Talk about a play on words – the Leaf-it-at-home plant pot lights will definitely light up your home (in specific your garden), coming in ambient hues of red, orange, lime, pink, white and grey with a couple of sizes to choose from. Each purchase will come with integrated potential plugs, making it a viable alternative to other garden lighting arrangements. Unfortunately, these won’t come too cheap as they retail anywhere amoung £100 and £230 a pop.

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Yet again the Japanese have it good – that date with Nintendo checking a new wireless notes distribution service via DS Lites. that is made possible with Nintendo teaming up with NTT DoCoMo as well as McDonald’s in the Land of the Rising Sun, allowing DS users to download knowledge on sales campaigns as well as McDonald’s products. Demo games will additionally be available for download from Nintendo there, along with knowledge for download on train transfers, restaurants, the weather and other news at 20 train stations on the Tsukuba Express line. The trial run of that analysis will end three days after Christmas. I wonder whether that service will be made available outside of Japan or not in the near future.

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Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube could mean the end of social networking as we know it, Google has told a U.S. court.

Google, which owns YouTube, said making carriers and hosting providers liable for Net communications “threatens the way hundreds of millions of folks legitimately exchange data, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression.”

Viacom, the entertainment titan that owns Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, and other entertainment properties, is suing YouTube for the posting of some 160,000 unauthorized video clips.

A Digital-Age Boxing Match

In a statement in conjunction with filing its $1 billion federal copyright lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Viacom called YouTube a “significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others’ creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google.”

Viacom has taken the gloves off in a digital-age boxing match amoung two technology champions. While YouTube has made deals with other broadcasters, Viacom is not backing down.

Google’s response to Viacom’s copyright-infringement lawsuit is stirring a debate about Net freedom. whether Google successfully defends itself against Viacom’s claims that YouTube does not qualify for safe-harbor protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it could have a dramatic impact on the way info is consumed online.

“The whole lawsuit is cutting edge in the sense that the DMCA, which is what Google and YouTube are relying upon as a defense, provides safe harbor for ISPs and Web-site operators like YouTube. The problem comes when the ISP or the Web operator
makes money on infringing subject matter,” said Melvin Avanzado, a partner at the law firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro.

A Stalemate

Google maintains that it respects intellectual-property rights and goes “above and beyond” the law’s mandates. Viacom says YouTube knows about infringing material on its…

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Microsoft expects its Windows Mobile software to grow by at least 50 percent worldwide in that and the next fiscal years. According to a report by Reuters news service, Eddie Wu, Microsoft’s managing director of OEM embedded devices in Asia, projected the software giant will sell 20 million units with Windows Mobile in the fiscal year ending in June. In the last fiscal year, it sold more than 11 million units.

‘Not Out of the Question’

He added that growth of Windows Mobile devices is greatest in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Brazil, Russia and India. Windows Mobile is featured on a wide array of devices from Samsung, Motorola, High Tech Computer, Asus and others. Its main competitors include Symbian-based operating systems, such as those on devices by LG Electronics, as well as mobile operating systems on Apple, Research in Motion (RIM), and Palm products.

In a recent quarterly report, Microsoft said its Windows Mobile sales are due to increased market demand for “phone-enabled devices and Windows-embedded operating systems.”

Avi Greengart, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, called the sales projection “bold, but not out of the question.”

He noted that Windows Mobile is being used by an increasing numbers of licensees, and in an increasing number of scheme factors. It’s additionally being featured in new product lines, such as the Xperia line from Sony Ericsson.

In “classic productivity” devices, Greengart said, Windows Mobile is very strong, adding that we’re plus seeing Windows Mobile devices in high-end multimedia smartphones.

‘Explosion’ of Entry-Level Smartphones

He pointed out that a key driver in the growth of Windows Mobile is the “explosion” in entry-level smartphones, particularly in the U.S., but abroad as well. Customers are finding that, for a somewhat higher price than what they were expecting to pay, they can get a smartphone to track e-mail and do other…

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Sellgino’s GS-200 GPS receiver and logger allows you to capture a GPS photo tour whenever you go traveling, thanks to software that analyzes all your images while matching them with location documents. The GS-200 will rely solely on the EXIF details that was captured by your camera and subsequently embedded in each photo taken, capable of telling even the moment and day by matchin it to the place where you took it. Sellgino has included ample onboard storage space for by 8 months of GPS logging, making that suitable for those who tend to travel a whole lot in a year compared to others in their lifetime. Features include a 20-channel SiRF Star III GPS receiver, a 1,000mAh rechargeable Li-Polymer battery, USB and audio.

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AI Robotics could have stumbled upon a gold mine here by developing a robot which is smart sufficient to cook meals, go shopping, perform all the essential house chores without nagging you to help and the ability to even give massages after you have had a enlarged day at work. The company has thus dubbed that new robot “Perfect Woman”, at least from most males’ point of view. I myself think that the claims by AI Robotics are exaggerated as the field robotics surely has not advanced to such a state so soon? Even whether it were real, you’re probably better off with a real flesh-and-blood lady in your arms since she’ll cost less than such an advanced robot.

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If you think that your range of gizmos are just too bland for your tastes even after getting special limited editions, why not turn to Gilty Couture for help? that strange designer house even has a special line of luxury iPod cases, where among them rely on 14k gold, silver as well as Swarovski crystals to get dressed up. These cases work just fine with all current generation of iPods, and is backwards compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and the 2G Shuffle. The cases will probably cost more than your iPod though – take for example a silver case for the Shuffle that goes to the tune of $69.99.

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