amiss. On Wednesday, this led to the nabbing of some suspicious characters at St. Louis Downtown Airport. It all started when a man telephoned an FBO (Fixed based operator) not far from the Gateway Arch and asked about chartering a helicopter. About an hour later, two men walked into the FBO, pulled out cash to pay for the flight, and presented driver's licenses from two different states as ID. Office staff noticed their car was registered in a third state and called the FBI and local police. FBO workers stalled the two suspects until the authorities arrived. After a little time behind bars,

Toyota's Telematic, Telepathic "POD" Smiles, Cries And Wags Its Tail... http://www.toyotaoffroad.com/Articles/Toyota/POD/toyota_pod.htm

I was perusing our message forum and came across a post with a link that took me to "The Mini-Mizer". This is a place where you can create yourself, or someone you know, as a Lego Man. The sight is not sanctioned or sponsored by Lego, just a guy that has a lot of time on his hands. :-) I found humor in it and shared it with some of the people here in the office...it was a big hit. Hopefully you will enjoy it too. http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/index.html