Topeak Bikamper

Now if Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal had one in Brokeback Mountain, they could have explained why they were shacking up in each other's laps; this being made to house just one happy camper. Overall, the Bikamper is a truly cool convergence concept. When not mobile, the bike frame and front wheel double as poles that hold up your tent which itself sports three mesh windows and a starlight porthole. Bike, unfortunately, not included.

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Price: About US$300
Availability: Topeak
Device: Instant tent
Basic specs: 1.63kg, canopy, fly and floor constructed of fully waterproofed 45D ripstop nylon or 70D ripstop/ taffeta nylon, fly, stuff sack, front fork anchor, stakes, cords and accessory bag included, internal hang loops

The rebirth of Atlas Hi Fi

Atlas Hi Fi has announced an overhaul of the company's branding and operations, rebranding itself as Atlas Sound & Vision. Its first "Atlas Experience" showroom also sees the "Atlas Professional" branding for its consumer and corporate services.

The new flagship showroom over at Singapore's Millenia Walk boasts four sizable demonstration rooms equipped with the latest Accuphase, Bose and Loewe audio/visual (A/V) offerings. Each room simulates the interior and exterior of a modern home, designed for recreating an accurate acoustic and lighting environment ideal for an authentic audition experience.

Targeted at individuals and corporate customers with a discerning quest for premium entertainment, its team of specialized audiovisual consultants are on hand to offer tailored and optimal A/V solutions for both the home and business environments.

More images of the Millenia Walk showroom:

Looking for love online

We have no statistics and we're probably speculating, but chances are you're more likely to get sued in the land of freedom than in a traditional Asian society. That's what happened to Google's popular image search function when a federal judge ruled that the small thumbnail versions pulled from other Web sites during an image search was likely to violate US copyright law.

So in the, ahem, interest of checking this out for our readers, we did search of Perfect 10 using Google's image search. Even with the SafeSearch turned off and after clicking through the first 20 pages of search results, we didn't find that many exposed pictures, much less nude photos. However, we can't say the same if the search string was changed to "beautiful natural women".

In this unusual tussle between an adult Web site and a prominent Internet firm, the Los Angeles judge said he would award Perfect 10 a preliminary injunction against Google. Both parties have till March 8 to propose the injunction wording. This apparently isn't the first copyright lawsuit Google is facing as reported by Declan McCullagh, a staff writer from CNET News.com.

The full report can be found here.

Smart TV is coming your way

Couch potatoes rejoice! The renowned TiVo-style settop boxes are finally finding their ways to the Lion City. StarHub will be initiating a 500 subscriber-strong soft launch in March, followed by a full commercial rollout of its new Smart TV service scheduled for the second quarter of this year.

Enabling the two-way interactive experience is a new settop box with built-in DVR and cable modem functionalities. Users can expect exciting features such as 60-hour recording stamina, instant replay of "live" programs, second channel recording and parental lock. Not forgeting a user-friendly electronic program guide for easy recording.

That’s not all. Upcoming new features include concurrent multiple program recording, online chat, near-video-on-demand capability, SMS and email support. The monthly subscription fee for Smart TV will be offered at S$5 (US$3.68) per month, excluding separate charges for the DVR-enabled settop box.
More info here

Apple's next big thing

The Apple machine is revving up again. Once again, it's crunch time as the Cupertine team posts teasers to the press on the launch of mysterious, "fun" products. The date: February 28.

Will we be seeing new iPods? Can it be that the "fun" products will include a smart phone or even a table PC? According to Jasmine France from our sister site CNET.com, people are hoping for a new iPod but think it will end up being a PDA or new iBook, perhaps with table functionability.

As usual, Apple's keeping mum with the media. Only this time, instead of hinting at which product it will be targeting, the company has gone even more mysterious by just displaying a picture of a calendar with the date Feb. 28 on the invite and the line: "Come see some fun, new products from Apple."

What we do know is that the MNC has filed a patent for a touch-screen interface for the iPod. So that has at least fueled conjecture that a sixth-gen music player may be in the works.

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