Toshiba late Wednesday said it has set a record for flash storage with the first-ever 2.5-inch 512GB solid-state drive. It makes use of the company’s newest 43 nanometer assembly process and particularly dense multi-level cell storage to double the 256GB record only just set earlier this year. The capacity boost also comes alongside faster performance; Toshiba sees peak read speeds of 240MB per second and write speeds of 200MB per second. Longevity is also a focus with a mean time between failures of one million hours (114 years), though the cells themselves will typically wear out sooner.

AES encryption is also an option to lock down the drive, which plugs into a typical SATA notebook drive bay.

The range-topping drive also comes alongside physically smaller 1.8-inch drives that take advantage of the new memory inside ultraportable notebooks and include 64GB, 128GB and 256GB versions. All of the drives will be ready to test for PC makers sometime during winter 2009 and should be mass-produced for shipping systems during the spring.

An instant 360 degree panoramic image achieved with one single click, without the need of expensive Digital SLR, fisheyes lens and stitching apps sounds like an architect or a real estate agent’s best friend to promote a virtual asset in bird’s eye view.

The Camera sports an 8MP image sensor, 1.5-inch LCD screen and has a built-in memory storage to capture 160 of still images at its full charged. It packs an advanced camera features such as : The CCD type image sensor has light sensitivity up to ISO 400; white balance can be set at fully auto; exposure control is available via aperture priority; image can be taken via a single shot or self-timer fashion, and HDR support is available in auto-bracketing mode.

Priced at $999, the Giroptic’s One-shot 360° Panoramic Digital Camera comes equipped with Windows and Macs apps to allow photographed images convert to publishable virtual tours, ready to be uploaded and hosted at Giroptic servers. Optional plans without sponsored ads are also available at extra monthly fees.

Available from: Giroptic

It’s been a pipe dream for 30 years but now the world’s first fully available flying car is set to hit the roads next year. Ever since the Back to the Future movies lit up our screens in the 80s, designers have dreamt of an automobile that could take to the skies at the push of a button. And now qualified pilots can order their very own Terrafugia Transition ‘roadable’ plane for just £127,000, with delivery planned for late next year.
Flying car

The Terrafugia Transition ‘roadable’ plane can be kept at home, with wings folded up, in your garage. The ‘light-sport airplane’ promises to bring more ‘flexibility and convenience to your flying’. The plane, which has fold-out wings that span 27.5ft when extended, has an airborne range of 460 miles and can cruise at 115mph.

Fuelling the 19ft long plane couldn’t be simpler - you just drive it into a petrol station and fill it up with unleaded. It is powered by a 100 hp, Rotax 912S, four-stroke engine. The 19-foot-long plane has an airborne range of 460 miles and can cruise at 115mph.

A spokeswoman for designers Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, said: ‘You can keep your Transition in your garage. ‘Then you simply drive to your local airport, fly up to 460 miles, land, convert and drive directly to your destination. You’ll always be ready to drive or fly.’

A series of simple commands made from the cockpit convert the white craft from plane to car and vice versa. But the wings only fold out if the correct key code is entered by someone with a pilot’s license.

The ‘roadable’ plane can be filled up at the local petrol station with unleaded. Unlike many ‘flying car’ concepts which use thrusters to take off vertically, the Transition needs a short runway to take to the air. The spokeswoman added: ‘Never let questionable weather cancel or endanger your trip again. ‘You can simply divert and continue on the ground until the weather clears.’

You can secure your very own Transition aeroplane by simply paying a deposit of £6,500. Pilots will be able to drive to the local airport, take off and then fly for up to 460 miles (740 km)

The firm’s website, ‘Terrafugia.com’, says of prospective owners: ‘Your deposit doesn’t just reserve your very own roadable airplane, it gives us proof that today’s pilot community is ready for this dream to finally become reality.

‘There’s no risk to you - only the chance to be the first at your home field to unfold your wings and fly into the future. ‘Production schedules are filling up quickly.’

