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Platinum Pets - Forbes.com

With the memory of Fashion Week in New York still fresh, it’s time to talk about couture outfits, designer sweaters, swank accessories, perfumes and other high-end products.For dogs, of course.

There have always been over-pampered pets around–remember the $100,000 Doris Duke left to her dog? But these days, it seems there are more and more ways to indulge animal companions. Some pooches are dressing better than their owners–or at least as well–with diamond-studded leashes, leather coats and $1,500 wedding dresses.

We think changing the DVD at high speed will become the next extreme sport.

2006 Jaguar XJ: Just Like An Old Airliner - Gizmodo

What they liked: The engine puts out 400hp, which is a lot considering the car is completely aluminum and quite light for a large sedan at 4,001 pounds. Overall, the car performs well and rides comfortably - like a first class airliner.

What they didn’t like: The car lacks simple luxuries like bi-xenon headlamps (we don’t mind because those things freakin’ blind us). And the entire design feels a dated, complete with a nav system from 1999.

Gizmodo thoughts: Bluetooth phone support is a step in the right direction and the front seats have screens in the back of their headrests. But to change a DVD, the player is in the trunk. In a boat like a Jag engineers can’t fit a player in the rear console? None of this tech is that expensive anymore - so in a $90,000 car the layout should be perfect.

Airport Wireless Internet Access Guide

Travelpost has got the lowdown for you. That is, if you’re still flying commercial loser.

MobileTechNews - Verizon Wireless launches new BlackBerry 8703e

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry 8703e operating on Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network. Available to Verizon Wireless customers beginning Sunday, September 17, the BlackBerry 8703e integrates advanced device hardware, software and network technologies in a powerful handset with a full 35-key QWERTY keyboard.

That’s what every self-respecting hedge fund manager should own.

A Film-Worthy Ferrari - Forbes.com

Ferrari’s new P4/5 is a one-off, customized supercar that looks like the Batmobile–or some other futuristic, million-dollar vehicle you would see in a movie. This is appropriate, considering it was built for James Glickenhaus, the American director of such action movies as McBain (1991, starring Christopher Walken) and The Protector (1985, starring Jackie Chan).The P4/5 is the work of Italian design house Pininfarina, a longtime Ferrari partner. The car uses the mechanical underpinnings of Ferrari’s out-of-production 2002 Enzo Ferrari supercar, and gives the Enzo a body and interior customized to Glickenhaus’ specifications. No price is available for the P4/5, but each of the 400 Enzos Ferrari built costs $650,000.

All-business class service sounds good at first. But Forbes gets to the heart of the matter by reminding us that a caste system requires lower castes in order to confer status to those more exalted.

Class Conscious - Forbes.com

In late 2005, two new air carriers, MAXjet and Eos Airlines, launched all-business-class service from New York to London, one of the busiest and most profitable routes in commercial aviation.MAXjet and Eos offer very different products–the former, more modest; the latter, pricey and accordingly pampering. But besides their business class billing, they have one big thing in common: They aren’t really business class, because they don’t have coach class.

Let’s be honest. Part of the point of premium travel is that you are a step up from your fellow passengers. Sure, you’re eating airplane food, but you’re eating several restaurant-quality courses served with china and silver on a linen tablecloth, while everyone else is struggling with their sporks. And yes, you may be sleeping in a glorified chair, but at least your seat reclines and your footrest extends so your body is horizontal. At the gate, while other customers swill vending-machine Coke and sit on polyester chairs, you sip Champagne in the airport lounge. Best of all, you board and disembark well before your coach-class counterparts.

Not so when business class takes up the whole bird.

You may get many business class perks, but priority boarding isn’t one of them. Neither is better service than the rest of the plane.

MAXjet is targeted at a coach customer looking to upgrade for a discount. Its planes, second-hand Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 767s, are configured to seat 102 passengers but carry only eight to ten crew members, a service ratio that isn’t much better than what you’d get in coach.

Seats enjoy lots of legroom but recline only 160 degrees, as opposed to the flat 180 of premium business class services. MAXjet’s personal digEplayers, in-flight entertainment devices with on-demand programming, are not distributed until well after take-off. The dining options are certainly competitive with other commercial business class products, though, and so is the price: Round-trip fares start at just $1,500.

We say skip the security lines and fly in a private jet. There may be only one class, but there is no doubt about which one it is.

Some luxury cars just aren’t as robust as their proletarian counterparts. When you are manufacturing for the masses it is imperative to eliminate mistakes that will have the customer in your showroom for non-purchase purposes. Luxury cars get a more personal touch - and humans being humans that can mean more mistakes.

Forbes says you may want to avoid these cars. We say, if you like ‘em, buy ‘em. In fact, buy two - you just might want a spare for redundant backup purposes.

Least Reliable Luxury Cars 2006 - Forbes.com

When you spend $76,000 for a car, you expect it to be bulletproof.

What you don’t expect is for Consumer Reports to call it “unreliable,” and for J.D. Power and Associates to give it below average ratings across a range of manufacturing quality measures.

But had you bought a 2006 Range Rover, both would be the case.

Inspiron E1405 review by PC Magazine

Bottom Line: The 8 hours of battery life and luggable chassis are the big draws on the Dell Inspiron E1405.

Pros: Over 8 hours of battery life. Literally cool to operate. Very luggable. Great resolution on a 14-inch screen

Cons: Performance gain is minimal over the Intel Core Duos.

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Most Luxurious Spas In The World - Forbes.com

As spa-goers become more sophisticated and better-traveled, they expect more from a spa experience than ever before, and they’re willing to pay for it. The industry generates about $40 billion globally, according to SpaFinder, a New York City-based spa marketing and media company. So spas worldwide are adding private suites, Japanese baths, rain showers and an ever-more-exotic array of treatments, therapies and fitness programs, influenced by everything from the traditions of far-flung cultures to cutting-edge medical technology, in order to stand out, cash in and attract new customers.

You’ve had your current handset since Christmas, and there have been, like, three cooler ones out since then. Should you grab one of those or hold out for these?

Motorola Thins Out The RAZR Line

Motorola’s (Quote, Chart) new line of Razr handsets is slimmer than ever, and the company hopes the they will expand the customer base of its already popular line of cell phones.

The 42-millimeter-wide Krzr (pronounced “crazer”) shaves more than a centimeter off the original Razr, of which Motorola sold more than 50 million units.

Beyond its slimmer size, the Krzr will offer both GSM and CDMA versions, the latter of which includes high-speed EV-DO capabilities.

Featuring a faceplate made of magnesium, chrome and hardened glass, the Krzr also comes with a two mega-pixel camera, stereo Bluetooth audio and updated phone directory and messaging applications.