Saying I love you

Talking fauna is a common thing, i.e. the irritably chirpy Furby. Chatting flora, however, are a rare sight since they are probably too busy suntanning and gasping for CO2. Say talking flowers and we are reminded of the man-hungry Audrey II from the Little Shop of Horrors. Surely not?! But if you want to romance that girl engineer from the microchip department, you might do well with a blooming big blossom from Wicksteed called Tot Spot. Viva la verdant, we say. More info here

Ogle this, Osim

iPods are for people who like to move and we don’t just mean reaching for the remote. In our expert opinion, for professional couch potatoes like us, scrolling though a gazillion song titles can be hazardous for our fragile popcorn-grabbing paws. You need like a US$999 iJoy massage chair that can cradle both your iPod and your head, while gently kneading your achingly sore gluteus for another Matrix movie marathon. More info here

Lexar JumpDrive Mercury

With thumbdrives getting larger in capacity, Lexar's built-in capacity meter is one sweet idea. At a glance, you'll know right away just how much free space is left even when it's unplugged. The display, created by E Ink Corp, is paper-thin and shatter-proof; which is good news for those of us who chuck our thumbdrives with our keys and lose change.

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Price: N.A.
Availability: More info from press release
Device: Thumbdrive
Basic specs: 1GB and 2GB capacities

BlackBerry service to shut down?

According to recent news reports, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Research In Motion to review a patent infringement ruling against the company. Many industry observers believe that this rejection could lead to a wide-scale shutdown of the BlackBerry mobile email service.

However, it seems that the BlackBerry users outside of the U.S. have nothing to worry about as the injunction against RIM will only affect its U.S. customers. A statement issued by StarHub confirms that "the case has no relevance outside the USA, including any effect on StarHub's BlackBerry service or customer in Singapore". RIM has also annnounced that in the event of an injunction, it "has prepared software workarounds designs which it intends to implement if necessary to maintain the operation of BlackBerry services in the United States without customer service interuption". More details are expected soon.

Ridata USB DVB-T Tuner

Digital TV on your notebook or desktop PC? With Ridata's USB Stick DVB-T Tuner TA T100, showcased at CES 2006, users possibly have the first sweet solution to catching DTV on their portable. Unfortunately, the tuner supports the DVC protocol ETS 300 744, which just happens to be available only in Europe, Australia and Taiwan. Great. Still, that doesn't mean the rest of Asia can't look and drool.

Price: About US$60
Availability: US, soon
Device: USB DTV tuner
Basic specs: N.A.

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