Vladimir Putin has long pushed for GLONASS, a national GPS system in Russia. Reuters reports that the system had it’s first launch yesterday, in the form of a collar around Putin’s prized pup Koni. Now he’ll be able to track the adorable labrador if she accidentally ends in a Siberian prison camp, or even worse, at a Gorky Park concert. According to Putin, "She’s wagging her tail, she likes it."

The GLONASS system has faced numerous delays, having supposed to be fully operational early in the year. Still, this is a good sign that the system could be just about ready for a public unveiling. No word on if Putin plans on sending his dog into space like that other famous Russian mutt.

In other news, GLONASS is probably the worst acronym for anything ever made. It sounds like a disease where symptoms would include whooping cough and a runny discharge.

Ipod finally got some much needed attention:  Apple just announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod touch. Cool little additions if your looking to buy a new ipod touch, but for all you who rushed into getting one, you’ll have to fork over a bank-breaking $20 bucks!

wow. In a crazy turn of events the founder of Wikipedia is going up against the Internet search giant Google, in an all out 12 round match for Internet supremacy. This is awesome, and it’s all over the geek news tubes so I don’t want to sound redundant.

I love competition for my attention.