iPods and other car-to-car technologies

That's an interesting story, Meredith, with some laugh-out-loud quotes. What car-radio frequency do you use locally for your iPod? Since Hurricane Katrina, oddly, I've had trouble getting the factory-set frequency to work. Some distant station is competing with the iPod signal.

I don't remember the details, but I recently read a wire story about university researchers testing a system in which networked cars would exchange information about traffic conditions and advise drivers of alternate routes, thus alleviating congestion. I agree with Doctorow, though, that music-sharing is a sexier "killer app" for networked cars.