Los Angeles police will propel a GPS device onto a fleeing car. The device will stick to the car and track its location. That’ll hopefully reduce dangerous high-speed chases.

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Some great ideas on what you can do with your iPod (beside listen to music).

In the four years since its introduction, the iPod has proven to be a versatile little device. Despite a relatively closed architecture, hackers have found their way in. Content creators and software makers put information at your fingertips when you’re on the go. Would-be designers have added to the fashionable stylings of the now-ubiquitous white ear buds. Hardware makers and enthusiasts have augmented the iPod with new add-on gadgets. Here are a few dozen things you can do with your iPod besides listen to music.

[via Digg]

I had the opportunity to meet Newegg’s CEO this past summer — great guy and a great company. Nice article on one of the best retailers on the net.

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Guilty as charged. A good find from Javiso:

This cult has transformed us into an iPod nation without us even knowing it.

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My new favorite for live weather:

Weather Bonk lets you view real time weather information on Google Maps. Information available includes, weather status, temperature, radar overlays and live webcams!

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Digg.com is getting hotter than hot. It’s been excellent for tech news, but I think it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Congrats to Kevin Rose for getting $2.8 million in venture capital funding. From some primo investors too. Can’t do much better than the founder of eBay. Digg.com is now getting 500K daily visitors. Look forward to the digg engine to be used for non-tech news and instant messaging in the near future. I bet the site gets bought out for $50M within 12 months.

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This will make you think twice about leaving your room key when you checkout…

If Peter Wallace’s recent experience with hotel access cards is an indicator, leaving your electronic hotel room key behind when you check out could leave you open to identity theft.

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Some good tips for the new blogger…

“If you take a look at the empty, burned-out shells of abandoned blogs that litter the blogosphere, you can begin to notice common mistakes that set apart the ones that fail in the first seven days.”

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Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, still uses his Yahoo email address on his hompage months after the launch of Google’s GMail email service.

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Ever wonder how people find news so fast!? Check this nice little site out. Very similar to www.dailyrotation.com.

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