A $50 million mansion with 6 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms spread over 42 acres, a massive home theater, a man-made lake with rare fish and having Montecito sandstone bricks hand-laid in the quarter-mile long driveway if this much luxury wasn’t enough for Oprah she chose to go shopping, and what did she buy … a luxury plane! Now she definitely needs a private jet for herself as she resides in California and works in Chicago. It has been reported that...

I don’t know whether to call it good news for globetrotters or regular voyagers or a futile gimmick. Ok let me get the picture clear. Most of the people have an aversion to long flights. Landing back is like emancipation for some. Now when en route to your destination, would you bother to take a shower? Yeah, you heard me right a shower! Some may eschew the idea but on second thoughts the clean bees would be more than happy...

Ornamentation…and more ornamentation is the new mantra today. Be it your garb, your car, or even your cell phone. Today there is no place for plain- Jane. She rather stays home. But all those who wanna be ‘in’ have to own one of oki-ni’s mobile phone accessories. This London based design group along with Japanese graffiti artist Daisuke Sakaguchi has launched the street-lux mobile phone accessories. These hallmarked sterling silver accessories are the need of the day. They come attached...

French brand Lacoste has brought to court the owner of Beijing's Silk Market Plaza and some of its tenants for selling fake T-shirts with its labels, claiming its trademark was infringed upon. The French company, La Chemise Lacoste, also has asked for a compensation of 100,000 yuan (12,500 U.S. dollars) from each of the accused. This lawsuit was filed after owners of Beijing's retail markets, including the Silk Market Plaza, successor of the famous Xiushui Market, also known as...

Jewelry belonging to Britain's late Princess Margaret, from a necklace she wore as a toddler to the tiara she wore at her wedding, drew crowds at Christie's on Monday ahead of an auction of her personal collection. The sale features nearly 200 lots of royal jewels and more than 600 other lots of furniture, china, monogrammed silver boxes and decorative items. Christie's said it expects the sale to bring in several million dollars, with the jewelry most likely to...

It appears that someone has ample of time in his hands to pursue a unique hobby! Mark Colling, a Brit from Llanelli, United Kingdom, has been busy making a nineteen-foot replica of the doomed ship, the RMS Titanic; yes - the same boat that we have written about in other aspects. Matchstick modeller, Mark Colling, is on his way to achieving a world record by building a 5-million match replica of the Titanic. Not only is he making a...

Nothing can prepare you for this amount of fun – it’s time to leave the roads and discover the water. Incredibly appealing, the Seabob offers unlimited thrills & action in water. It’s now actually possible to move through the water like a fish, either on the surface or at depth with this amphibious vehicle. It determines that man and machine are forging ahead with power and purpose. With impeccable environmental credentials, this thrilling machine offers absolutely unpolluted fun. Steering...

Long saloon cars have always been in vogue but parking them can be a real pain. What if there is no long driveway? What good is a car, be it a Maybach if it can’t take you where you want to take it. And the reason would be as puerile as its size, the length to be more precise. Word is that Mercedes is working on the smallest Maybach to date ˆ dubbed the 51 for its 5.1 meter...

Watching your favourite movie in a multiplex with hi-tech sound system is quite a cool idea. But watching a movie in a Batcave home theatre is even cooler. The bats have been buzzing with the news of the super-chic and wanted home theatre which really personifies the batman experience. Don’t get jittery at that thought there won’t be any real bats hanging above your head but the experience will be as good as real. This cave of sorts with...

UAE has been buzzing with new developments in the pipeline. I wonder from where all this land is suddenly coming into limelight from. Lately we have been hearing a hell lot about Dubai’s developments be it hotels airports or luxury parks. Builders are tapping every possible potential that is evident in Dubai. Talking about the race the Bavaria group is not lagging far behind either. Bavaria Hotels International (BHI) announces TWO exciting new developments in Qatar and the UAE, bringing...

The SUV's and sports cars can all take a backseat as the x-trail will leave them all behind. Nissan Europe SAS and Columbia Sportswear Company joined hands to launch the Nissan X-TRAIL Columbia Edition, which will tour Europe across 21 countries starting in 2006. “The X-Trail has been an instant best seller in the compact SUV category internationally as well as in the GCC” and why not after all it makes a style statement without efforts. Its noted for its...

Slim and thin is in vogue….be it people or gadgets! A veritable design anthology entitled Phaïdon Design Classics in its three volumes, presents the most symbolic 999 objects in the history of 20th century design. One of these iconic objects is Vacheron Constantin's Patrimony Extra-Plate, which houses the thinnest movement in the world (1.64 mm). An example of Vacheron Constantin's classic style, this ultra-thin watch combines purity, simplicity and perfection. By housing a thinner, smaller movement in a large...

June 3, 2006 Ducati became the first manufacturer to release a road going version of a MotoGP race machine. Ducati chose the magical atmosphere of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello to launch the RR production prototype and it was a fitting venue to unleash the first-ever road-going MotoGP motorcycle. The RR derives from the Ducati Corse Grand Prix racing Desmosedici GP6, the same bike with which Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau are competing with in the 2006 MotoGP...

A meal with the "Oracle of Omaha" will be up for bids on the Internet auction site eBay. WARREN BUFFETT will host a lunch to benefit the Glide Foundation and its programs. The lunch will be up for bid on eBay beginning June 22, 2006 at 7:00 pm PT and close June 29, 2006 at 7:00 PT with bidding opening at $25,000. Mr. Buffett will dine with the winning bidder and up to seven friends in New York on a...

Don't get confined in your own home; enjoy your outdoor surroundings with a misting system that can reduce the temperature by up to 20 degrees with a cool, refreshing mist! Outdoor misting systems cool down hot arid areas and provide a nice outdoor cooling effect to your decks, patios, greenhouses, pet areas and poolside during those hot summer days. This all-in-one kit designed to cool the air by as much as 20 degrees comes with an easy-to-install system that uses...