The virtual world is making inroads into the real world! How else would you explain this? Polo Ralph Lauren unveiled outside the company's flagship London store an innovative interactive shopping experience. This will enable you to shop for 24 hours, seven days a week from outside of their store with the touch of their fingers. Can it be better? Yes!!! You can shop even when the store is closed by clicking on the window glass, the ultimate in shopping...

B&W Loudspeakers, the Brit company is ready to launch a couple of new products amongst which is their forte- the loudspeakers. Looks, style and technology all culminate into the next-gen speakers that borrow technology from the 800 series and up the grade for the 600 series. The 686 is a new entry-level model and is a very compact (10.4" x 6.7" x 9.8" HWD) two-way vented design with a 5" Kevlar bass/midrange driver and a 1" Nautilus tube-loaded aluminum...

Las Vegas, an ever-changing fantasy-land of a city, has seen unbelievable expansion since it emerged from the desert 100 years ago. Commonly known as Sin City, Las Vegas has more then enough space to give rise to newest pleasure palace - Echelon. Squeezing its way in, Echelon will be located on the north end of the Strip, the hottest part of town for new construction. Echelon fits well into a crowded construction schedule with the Palazzo, Encore and CityCenter...

Only an ardent Concorde admirer will be interested in reading this…..if not thinking of being a part of the super sonic auction. With the termination of the Concorde fleet, spare parts from the scrapped fleet are to be auctioned at the Hotel des Ventes Saint-Aubin in Toulouse, France, from September 28th to October 1st 2007. If you have done your home work well then you can probably distinguish “arbre d’entrainement” (drive shaft) from machmètre (mach meter) from the official...

Although resolutely classic, the steel Hampton Square XL from Baume & Mercier displays the vibrancy of its personality. This is the watch of a man who distinguishes himself quite naturally rather than deliberately attracting attention. Displaying double time zone and big date complication, this time piece incorporates automatic Soprod TT651 movement. A bit outsized at 34mm x 45mm, this stainless case has a sapphire crystal and a small display-back showing the balance wheel. The dial is distinguished in silver...

Ever heard of ‘A rising tide lifts all boats’? Here’s a perfect example to explain it. Following all the leaders of fashion industry (Prada, D&G, Gucci, Tag Heur, Levis, naughty yet respectable fashion brand, Playboy is gearing it self to step in the field of cell phones making. We hope that its "high gloss, upscale" phone will at least include the usual Bluetooth, camera, and MP3 player. We've also heard it would be a GSM phone, but have heard...

Salem is synonymous with luxury. The superyacht was originally the Cumulus in 1963 and used as an ocean weather ship. Modified in 1998, she has now come onto the market for the first time since her conversion into a yacht. Salem was refurbished with new engines, generators, air-conditioning, and stabilizers. Plus the interiors were done-up with utmost care to provide a luxurious and comfortable stay. Salem is classed Bureau Veritas; she has five decks and can 48 guests and...

Zontik Games is famous as the premier source of luxury board games and other fine gaming products. Their Wall Street Decision Cube is a fine example of exemplary craftsmanship. The cube is custom crafted with leather-inlaid sides and a chrome plated trim. Call, Put, Short, Long, Sell, and Hold feature on the six faces of the cube. Roll on with the Wall Street Decision Cube!...

Ouch! My ego is sore…..in fact I think that most of the U.S. citizens are gonna feel the same. None of the U.S. cities made it in the top ten of ‘The world's most expensive city list 2007’. Russian capital Moscow has bagged the honor for this year too, the second time in a row. No. 2 on the list is London (which jumped three places from 2006), whose high-priced flats are partly to blame. A luxury two-bedroom apartment...

Although Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is about to retire as a cruise ship, another glamorous opportunity awaits for this reigning queen of the seas. Being in service since 1969 she has crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times, carrying more than 2.5 million passengers. That’s some job! The 70,000-tonne vessel will be sold to the Dubai World company in a £50 ($100) million deal. Dubai World will receive the celebrated ship in November next year and will berth it...

The Minicat is the ultimate in portability and design. This unique two-person catamaran is fully collapsible and can be carried on your back. This one sure busts the myth that only the uber rich can afford to have their personal boats. It features inflatable twin floats that collapse to fit into a single bag (1350x280x280mm) that can be stowed away when not in use. In about thirty minutes you can single handedly assemble this baby and get set to...

Besides the attractive leather-bound cover the ThinkPad Reserve Edition from Lenovo packs in decent specs as well. 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive plus a 80GB external HDD is also included for backups. What crunches the deal is the 24 hour tech support that Lenovo is offering, they will even fly out their tech guys (within 4 hours!) to major cities should a user from that area have a problem with the laptop....

The humble USB stick once again outshines its fundamental appearance. Although we've put up some of the flashy USB flash drives in the past, this one couldn’t be missed as its shaped out of 14k real Gold. Set with Diamond 3 points (VS quality - very high quality diamond), it lights when the DOK is working. Now that can be called as icing on the cake! Extremely useful and handy, you can use it to store your photos, music,...

If you go by what the German mag Focus has been saying, then Apple’s been doing some R&D (secretly) for a new navigation system to fit the 2009 Merc cars. Focus also reveals that once the “six-month exclusivity period” with Mercedes is done with, other manufacturers will adopt the hardware. It might be that Apple will also use Google Maps for their navigation solution as on the iPhone....

With the trend toward cocooning taking hold in North America, many people are turning their homes into something more. The days of watching television the old fashioned way (sitting on a couch with a coffee table in front of you watching basic cable) are long gone. Today, what everyone wants is a satellite TV system and a hi-fi designer home theatre. Take an inspiration from Gary Sekulow who has pimped his home theater Trek-style! The sci-fi theme was born...