Tobacco advertising has been banned in TV. Producers even have to pay a hefty sum for each scene where an actor will be seen smoking a cigarette. And back in 2002, tobacco brands signed an agreement not to advertise online. So, where can they advertise?

The most unregulated formof media — the internet, of course.

A study published online by the Tobacco Control journal reported that there were 20 “very professionally made” video clips in the grand daddy of online videos, YouTube.

When you search these five tobacco brands like Marlboro, L&M, Benson and Hedges, Winston, and Mild Seven in YouTube, 20 videos that is dubious as far as being user made is concern.

Of the 163 clips viewed by the Tobacco Control Journal, the Marlboro commercials were the ones that were most viewed, having an average of almost 104,000 for each of these Marlboro videos.

One of them even having as much as two million views.

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These videos work too well to promote these products; and such advertising was made illegal because of an agreement in 2002. 70% of the 163 video clips viewed by the journal showcased people that were smoking these tobacco products, the brand names of what they were smoking is also impossible to miss.

Of the 40 Marlboro commercials, 39 had the name in the title of the video clip while, 33 of them was too reminiscent of the Marlboro’s signature commercials of a rugged man on a horse.

Earlier this week, Toshiba has announced that they will be working on 3D television sets that do not require glasses to be worn to be able to access this functionality.

The Japanese electronic giant, Sony, will be competing against Toshiba in this search for technology that will allow 3D viewing no matter how many the viewers are, that means that every one can see the images in 3D, not just the person wearing the 3D glasses.

Currently, Sony allows its users to see images on their screen in 3D. Panasonic also has this feature. But Yoshihisa Ishida, the senior vice president of the electronics industry main player, Sony, believes that they should go one step further with 3D television stating that, “Seeing 3D without glasses is more convenient,” he also adds that “We must take account of pricing before we can think about when to start offering them.”

Sony aims to be the market leader when it comes to 3D television and players and believes that they have their own movie studio will work towards their advantage.

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Though it is not yet fully released and approved by the Federal Communications Commission, there is one product in the iPad’s upgrade queue by this commission that is sure to excite any one who has an iPad.

This iPhone/iPad dock from Griffin will unlock a whole different facet for the device — multiplayer gaming.

The Griffin PartyDock does so much more than its competitors. No, it’s not just like any other speaker like the rest of them. And to think that it’s just another charger does not pay homage to the greatness that this add-on can become.

The PartyDocks allows iPhones or iPads to connect to each other to allow multiplayer functionality by allowing you to hook up these devices to its base station that contains four wireless joypads.

Its first app is set to include three party games that promises to make the Griffin PartyDock live up to the word, “Party” that is tagged to its name. These games are Midway Motors, Fishing Frenzy and Flippin’ Frogs.

And of course there’s more to come.

As an added functionality, the Griffin PartyDock can be hooked up to a TV set that turns your iPhone or iPad to a fully functional multi-player gaming console.

Gadget fans, like those who frequent Gadgetepoint, are so excited for the release of this promising gadget.

Imagine an iPhone, or an iPod Touch. Visualize a sumo wrestler nad his hugely proportioned body; imagine his fingers.

And we all know that it’s impending doom for the handheld device.

Imagine all that weight on his fingers pressing on the the minute handheld device, and we can only pity the fate of that particular iPhone.

Fortunately, that’s not the case for the iPad.

The Japan Sumo Association is set to distribute 60 iPads among the 51 training stables all across thier country.

The distribution of the device will help improve communication.

“Sending emails was very easy.” said one of the association chiefs in one of the stables.

The iPad became the communicator of choice for these not-so-light warriors as the device was big enough to cater to the far fingers of these wrestlers.

The stables are planning to go digital if they intend to save the dignity of the sport. With their reliance and phone calls and faxes, the sumo association was not able to address the concerns that they faced like scandals over illegal gambling, match-fixing, and unnecessary and brutal hazing towards many of the apprentices.

The insufficient sharing of information among sumo leaders led to an inefficient effort to investigate these pressing issues.

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Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sued 11 big names in the web namely Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Youtube, eBay, AOL, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples.

The suit was filed against the companies for allegedly violating four patents owned by his now-defunct program, Interval Research.

One of the four patents is said to cover internet commerce basics such as product recommendations based on the pages that users are viewing. The other one is about allowing the readers of a news story to see other stories based on the current one. The two other patents are on showing information such as news updates and stock quotes on a web page.

Allen’s link with Google is through the alleged funding of Interval Research of the Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page’s research that would eventually become Google. Paul Allen’s lawsuit came just a week after Oracle sued Google for patent violations over the open source Java programming language used in the mobile phone operating system of Google’s Android.

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Reports state that September 7 will be an important date for Apple.

