I don't know what's funnier, that Apple has the balls to erect a billboard so large it's illegal, or that Apple has such pull—financial and political—that they can get away with it. Since 2007 the 13,750-square-foot billboard has been up in a Boston-based storage facility, and the state has argued that it should come down. Protected in part by Boston hizzoner Thomas M. Menino and others, the ad remains, but after a temporary permit ran out, its owners had to pay a $110,000 "settlement." Sounds like a fine to me. Either way, the mofo is still standing. [AppleInsider]

On what looks like the Japanese equivalent of Regis and Kelly, a TV presenter showing off a Sony Vaio L touchscreen Win 7 PC can't quite get it to work. It's not fully frozen—it's the IR touch interface that seems to be the problem. Whatever the case, you can see this poor bastard visibly mourning his own rapidly decreasing family honor. And as for Reeg-san and JKelly, I don't know what they're saying, but I am pretty sure I've heard it all before. [MacDailyNews via CrunchGear]

Wal-Mart is sticking it to Best Buy with their own army of overpriced teenage-son replacements. You pay anywhere from $99 to $339 for, as Reuters puts it, "basic television installation on the low end to setting up a home theater, wireless router network or a home office computer network" on the high end. So let me get this straight, somebody paying $600 for a 40" LCD TV is going to pay $100 for it to be setup? Better yet, someone paying $30 for a wireless router will pay 10 times that for some dude to come install it? I mean, I know we're a service economy, but this is ridiculous. [Reuters]

My favorite Canadian co-CEO, RIM's Mike Lazaridis, did a kind of evasion/denial response to questions about the gloriously hideous Bluetooth BlackBerry smartwatch, a kind of wristborne Foleo, if you will. He kinda just giggled and said that the accessories they release are generally accessories that keep the BlackBerry handset at the center. Clearly this would be different—and CrackBerry maintains that it still may come out, designed and built for BlackBerrys by a firm unaffiliated with RIM. Sounds like a recipe for awesome to me. [TechDigest]

Yeah, that last feature sounds a little dubious (like it could be used for evil), but rest assured—the watch will be available in Japan only starting on July 1st and will work with only a select group of phones. [Citizen via Slashgear via OhGizmo]

For the equivalent of $65, users can have a wristband that connects to their cellphone via Bluetooth, complete with speaker, volume control and a call answer button. Battery life is said to be around five hours and it is available in either white or grey. Seriously though, if you are going to make a Bluetooth wristband that actually communicates, have the decency to put an actual watch on there. Even a tiny digital display would suffice. [Adtec via Impress via DVICE via Crunchgear]

The music playing timekeeper will record your voice via an on board digital voice recorder, remain water resistant to 3-10ATM, crank out six hours playback per charge and transfer your tunes using a USB connection. Priced at $279 (1GB) and $299 (2GB), you'd be better off spending your money on an iPod, Zune, Zen, Sony A-series, Sony N-series or a blow-up doll set in this pose. [Product Page via Red Ferret]