TechWeb suggests that the number of new cell phones may hit 650 million, next year. That’s statistically more then one new cell phone for every ten people on the planet.

Despite its recent court defeat, Mp3.com says they’ll be returning to operation. The story at Austin360.

ZDNet is reporting that XML is making headway in the computer industry. The eXtensible Markup Language is a multipurpose language and even we use it.

CNet reports that KMart and WalMart are cracking down on violent video games.

ZDNet tells us that two odour companies have merged. Not to be confused with perfume, these companies seek to build hardware that can eminate and/or interpret smells.

Increasingly, hardware companies are moving to wireless network, reports ZDNet.

NWFusion is covering a story about the US military’s use of wearable computers on ground-troops, and wireless networks in the air. The digital army is to be tested in a mock battle.

LinuxToday cautions us all that Python 1.6 is incompatible with the GPL.

Santa Cruz Operation will lay off 190 people and take a $5 million to $6 million charge this quarter as part of its sale of Unix operating system software and services to Linux company Caldera Systems.
The layoffs, 19 percent of the company’s work force, will occur in the parts of the business being transferred to Caldera, SCO said. CNet has the story.

Song-swap company Napster Inc., which is being sued for copyright infringement by the recording industry, attempted to distance itself Thursday from a federal judge’s strong ruling against MP3.com Inc, according to a story by Reuters.