Verticality

I seriously want one of these, even if just for the novelty factor - a vertical keyboard: Apparently being able to touch type helps when you're trying to use the keyboard, but should you forget where some of the keys are, there are two wing mirrors to allow you to see the keys. And while we're on the subject of things I want, Synapse is a media player with a 'central intelligence system' called the Brain.

The Brain is the central intelligence of Synapse. When you use Synapse, it learns. When you play songs, it learns. It learns what you like and it knows exactly how likely -- to the hundredth of a percent -- you are to play those songs. It learns your style from you. There is no master database anywhere telling it to play two rock songs one after other. It knows to do that because you did it. And if you never played two rocks songs together, it wouldn't either, which alone beats any other product available today.

You can also download the Brain as a Winamp plugin. If I get the time (looking increasingly less likely at the moment, seeing as I've just realised that I'll have finished all my A-level exams in two months' time and therefore have some serious revision to do) I'll report on how effective it is.

And my, aren't we mature:

American Secretary of State Colin Powell has said France will suffer consequences for having opposed the US over the war with Iraq. He said the US would be reviewing all aspects of its relations with France in light of its decision to veto any UN Security Council resolution authorising war against Iraq.

Conclusion: America's a democracy; the world is not and instead bows to America.