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It’s hard for a lot of us to relate to what goes on in fashion, but Alexander McQueen , recently deceased , strode across some familiar territory in his final works. Shots like this are as sci-fi as they are high-fashion. [ BoingBoing ] More

What, you’ve got a broken, old computer, but what you really want is a shiny, new hookah? Well, with a little bit of effort you can turn that old gadget into some peculiar-looking smoking paraphernalia. [ Instructables via Nerd Approved ]

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Turn Your Old Computer Into A Brand New Hookah [DIY]

We’ve remarked in the past that TiVo is slowly dying and the latest numbers from the company aren’t making us any more optimistic: For the quarter ended Jan. 31, TiVo posted a loss of $10.2 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.6 million, or 4 cents a share. Youch

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TiVo Posts $10.2 Million Loss, We Contemplate Dusting Off Our Funeral Garb [TiVo]

People have been thinking long and hard for well over a month now whether they’ll buy the Wi-Fi version which is available this month, or wait for next month’s 3G model. AT&T isn’t arguing their case well here. Chief executive Randall Stephenson said at an investor conference yesterday that the iPad will mostly be a “Wi-Fi driven product,” adding his thoughts on the likelihood of someone wanting a second contract

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Even AT&T’s CEO Thinks the Wi-Fi Version of the iPad Is the Better Option [Apple Ipad]

Apple’s suing HTC for infringing on 20 iPhone patents, but what will this mean to the cellphone market? According to Eric Von Hippel, a professor of technological innovation at MIT, it’ll be bad news for consumers in the end: It’s a bad scene right now. The social value of patents was supposed to be to encourage innovation – that’s what society gets out of it.

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How Will Apple and HTC’s Little Spat Affect the Cellphone Market? [Legal]

The humble To Do list has been updated, with the Dunnit! iPhone app using gaming-style achievement points for every task completed. Sure beats scribbling on the back of an envelope I guess, though it’d be better if they translated into redeemable points. Having some sort of incentive to tick off every task on the list would definitely make me more pro-active, especially if you could translate them into iTunes gift cards or something.

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Win Achievement Points For Every ‘To Do List" Task Completed On the Dunnit! iPhone App [IPhone Apps]

Acer’s working on some viddy, viddy slim laptops with Intel Calpella processors inside, according to Digitimes . Calpella was rumored to be making an appearance in the MacBook Pro line last year , but never materialized. The laptops will be called the Calpella Slim series, and will come in 13, 14 and 15-inch models, measuring less than an inch thick. [ Digitimes ]

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Acer Working On Slim Intel Calpella Laptops [Laptops]

February has not been a good month for the Apple supply chain. After the assault , the arson, and the poisonings , now Apple’s annual supplier report reveals that this year 11 minors were found working in factories that manufacture their products. The 24-page report is full of bad news. The worst of it: three different factories Apple uses to manufacture parts employed 15 year old workers, 11 minors total, in countries that had a minimum working age of 16

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Apple Reports Discovery of Child Workers In Their Factories [Apple]

Yesterday we heard that a CDMA version of the Nexus One was approved by the FCC , and now Neowin has word from an anonymous Google employee that the Google phone will land on Verizon on March 23. That’s the day the CTIA wireless convention kicks off and it’s less than a month away; Perhaps a bit sooner than we’d expected, but certainly plausible. [ Neowin ]

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Nexus One Coming to Verizon March 23? [Rumors]

You can’t talk about the Devour, Motorola’s new slide-out QWERTY Android phone, without talking about the Droid, Motorola’s favored child . And it’s precisely when pitted against the Droid that the Devour stops making sense. The Price The Devour runs $150, with a two-year Verizon contract.

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Motorola Devour Review: What Have You Done To My Droid? [Review]