Sony Australia & New Zealand general manager Nic Foster told reporters that he thinks gamers will probably prefer the Nintendo Wii over Sony's PlayStation 3.

"The Wii-type functionality is more just a sub-element of what the PlayStation 3 offers," he said in an interview.

"Wii is a core gaming device. It's a more fun, intuitive sort of product to pick up, where the PS3 is a broader entertainment solution; so you can have your fun, enjoyable gaming ... but then you have a whole suite of other applications ... such as Blu-ray media playback, the ability to access your music, access your photos and the interoperability with the PlayStation Portable.... read on

French beauty group Clarins will launch in January what it says is the world's first spray to protect skin from the electromagnetic radiation created by mobile phones and electronic devices like laptops.

Clarins says the spray contains molecules derived from microorganisms living near undersea volcanoes and from plants which survive in extreme conditions such as alongside motorways and in Siberia.

Yeah, right!

Source: Textually via Gizmodo

An Ex-marine has thought of 8 ways to use your iPod Nano as a deadly weapon. This might come in handy when you're caught on your own with nothing else then Apple's music player.

1. Break it in half with your hands (very easy to do) and use the glass viewing screen’s broken edge as a razorblade to slice the jugular when they are looking the other way.

2. Take off one sock (a dress or tube sock; pantyhose will work in a pinch), place the Nano in the sock, swing it around as fast as you can (being careful to not hit yourself), and whack the intended target right on the temple... read on

With findings that show drivers who talk on their cell phones, even when using hands-free gear, are just as impaired as those who drink and drive, researchers at the University of Utah are offering a compelling reason to "hang up and drive."

Experiments conducted on a university simulator showed that students who talked on handheld or hands-free cell phones drove more slowly, had slower braking reaction times, and were more likely to crash. Suprisingly, three study participants rear-ended a pace car while talking on a cell phone, while those students who were legally drunk did not crash.

The study reinforces earlier research by Drews and his colleagues showing that hands-free phones are just as distracting as handheld phones because the conversation, not just the manipulation of a device, distracts drivers from their surroundings.

Source: Yahoo News