A genetically modified cat? I gotta ask.. Why? Well, I suppose if you are one of those "poor unfortunate souls" who because of allergies is unable to fully experience the whole 'cat' thing.. Like me. Of course, I consider myself 'lucky' not unfortunate.. Never been one for cats. However. Do you still want a cat but are highly allergic? Really, really want a cat? Do you have $3,500 burning a hole in your pocket and a couple of years to wait? Then place your order now for a genetically modified hypoallergenic kitty, fresh from the labs of Allerca. Of course, if you ask me, those 3500 bucks would buy an awful lot of allergy meds instead. :)

Cats... In.. Space!! How does a cat handle zero-g? Well, now you know. Not very happy about it. This is an Air Force video in .mov format.

Jet engine powered cell phones? Could it be? Someday our cell phones, ipods, notebook computers etc could have miniature jet engine on a chip power sources? Someday isn't that far away - New research: silicon combustion chambers capable of burning diesel + teeny-tiny silicon turbines that generate electricity = ultra light power sources that could run for 10+ hours on a diesel fuel cartridge the size of a small battery. Lighter, no 'plug in recharge' restriction. The engine is the size of a postage stamp. Not there aren't drawbacks.. there is a small exhaust and other things.. We could be using these within five years. Read the article for more.

Google Desktop Search Launched! From the 'Bill Gates not happy' department- Google launched their thin client search tool to allow users to search their local machines (it scans office documents, emails and text files) for stuff. Microsoft was improving their local search but wouldn't be released till the long delayed 'Longhorn' version of Windows.
"Microsoft has to be worried,'' said Jupiter Research senior analyst Joe Wilcox. "If Microsoft can do the research and catch up, then anything can happen. ... Microsoft can improve search in two years. But if people are already using Google, it will be hard to get them to change."

Google Print A new service from Google- your search results now can include within the pages of books! Pretty nifty. Of course, this doesn't hurt Google- they now have many many more pages on which to place search result ad placement. ;-) The do allow you to click through to purchase the book and they state they make no profit from the click throughs however.

US outsourcing prayers to India - No, I'm not kidding. With a shortage of Roman Catholic priests allowing only so many hours in the day, something had to give. *sigh*