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.

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.