As the weather in Singapore gets worse and worse, the tension gets higher and higher over at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, where Mr George Lee has stood since 1pm on Saturday, with his palms pressed firmly against a Subaru Impreza for the Subaru Impreza Challenge. He defeated demons such as rainy weather, boredom, and muscle atrophy, and last night at 11pm, he released his hold on the car and became its new owner. His timing? 81 hours and 32 minutes.

How fond of Hello Kitty are you?

According to CrunchGear, Seiko has announced a new Hello Kitty alarm clock, which triples as a thermometer and a hand mirror.

This cute little alarm clock is a compact device (92×32×80mm) and will go on sale in Japan this week.

Featuring a widescreen 108V-inch Advanced Super View LCD panel; the maximum size that a single 8th-generation glass substrate (2,160 x 2,460 mm) manufactured at Kameyama Plant No. 2 can yield.

The large display area is nearly equivalent in size to two tatami mats (approx. 3.2 m2) and can convey images to many people in wide interior spaces. Plus, a rich assortment of inputs, including HDMI and DVI-I connectors, provides greater connectivity with a wide variety of equipment and devices, and a fan-less design that minimizes noise and intake of dust from outside air further improves its level of technical sophistication as a commercial display.

The HVR-Z5P/HVR-Z5N handheld camcorder and its memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K; features a 20x optical zoom, 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system, native progressive recording capabilities, increased sensitivity for low-light conditions and an array of other features are suitable for broadcast applications, event videographers, budget movie-makers production professionals.

Have you submitted your very own original home video trailer for Flight of the Conchords?

Here's mine...

"My colleague, Sabrina gets really stressed out when she works late at night"

LG has joined the rat race with its new launch the LG Renoir KC910.

This artistic new handset has a large palate of features which include Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and (as they all say) camera capabilities that even surpass those found in standalone digital cameras.

Featuring a re-engineered Micro Piezo print head for faster print speeds and laser-like text qualities, the Epson StylusOffice TX600FW is the ideal printer set-up for the Small-Office-Home-Office (SOHO) and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) segments.

As a replacement model for the CX9300F, the Office TX600FW is one of the fastest MFPs in the industry - with ability to churn

And a Western Digital (WD) TV media player so that I play all my digital movies, music and photos on TV in full 1080p resolution using a remote control. The clincher is the remote control, which can be used to navigate content on your My Passport drives or most popular USB drives. You can view your media in thumbnail or list views, search for a filename, or create custom slide shows for photos. Sounds interesting? Well it’s available at Challenger, Harvey Norman and selected retailers here for only SGD199.99.