Hewlett Packard is considering a jump into the lucrative LCD TV market according to an executive with HP’s Personal Systems Group. LCD televisions are really just TV tuners added to a flat screen monitor, so it’s a no-brainer that every Dell, Gateway, and Harry is trying to get in on the act.

First there was the USB toothbrush and the the USB coffee warmer, nothing says holiday cheer better than the USB Christmas Tree. Only $9.99. Yule.

According to USA Today, the camera phone is the fastest growing consumer eletronic device ever, besting the previous record set by the DVD player. I have to say, I was skeptical about camera phones until I got one, and now delight friends and ever nearby restaurant patrons with casual and fun snaps. Snaps to that.

Now We’ve Heard It All Department: A German man accused of running up over $1,000 in online charges while surfing porn sites at work, is claiming he is addicted to Internet porn and has a serious condition he needs help with. “I am an addict and as such am unaccountable for my actions,” he told the court. “I need therapy and understanding, not dismissal from my job.”

We have never liked Bluetooth as a connectivity standard, but now it seems pickpockets are going high tech and hacking into cell phone data using a loophole in Bluetooth security. According to security experts, people in crowded areas can be vulnerable to high tech pickpockets who sniff out Bluetooth phones and nab data and addresses. Bluejacking - or using Bluetooth headsets to jump into a nearby phone’s call is another popular pastime among technical pranksters, but this new more sinister activity is bringing a whole new meaning to data mining

A total of 707 million people are expected to be using Wi-Fi by 2008, up from 12 million in 2003, according to Pyramid Research.

SPOT was a technology Microsoft quietly unveiled as the next generation smart wristwatch. Partners including Citizen, Fossil and others planned to roll out these new watches during Comdex week, but it is unclear why the plug was abruptly pulled till first Quarter 04. Citizen said it may not ship a SPOT watch after all. SPOT watches were supposedly to bring us closer to a wireless device that would blast live news and weather to your wrist. See SPOT not run. Not run SPOT, not run.

VIA, the second biggest chip guys, and WorldVibrations have teamed together to create a professional quality “radio station in a box” for on-the-air, Internet, corporate network, satellite or in-house broadcasting.” It’s built on the VIA EPIA M10000, a 6.5-inch x 6.5-inch 12 volt mainboard. It can run off a car battery and isn’t that frightening… At about $2,200 it cost less than a good set of tires for a Corvette and it looks rack-mountable, or at least rack-fittable, too. So why settle for karaoke?