The consumer electronics giant will be having an event on September 7 to announce the release of a mystery gadget.

But the mystery gadget isn’t too much of mystery as September has been the annual month of release of the update to their iPod Touch line.

The media player was first released in September 2007; they followed up with iTouch 2 on September 2008. Exactly 12 months later in September ‘09, the third generation of the product was released.

And if you put two and two together, it is safe to assume that September 7 is the date that iTouch 4 will be released.

The upgrade will include a front facing camera as production line pictures have leaked stating that the this feature will be in their repertoire.

A 5 megapixel camera may also be added; and an Apple A4 chip might as well be added to as these improvements were reflected on the iPhone upgrade.

If an iPod Touch 4 is not the main feature in the said event, experts are saying that it could be a revamped Apple TV, and we’re thinking, it will be named iTV… Shocking!

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The European launch date of the much awaited addition to the Xbox 360’s arsenal has finally been announced. Mark November 10, 2010 on your calendars as this is the day that Nintendo Wii’s game sensors will meet its match on European shores.

With the staggering lead in the race of Nintendo Wii against its competitors, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, both the latter competitors are finding ways to take a chunk off the significantly larger market share of the Wii.

And even without statistics and further study, mere observation will make you arrive at the conclusion that what sets the Wii apart from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is that it’s more interactive with it’s motion sensitivity.

Enter Kinect.

Microsoft Europe confirmed that the official launch date of Kinect will be Novermber 10, four dats after the release in the United States.

Microsoft states that the timing of the release will be perfect. Consumers get into a buying frenzy when the holliday season is nearing; however, the release of PlayStation Move will be two months ahead of its competitor; and the 2-month difference may be a significant factor in the consumer’s decision.

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Foursquare and Gowalla may have pioneered location based social networking but it does not mean that the game is all theirs as the biggest social networking site in the world joins the game.

It is no secret how Facebook has set the facade in terms of social networking. Now, they join the likes of Gowalla and Foursquare by adding a “Where are you?” feature. Facebook users who have smart phones can now check in to locations. This is Facebook’s venture to the location services craze. Facebook users with smart phones can declare their locations–whether bars, parks, malls, or what have you. Like every location based service, players can earn badges and share their friends where they are.

With a wider network of people who use Facebook, as opposed to Foursquare and Gowalla, observers believe that they might succeed with this venture. While it was pioneered by Foursquare and Gowalla and other various startups, the prevalence of more smart phones with GPS access lets more users join in the game.

Like Gowalla and Foursquare, no one is forced to check-in at every location. You can opt out of playing if you would want to be a little private on some days.

Maybe you want to get hands on some smart phones and cool gadgets? We have cool gadgets a plenty over at Gadgetepoint.

Icons are people that even after they have already left the earth, they’re still leaving marks, breaking new records, and astounding people. In this definition, you should definitely count Michael Jackson as one of the greatest icons of our time.

Months after his tragic death, he’s still selling millions of records, became the most watched artist in YouTube, and added a lot more titles to his feat. And now, a video game that will be available in all consoles will be added to his achievements even after the King of Pop has already passed away.
“Michael Jackson The Experience” is a video game by Ubisoft that is set to be released by the end of this year. The game will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii. Hand-held consoles will also have the game in their repertoire as the game will also be available in Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

The game that will include Michael Jackson’s greatest hits like “Thriller”, “Beat It”, and “Billie Jean” will be one of the first games that will be played in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360’s motion sensor hardware namely the Move and Kinect respectively.


The game will also feature other chart topping songs like Bad, The Girl is Mine, Earth Song, and a whole lot more.

Dancing and Michael Jackson fans will surely love this video game while gadgets and gizmos afficionados can do themselves a favor by heading on to Gadgetepoint.

Nobody likes the snoop; but everyone likes snooping.

the iPhone Spy Stick is a device that we’re sure you’d want to be the user, but will have issues when it’s used on you.

The gadget can retrieve deleted text messages, calendar appointments, contacts, and pictures on an iPhone just by attaching the device which is Windows 7 compatible and the “target” device.

And with iPhones where the GPS functionality has been enabled, the device can zero in on the locations where the iPhone user has been.

Know every single detail of your significant other, know every text message that they have sent, even the ones that they don’t want you to see. Or know every activity of your sons or daughters. The devil is in the details!

But for those who are still on the sensible side of things, the iPhone Spy Stick has some other features other than spying on your loved ones and offending privacy concerns, the device allows its users to recover lost and deleted data on their iPhones.

This device though is something that your loved ones wouldn’t want to see you with. Say good bye to your significant other when they see you holding the iPhone Spy Stick and their cell phone.

Be on the safe side, the stuff from Gadgetepoint are not morally gray; your loved ones will surely be fonder of you when they see you holding something entertaining from Gadgetepoint.