Is this for real? Apparently so. Check out this video of the Honda U3-X, a prototype of the future of personal mobility that gives the rider freedom of movement in multiple directions: forward, backward, sideways and diagonally — by simply leaning in the desired direction. Will this replace the Segway? What do you think? Would you ride something like this or know someone who would?

A month or so ago I had a guest on my NewsTalk 1010 radio show, named Michael Cammock, who runs a GPS rental website. During the interview people were emailing me WHY would they consider renting a GPS navigation device opposed to buying one? And so I thought I’d write up 5 reasons here.

We hear a lot about the explosive growth in smartphones — and we certainly cover the topic quite a bit in this space — but the findings from a new study from Delivinia entitled “Managing the Hype: The Reality of Mobile in Canada” might suggest otherwise.

Think it’s easy to start a new town and attract residents and businesses alike? You can put your mayoral skills to the test with HappyVille: Quest for Utopia (free to try, $9.99), a new city building sim from Gogii Games.

Out of FarmVille’s 82 million players, 60 per cent are females in their 40s. This isn’t unusual for Facebook, the world’s biggest social networking site that has evolved into the hottest video game platform, too.

NBC’s Today Show did a segment on smarthomes today — and guess who was their tech expert? Yours truly, that’s who! We chatted about the various solutions out there, approximate costs and who they’re for. OK, so I’m only on for a few seconds, but who’s counting? Do you have a “smart home” of some kind? Any high-tech automation or remote monitoring going on? Think it’s a trend or the way of the future? Do tell.

Passport? Check. Suntan lotion? Yep. Camera? Of course. Taking a camera on a vacation is a must in order to immortalize those memories in the sun and sharing them with family and friends. But you don’t get a second chance to capture that moment, so our friends at Nikon Canada have shared their Top 10 tips to taking great vacation pictures.

A new Retrevo study entitled “Are Consumers Warming Up to Shopping On Their Mobile Phones?” found only 8 percent of those surveyed said they’d never shop on their cell phone.

Great computer games never die – they’re just reborn at Good ‘Ol Games (www.gog.com), a website devoted to resurrecting classic computer games.

Use a computer? Chances are you have passwords to log onto your PC, email program and perhaps websites like your bank and Facebook. But if you use any of these commonly-used passwords, change them ASAP.