Hollywood legend Steve McQueen’s 1963 Ferrari 250 GT is up for auction by Christie’s. The estimated £400,000 - £600,000 value is sure to put off all but the wealthiest of buyers, but the winning bidder is sure to enjoy being behind the wheel of this mean machine.

Harrods will be selling a £100,000 saucepan later this year. The princely pan features more than 1kg of solid gold, and is studded with an incredible 200 diamonds. The manufacturer Fissler claims it’s the world’s most expensive pot - the pen pushers at Guinness World Records have been duly notified.

I’d be tempted to buy one myself to boil spuds, but as it isn’t dishwasher-safe I’ll have to pass.

The ever colourful ColorWare have added the iPhone to their roster of rainbow products. If you can’t deal with the prospect of owning an iPhone in its default black never fear - ColorWare are offering them in a dazzling array of custom colours.

Check out their colourful version of the Nano, MacBook and Mac mini.

The Moller M200G hover car by Moller International is supposedly coming to market in the no-too-distant future. Priced between £45,000 and £62,000, the car will allow consumers to live out their wildest Jetsons fantasies.

You can see a video of the M200G in action here.

Once upon a time, consumers viewed Sony as a desirable brand. The company was renowned for innovation: the legendary Walkman, the groundbreaking PlayStation, Aibo, the first commercially available robotic pet.

Fast forward a few years, and things are looking grim. They now produce derivative rubbish that nobody in their right mind would want to invest in. Take the NW-HD5 for example:

It’s a poor man’s iPod that uses Sony’s proprietary format, ATRAC3. Sony helpfully bundled SonicStage with the player to encourage users to convert all their nice MP3 files into Sony’s white elephant format, leaving them with gigabytes of useless music when the player stops working. Cheers Sony!

The Bean is equally terrible:

Surely somebody within Sony must have noticed that this thing is a pig! What will they think of next? The Sony Spud - an MP3 (sorry, ATRAC3) player shaped like a potato?

Poor products and incredible errors of judgment have plagued the company in recent times: take their sluggish, wait-and-see approach in the TV market. Upon closing their south Wales manufacturing plant with the loss of 650 jobs, Sony announced:

“The demand for CRT-based televisions within the UK and Europe has fallen significantly and the transition to flat TVs has been much quicker than we first expected”

No kidding!

Their lack of foresight is astonishing for company that claims to be at the forefront of technology. They’re playing catch-up now with the Bravia range of televisions, but is it too little too late? The Bravia range may have a nice television campaign to support sales, but Sony’s competitors are offering products of similar (if not better) quality at a lower price.

The PlayStation 3 is another great example of a product that arrived too late for far too much money. The Xbox 360 currently retails at £296.96 on Amazon, or a mere £195.48 if you fancy the Core System. The PlayStation 3 comes in at a whopping £419.99! It may play Blu-Ray discs (which will be obsolete in no time as broadband speeds and on-demand services increase), wifi and a larger drive, but why bundle these things in off the bat?

The PS3 has…. what…. about 20 games? The 360 has loads (OK, so shoot me, I don’t know exactly how many).

Sony have just unveiled their latest product: a clock radio with an integrated iPod dock.

Another piggy pig pig! It is so piggy is stinks like bacon! It looks like a car battery or possibly a toaster.

The VAIO is yet another example of the derivative rubbish they’ve been peddling for far too long.

Hmmmmmm… looks suspiciously like the Apple MacBook! At least they’re priced reasonably enough.

Sony’s retail outlets are looking very tired - if you’ve walked past the one on Baker Street you’ll know what I mean.

Sony - please, go back to square one, head back to the drawing board and dream up some new, innovative, exciting products before it’s too late.

Rant over.

I must confess, I’d never heard of UK car manufacturer Noble until this week. Given the sorry state of car manufacturing in the UK it’s little surprise. What is a surprise is that they’re designing some spectacular vehicles that really warrant more publicity (their awful website does them no justice).

The Noble M15 is a great looking car:

Of course, they’ve only gone and sold the design to an American company! After a few tweaks, a little remodelling and a rebadge, the beast that is the Rossion Q1 was born:

Tom Dickson unleashes his mighty Blendtec blender yet again, and the results ain’t pretty.

You like Mario? You like mushrooms? You’ll love the Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit from thinkgeek.com. The pack contains everything you need to grow your very own 1-up mushroom - just add a cool, dark room and water!

Protect your glutes and strike fear into the hearts of potential bike thieves with these striking animal-themed bicycle seat covers:

It’s a fun idea, and hey, at under 10 Euros you can’t go wrong!