- Louis Vuitton techs itself up by installing a whopping staircase made of plasma screens in its Via Condotti store in Rome. Be prepared for Gucci to take the LCD route... - ZDNet discuss whether Google and Apple are any closer to striking a 'strategic alliance', but what we're all wondering is when Google will simply buy Apple and make Jobs their corporate puppet, hee! - The US has banned imports of new mobile phones made with Qualcomm semiconductors, infuriating Motorola, Samsung, Verizon Wireless...