Dash Express won't be here for a few more months, so we haven't officially sighted it yet, but it sounds promising: the first Internet-connected GPS device. When it's installed in your car, it automatically receives updated maps and software over a wireless connection, finds destinations and creates routes.

Unlike standard GPS, Dash is a social application. Dash drivers can share their speeds and locations to create a data base of travel times for various road segments. When a driver requests a route, Dash presents up to three options, with drive-time forecasts based on the collective experience of the other drivers. Since the data base is updated in real time, current road conditions can be taken into account -- the application doesn't assume that there's always one best route from Point A to Point B.