Sitting in yet another laboratory class writing demeaningly simple programs, my mouse wanders off in search of news.

First up, from Slashdot, comes word of an interesting roundup of bluetooth headsets. I look forward to the day when I can buy a wireless mobile phone hands-free kit for right side of $100 dollars.

Perhaps more notably, Friedman J has ordered online auction site eBay to pay USD $29.5 million in damages for patent infringement. The plaintiff, a Virginian inventor named Thomas Woolston, claimed that eBay's continued use of their "innovative" 'Buy It Now' option would cause irreparable harm to his company. Though he failed to demonstrate harm, the jury found that the defendant's breach was wilful - meaning that Friedman J could have tripled the plaintiff's damages.

That's all for now. I must return to the drudgery of canned computations.