What has a 800×480 screen, 256MB RAM, a 20GB hard drive, includes WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and Firewire, and runs Windows XP? And oh yeah, and it’s 3.5″ by 5″ and weighs less than a pound?

It’s the OQO Model 01 “ultra personal computer”. It’s about as expensive as a laptop (currently $1899), but melds the idea of a laptop with the idea of a Pocket PC.

Devices like this have been rumored for awhile, and while most reviews thus far haven’t been very promising in terms of performance (it’s only a 1ghz processor) and battery life, my bet is that this idea will catch on like crazy in the next couple of years. Pocket PC functionality is being increasingly added to mobile phones, and that trend will continue. But why can’t I get a Pocket PC with a hard drive? Finally, this device offers something very similar.

The $10 million X-Prize will be awarded… ShaceShipOne took it’s second flight in a week, this time to an altitude of 368,000 feet, breaking the record set in the 60′s by the X-15. (News Story) ShaceShipOne was developed by Scaled Composites, and funded by Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft.

SpaceShipOne is the first non-governmental project into space, and not only did they do it once, they did it twice in less than a week with the same craft. The technology is already being licensed by Virgin Galactic to offer flights to paying customers in 2007, for about $190,000 a trip.

This has been compared to Lindbergh’s flight over the Atlantic to win a $25,000 prize. But I think it’s more like the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk. Sure, we’ve been to space before. But for a handful of engineers to put this together with gliders and a big rocket, is an incredibly impressive human feat, and has signaled the beginning of private space travel.