Featured on the Late Show With David Letterman, this dog actually says out ‘I Love You’ when its owner instructs it to say it. Pretty amazing dog. I wonder how its owner teach it how to say that sentence. Watch the short video clip on the David Letterman Show.

Japan has always been at the forefront in terms of developing sophisticated robots. Honda’s Asimo is currently the fastest running robot clocking at 3 kilometers per hour. Of late, South Korea too has joined the robot bandwagon and it has caught up fast with Japan despite small amounts of funds. Robotis RX was developed by South Korea with a small budget and can run roughly 500 meters an hour which is 1/6 speed of Asimo.

The robot is build with structures like lego blocks meaning it can be transformed to other types. The software is empowered by outsourced software and upgraded from outside network.

The 60 Series based Nokia N91 is integrated with a 4GB hard drive (first Nokia phone with a harddrive) for storage up to 3000 songs. Its dimensions are 113x55x22mm, a 176 x 208 pixel display and weighs 160g. The Nokia N91 is a music phone and format supports are mp3, aac, m4a and wma. Will it be a challenge to Apple’s iPod?

The Nokia N91 also has the latest multimedia technologies and smartphone functionalities such as 3G(WCDMA), built -in WiFi(both Wi-Fi 802.11b and 802.11g a feature not seen in other mobile devices) and BlueTooth, a 2 megapixel camera for print-quality photos, email support, a full web browser and video sharing.

The 2 Megapixel camera shoots stills at resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 pixels and records video in H.263, MPEG4 and RealVideo 8 formats

Under the heading ‘The ambassador’, The New York Times labeled Rain the Korean Justin Timberlake and the Korean Usher. He will be performing two shows at Madison Square Garden. Rain wants to break down cultural barriers and become the first Asian to succceed in America.

In an interview, Rain said that he had been dreaming about Madison Square Garden since he was a child imitating Michael Jackson’s moves. “It is an incredible honor to perform there,” he said. And yet he is preparing himself for failure:

Sony is stopping production on the first mass-marketed robot, Aibo. 150,000 of the USD 2000 robot has been sold worldwide. This cast worries from the owners about available spare parts after the production ends in March. Sony however did promise to provide maintenance for the robo-dogs for seven years. The end of Aibo is another part of the company’s bid to cut costs and focus on core electronic business. Many Aibo fans are disappointed as it represent the tradition innovation of Sony.

Recently, South Korean mobile phone and appliance maker LG Electronics has entered the slim phone market with its “Chocolate Phone“ just in time for Valentine’s Day. LG is currently the world’s fourth-largest cell phone maker by volume. The phone models are LG-SV590/KV5900/LP5900.

Slim phones are attractive but they lack the functions. Also, their battery life is half the capacity of ordinary mobile phones. The Chocolate Phones have a memory capacity of 512MB, which is an improvement where most slim phones have a memory capacity of less than 100MB.

As a marketing strategy, the LG Electronics will send the chocolate e-cards to people and will organize a contest.

Gothic Lolita is a fashion by japanese teenagers to manifest their favourite Visual Rock stars. The clothing style tends to imitate the looks of Victorian porcelain dolls. It has been described as “French Maid meets Alice in Wonderland style”. Japanese culture places a higher value upon extremely youthful appearance and cuteness is very popular among Japanese teenagers. However in Gothic Lolitas, it can be described more as creepy cute. During weekends women dressed up as Gothic Lolitas pose for tourist’s pictures. It is also another way to gain attraction from the public.

What do you get when u cross Aibo with iPod? Sega’s latest cool gadget called iDog. Costing around USD40, it is one of the top selling Christmas gifts in 2005. A new iDog can be trained the way you want it to behave and it responds emotionally when touched. Different coloured lights come on dependent upon the emotions that the iDog displays. How do you feed this guy?