More Information: Terrafugia.com

The touchscreen smartphone, which has a 3.5 inch screen and both a touchscreen and a glide-out Qwerty keyboard, is the latest handset in Nokia’s N series. It follows the blockbuster N95, the handset which has so far sold 15 million, and the N96, which was released earlier this year.

The N97 is the latest handset to join an increasingly crowded smartphone market that includes the G1, which runs Google’s Android software, the BlackBerry Storm, which went on sale last month, and Sony Ericsson’s X1.

Nokia claims the N97, which is due to be released by the middle of next year, is “the world’s most advanced mobile computer” and will boast new services that will transform the way people connect to the internet.

The phone comes with 32 GB of memory - more than twice the capacity of the most powerful iPhone on the market - with the option to expand this to 48 GB with a 16 GB memory card. This means it can store thousands more songs, or hours more video, than its rivals (up to 37 hours of music and 4.5 hours of video playback to be precise).

In a gentle dig at Apple, Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s executive vice president of markets, who unveiled the phone, made the point that the N97 can access “the entire internet, not just piece of it” as, unlike the iPhone, it will be able to play the Flash videos used on many websites.

In another move that makes the N97 more like a mini-computer than a phone, the screen tilts to a 35 degree angle when the keyboard glides out, making it easier to see the screen while typing. It is a nice touch. I tried it out: your forefingers fit snuggly behind the screen making it more stable to hold and therefore easier to type. Unlike other slide-out Qwerty keyboards, as seen on handsets such as the G1 or the HTC Touch Pro, which feel quite clunky as they move into place, the N97 really does glide, or almost pivot, out. It is a very satisfying movement.

Like most of its rivals the N97 will run over HSDPA, the fastest type of mobile broadband, with speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, and, although this is a feature surprisingly absent in the Storm, the N97 is wifi enabled.

While the hardware is impressive, it is the software that Nokia executives are most excited about and which they say will let users personalize the internet.

The N97 will sport internet widgets that can be moved around with your finger to personalize your home screen and a Nokia Messaging button - a single application that will enable you to access any webmail, e-mail and Instant Messenger accounts you might have.

The N97 also introduces so-called “SoLo”, or social location, making it easier to update social networks automatically with real-time information. The phone’s integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass means it knows exactly where it is, and, if your friends allow it to, will know where they are too, opening up new possibilities for gaming and applications.

More Information: Nokia

The diamond and (matte) alligator bags have the iconic Chanel logo clasps which are bejeweled with 334 diamonds—3.56 carats, if you must know—plunked into a solid 18-carat white gold bedding.

People want exclusivity, and they’re willing to pay a mean dollar to get it.

“A handbag (such as) the Chanel Diamond Forever bag is more of a collector’s item than something you use on a daily basis,” said Meaghan Mahoney, editor of Purseblog.com. “Like an exquisite car or a rare painting, it’s the limited availability and high demand that make this handbag more valuable.”

More Information: Chanel

What makes this dress so expensive? There are certain things you should pay heed before wondering about the sky high price of this dress. It is made in Munich, southern Germany. As the price tells us this is not a dress purely of fabric, it is also studded with gems. yes, that’s right, gemmed with some 150,000 gems.

Someone who is savvy of fashion wear can spend thousands of dollars on a particular dress. There are many expensive dresses in the market for sale. These dresses may be expensive but are not as much expensive as this. This Cinderella dress is really a work of art. The brilliant ochre color imparts this dress a glamor which is quite other worldly. These rare pieces are a collector’s item. They are the most sought after dress by all who are obsessed by the desire to own something that will make them special in a unique way.

The simplicity is the real beauty of this most expensive dress in the world. The very feel of this dress is sure to give you goose bumps all over and can make you quite ecstatic. It exudes grace and is glamor incarnate. Certainly you are sure to feel on the top of fashion world once you wear this exquisite garment which is rated as the most expensive dress in the world.

