A German mother and her boyfriend caught some serious heat when they posted the woman’s 8 year old daughter for sale on eBay. Nearly 100 people clicked on the girl’s picture, but we can’t decide what is worse, the fact that the mother thought it was a rip-snorting joke, or that the highest bid was only 25.50 Euros.

We covered this a few months ago, but apparently the pracitce is spreading to England. Here’s what Reuters said, “‘Toothing” is a new craze where strangers on trains, buses, in bars and even supermarkets hook up for illicit meetings using messages sent via the latest in phone technology. Toothing is a form of anonymous sex with strangers — usually on some form of transport or enclosed area such as a conference or training seminar,’ says the “Beginner’s Guide To Toothing” on a Web site dedicated to the pursuit. It is made possible by Bluetooth technology which allows users to send phone contacts, pictures and messages to other Bluetooth-enabled equipment over a range of about 10 meters (yards).”

Wired News has a great piece on a technology developed by Marty Cooper (father of the first cell phone) called iBurst. It is 100 times faster than a cellular connection, and works up to five miles away from a base station. Broadband One Networks is doing a trial in the San Diego area. If it works, the company plans to roll out the service nationwide.

Move Over iPod Dept: Thankfully this device is only available in Korea, but it does look like that the MP3 player is starting to morph into other music-related devices, in this case a sing-along Karaoke machine.

With the M-Bird, now everwhere you are is an instant Karaoke bar, and that is a scary prospect indeed. Reminds of the old Mr. Radio from Ronco.

It’s office, the iPod is now outselling the Mac. Apple sold 807,000 iPods this quarter alone - a 900% increase from the year before.

Steve Jobs claims that the iPod has now captured 40% of the MP3 market.

According to the Associated Press: “Amazon’s A9.com Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based subsidiary, was released in test mode Wednesday but will compete for clicks not only with Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc and others, when it launches its own search technology later this year. Like its competitors, A9.com offers both a Web site and an Internet Explorer toolbar from which users can enter search terms and block annoying pop-up ads.”

Our question: what does the 9 in A9 mean? Where they will rank?
>>>Try the sneak preview of A9 here!

You’ve Got a Virus Dept: AOL employees were duped by a virus allegedly from the HR Department telling them they qualified for a raise. The message gave instructions on filling out at attached form and returning to HR no later than April 6th. Cash-hungry staffers clicked on the attachment and it caused instant pandemonium.

Next on the USB block is a scale that will store information about your fat levels and historical weight over time, and then upload the info to a PC for even more charting and data manipulation.

Don’t you think this cries out for a WiFi interface so you don’t have to haul the thing to your PC every few days, and maybe a voice prompt telling you that things are dangerously out of control?