Save the Planet by Surfing the Web, 'Green' Websites Promise (Wired)

On the internet, anyone can be an environmentalist. All you have to do, is, well, nothing. A number of "green" internet businesses promise users they can help save the planet by doing little more than surfing the right websites.

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Are driverless pods the future? (BBC NEWS)

There are no drivers, no rails, no timetables and no emissions. But, most importantly for passengers, there are no queues.

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Lodestone exhibits electric phase-switching ability at -250F (TG Daily)

An ancient magnetic mineral called lodestone is proving somewhat baffling to modern scientists. By using a new generation of nano-tools, researchers have been able to un-earth a new ability that could have applications in mass storage or computer memory.

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Online office suites barely register with public, says study; that may change as they mature (Ars Technica)

A new study says web-based productivity software is going nowhere fast. Judging from the industry's infancy and successes so far, however, these suites may just need a little more time to take off.

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Software as a Service: Collaboration and Productivity Apps Rising in 2008 (CIO.com)

More than a third of small and large businesses will adopt software as a service (Saas) into their technology portfolio during the next year to help bolster activities such as project management and internal collaboration, according to report by THINKstrategies and the Cutter Consortium.

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