Stuart Weitzman, maker of the Cinderella slippers, has been a very famous designer of footwear. He has been working from England and he has a name for himself, as a person making shoes for the elite. Just wearing the shoes having a tag that they were made by Stuart Weitzman, is a symbol of standards. Most of his products feature in different lists and surveys, for The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes in the World.

For these shoes to be The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes In The World, is no surprise, because they have the features to prove so. Made from the Italian leather of the finest quality they are so soft and smooth that your legs will not never feel the slightest level of discomfort. The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes in The World have been designed with the full application of the modern science of shoe making. Therefore, their shape and the curve of the soul is such that, The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes in the World fit perfectly on your feet.

Each of the shoes of this fabulous pair has two belts. Two of the belts of The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes In The World support the feet from front and the third one provides support from the back. The third belt also has thin strings that can be tied around the feet.

Even if The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes in The World are transparent, they will not let your feet be exposed. They are endorsed with different accessories. The Cinderella slippers are available in crystal-clear colors and are studded with 595 karats of platinum diamonds. One of the diamonds has a size of 5 karats. The whole stitching-work was done with the help of platinum wires to guarantee these as being The Most Expensive Women’s Shoes in the World.

$5 million Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra

Modeled by Brazil’s Adriana Lima, the bra features 3,575 black diamonds, 117 certified one-carat white round diamonds and thirty-four rubies. The bra was designed to maximize the wearer’s cleavage, an effect furthered by the two 50-carat black diamonds dangling from the center. The bra was created by celebrity jeweler Martin Katz and cost just over $5 million to make.














$10 million Heavenly 70s Fantasy Bra

The honor doesn’t even belong to this bra modeled by Tyra Banks in 2004. Featuring 2,900 diamonds set in 10kt white gold, this Victoria’s Secret offering had a centerpiece of its own—a flawless 70-carat pear-shaped diamond. The bra was designed by jeweler Mouawad.








$10 million Star of Victoria Fantasy Bra

This bra, made with 1,150 ruby roses and 1,600 emerald leaves, was created by Mouawad in 2002. It took over 370 hours of work to make and featured the 60-carat Mouawad Mondera diamond.






$11 million Very Sexy Fantasy Bra

Another 370-hour Mouawad creation, the Very Sexy Fantasy bra was designed in 2003. It trumped the Star of Victoria with its 70-carat Mouawad Excelsior diamond. A replica of this bra, along with one of the Star of Victoria, was created by Mouawad for the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad.






$12.5 million Heavenly Star Bra

Studded with 1,200 Sri Lankan pink sapphires, this bra features a 90-carat emerald cut diamond as its centerpiece. That diamond alone, in fact, is worth $10.6 million. For an additional $750,000, one could even purchase a pair of matching briefs.

$15 million Red Hot Fantasy Bra and Panties

The world’s most expensive underwear was made with 1,300 precious stones, including 300 carats of Thai rubies, on red satin. The appearance of the set was kept secret until the grand opening of Manhattan’s new Victoria’s Secret store on Broadway and 67th Street. It was then modeled by Victoria’s Secret’s own Gisele Bundchen.










Check out: Victoria’s Secret

The motorboat maker is famous for epitomizing the Dolce Vita style. Priced at about $500,000, the Aquariva Super pictured above is a 33-footer combining elegant and sinuous lines, precious woods and supreme attention to detail in carpentry, chrome, lacquer-work, leather, and fittings.

Over this past summer, Riva also launched a collaboration with Veuve Clicquot champagne. The company first captured the attention of movie stars and the international jet set in the ’50s. Its classic wooden craft, which inspired the Cruise Collection, have been owned by the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Aristotle Onassis and Prince Ranier of Monaco.

Available from: Riva Yachts

The record-breaking shirt is designed by Eton and will be up for auction from December 8 to 18.

Bidding opens at £5,000 and all proceeds go to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The shirt is made from Egyptian cotton and has seven coloured diamonds which adorn the shirt studs and cuff-links.

Available from: Harrods