TECH BUZZ: Chrysler has announced that they will be including internet access in their cars beginning this year. In an attempt to seem relevant and lure younger drivers, Chrysler is adding a system called UConnect that will allow everyone in the car to check e-mail, download music, play games and upload photos from an SD card directly to Flickr. If cell phones made car phones obsolete, then with the development of hand-held technology - is this really necessary?

The Best Links:

1. “Chrysler Plans In-Car Web Access This Year “
2. The Information Superhighway Comes to the Highway-Highway
3. “Chrysler adding wifi, data to ho-hum ‘09 fleet”
4. Chrysler’s New WiFi Auto
5. In Car WiFi: Chrysler Turns Radios into Internet Ports
6. “Chrysler to Offer In-car Internet Connectivity, Other Tech ‘firsts’ in ‘09 Models “
7. “Do We Need In-Car WiFi? “
8. “Chrysler to Offer In-Car Internet This Year”

TECH BUZZ: A compact wi-fi device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web and acts like an internet-enabled alarm clock. It comes with a little octopus charm! It’s definitely not something you need, but just think about how you can marvel at its cuteness every morning when you wake up.

The Best Links:

1. Chumby Official Site
2. Watch My Chumbag Review
3. It’s so adorable, squeezable, and cuddly!
4. A Very Thorough Chumby Review with Hot Pics
5. Hands-on with the Chumby
6. It’s As if Your Alarm Clock Were a Cute Little Widget
7. What is a Chumby? on Wikipedia

TECH BUZZ: Built-in Wi-Fi detectors are popping up on watches, bags, pens, T-Shirts and even sneakers. As much as I am ready to embrace my inner geek, I think I am going to hold out for the Wi-Fi sniffing platform gladiator sandals.

The Best Links:

1. Wi-Fi Sneakers A Step in the Right Direction
2. “Sneakers Get Smelly in New Way, as Wi-Fi Sniffers”
3. T-Shirt Detects Wi-Fi
4. Wi-Fi Sniffing Sneakers
5. “Wi-Fi Detecting Watch, The Broadband Sniffer for Your Wrist”
6. “Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, Self-Detects Geeks”
7. A Step in the Right Direction Official Page
8. Wi-Finder Bags