A study by Shop.org, an online sales tracking site has deduced that online clothing sales have overtaken online computer sales for the very first time. Well, considering some people are crazy enough to pay a few hundred dollars for a belt, I guess it was only a matter of time…

Shoppers spent $18.3 billion on clothes, accessories and shoes ordered over the Internet last year, according to the study conducted by Forrester Research Inc. Consumers bought about $17.2 billion worth of computer products online in 2006.

Source: Dallas News

One fantasy that many men have is to be able to just once in their lives, be invited to (not break into) the Playboy Mansion to hang with Hugh and his many…umm…friends.  Well, sad to say, for many men, this will continue to be a fantasy, however, Playboy is set to give you a taste of life in the mansion by setting up shop inside Second Life.  Somehow, I just don’t think it’ll be the same…

Details on how exactly Playboy will appear in Second Life are scarce, though one can imagine a virtual Playboy mansion and grotto are in the works. And although most Second Life marketing schemes haven’t met with much success, there’s little doubt that teleporting (as avatars are wont to travel) into a pool full of nubile young women will have some appeal

Source:  eWeek

Looks like YouTube (that means Google too) are in legal trouble again.  This time, English Premiere Soccer League is joining the “Sue YouTube” party…

The lawsuit charges that YouTube deliberately encourages massive copyright infringement on its Web site to generate public attention and boost traffic. This has resulted in the loss of valuable content, the complaint said.

“Defendants, which own and operate the Web site YouTube.com, have knowingly misappropriated and exploited this valuable property for their own gain without payment or license to the owners of the intellectual property,” the lawsuit said.

Source: Reuters

A whole bunch of companies are getting together to make everywhere a safer place including one company called InGrid that is harnessing the power of the web to get it done… 

The company’s technology is based on wireless sensors placed at many points inside a home that are linked to both a handheld device and a password-protected Web site.

The sensors provide real-time information not only on whether the house is safe from burglars, but whether children, parents or babysitters have entered the premises using their passcodes.

Source: Reuters

Looking for a job as a civil servant? Want to know more about the official history of your State? You can now google all this information, as the Internet firm is developing a special search engine for an easier access to US official documents. This is only currently available for Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia, but should soon be extended to the whole country.

Google is set to announce Monday that it is working with officials in four U.S. states to make sure all the public information they have online is easily accessible through the company’s search engine.

Source: ZDNet