I noticed when I dropped in at Aldi yesterday that they had ‘XB Remote Controls’ on sale for only $14.99. Some research revealed that they were actually XBox Remote Controls, and although they are not genuine they are a great deal for that price. So I picked up a couple… I am just waiting to see how they are…

According to Think Secret, apple is about to release a real video iPod. That is an iPod that has a touch screen the entire size of the iPod device – a 3.5″ diagonal screen. There are suspicions that it will be released about the beginning of april for the 30th anniversary of the company. If this is true the product is likely to be revolutionary…

And just to prove that people have a lot more money these days to spend on their children comes the Posh Tots web site. For instance they have a great custom ‘tree house’ for sale for only about US$5,600. This inludes a spy periscope to keep an eye out for tresspasses, and sliding peephole in the door to keep out ‘pip squeaks’

Business Week has an article on The RIM Blackberry Case and their workaround. RIM have been sued becasue their blackberry service stores emails on ther servers if the device is out of range. This is in violation of a patent. So they are intending to have emails stored on the sending end if the device is not in range to get around the patent. And thankfully RIM is working on getting the patents overturned.