I Bet It'll Even Do Windows Too

Everyone who has read me, or spoen to me, knows that I think the iPod is the tool of the Devil. Or some other malevolent evil being, like Condi. Whatever. The point is it's frightening how this tiny little device has become so invasive in our lives, to the extent that you wouldn't be caught dead without one.

Which is a nice segueway into this article I found, where an iPod was used to identify a crime victim. An iPod. It's nice that it was done, but I fear for the day when all of our info will be embedded in one of these, with a built-in GPS tracker.

SAN FRANCISCO -- An Apple iPod music player has helped identify a San Francisco woman who was the victim of an apparent hit-and-run in the Presidio.

Park police say 27-year-old Ashlyn Dyer was jogging early Thursday morning when she was apparently struck and thrown off the side of the road. A park employee discovered her.

Investigators took her iPod to the Apple store in San Francisco, which in turn contacted the company's headquarters and helped use identifying information on the device to determine just who Dyer was.

Dyer remained hospitalized in critical condition, Friday.