gadgettastic.com has a rundown of Victorinox’s latest addition. Ofcourse there is Swiss Army knife with a USB! They’ve been around since the 128 MB days! 🙂

Fortune has a nice assortment of interesting applications you can run on your iPhone, Blackberry…even for devices that use Google’s Android. Some are pretty far advanced (the BioWallet), and others are very practical (the one for Zipcar, depicted above). There will be a flood of these applications coming out. For now, here are 10 10 cool tools for your mobile phone to get you going.

The blog Unclutterer has lots of great advice on simplifying and improving your life. I like this tip on dealing with the problem of:

Work life creeping into personal life? Try a battery-only weekend

This is especially good advice in the summer. If you do feel the need to work on the weekend, going battery-only will help you focus on getting the essentials done. And once they are done, go for a walk, see a movie, talk with friends, read that stack of books piling up on the shelf/next to your bed.

P.S. That goes for Blackberries and iPhones too. 🙂

For those of you excited about the Beijing Olympics and are interested in having a recording of the highlights of it, NBC tells me that they are “offering a DVD of the Olympics Opening Ceremonies and it is available for purchase on their website www.nbcdvd.com. Other DVDs available include “2008 Beijing General Highlight DVD” and “Michael Phelps: Greatest Olympic Champion…The Inside Story”.

NBC continues to impress me with its innovation, hardwork and success. And not just me: see this article in the NYTimes.com: A Surprise Winner at the Olympic Games in Beijing – NBC

I would argue that it shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s a good article nonetheless.