MSN Internet play goes to pot

SEATTLE -- Internet access at portable toilets is coming. The iLoo being developed by the MSN division of Microsoft Corp. in Britain is a standard portable toilet -- a loo to the English -- with a wireless keyboard and height-adjustable plasma screen in front of the seat. There would also be a "Hotmail station" with waterproof keyboard and screen on the outside for those waiting in line.

MSN officials say they're negotiating for the manufacture of toilet paper imprinted with Web addresses that users may not have tried.

"The Internet's so much a part of everyday life now that surfing on the loo was the next natural step," MSN marketing manager Tracy Blacher said.

The device is expected to be in use at festivals this summer in Britain, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Tuesday. There's no word on if, or when, the iLoo will make its way across the pond.