Dubbed the GreenOpolis, the pavilion was designed by SC M&C Strategy Development, and will cover about 21,527 square feet of space. The 5 levels will include music and cultural performance areas, plus restaurant, terrace, and office facilities.

Seriously, if the 2010 World Expo wasn't in China, I'd head over with the sole purpose of dropping acid or something. The event kicks off on May 1st next year. Oh, and next cab off the rank is South Korea. Here's the first taste at what they've got planned for World Expo 2012. [GreenOpolis via Arch Daily and China.org]

Julian Bayliss was looking around Google Earth for a new conservation project when he came across patches of green in Mozambique that appeared to be previously unexplored. Sure enough, those green patches were "7,000 hectares of forest, rich in biodiversity" that had been left untouched by scientists thanks to minor blips like miserable terrain and constant civil war.

An expedition launched in the fall to Mount Mabu discovered three new species of butterflies, a new Gaboon viper than can kill a human in a single bite, along with all kinds of other wildlife, like 200 types of butterflies and tropical plants, all in a matter of weeks.

The expedition leader, Jonathan Timberlake, says that this could just be the beginning—Google Earth might help scientists find other undiscovered pockets of biodiversity in areas like Mozambique and Papua New Guinea that haven't been fully explored. I've got my fingers crossed for hobbits and Big Foot. [Telegraph - Thanks Adam!]

Motorola's got another Q in the queue in the form of the new Napolean world phone. It's a CDMA smartphone for Verizon that does double duty with GSM, so you can use it pretty much anywhere. It also includes Wi-Fi if you're not feeling like using its EV-DO Revision A or EDGE data, runs Windows Mobile 6.1, and includes a fingerprint scanner and a 2-megapixel camera with flash. It sounds like a great phone for world travelers, but probably overkill for anyone else. [BGR]

The PC World Top 100 products of 2007 have been announced, before we are even halfway through 2007. Don't ask me why, but this means they have had to leave out stuff like the iPhone, which they awarded top spot to in the Most Anticipated Product category.

So what did hit the top spot for actual products? Well, it's not what I would have chosen (that came in at #3, but then I've always aspired toward being part of the leisure class.) Hit the gallery to see PC World's Top Ten products and then the jump to find out where they came in.

10. Adobe Premiere Elements 3 video editing software
9 Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger operating system
8. Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS NV network-attached storage device
7. Pioneer 1080p PRO-FHD1 plasma HDTV
6. Parallels Desktop virtualization software
5. RIM Blackberry 8800 smartphone
4. Verizon FiOS Internet service
3. Nintendo Wii game console
2. Intel Core 2 Duo desktop CPU
1. Google Apps Premier Edition Web application

And they didn't even find room for the Thanko USB bullwhip. – Ad Dugdale

In pictures: the top 20 products of the year [PC World]

Sifting through the crap that is the horrible press release, the 1TB models can use that Gigabit Ethernet connection to connect directly to your router, which then allows you to access your data from anywhere without actually having to turn on your PC. Essentially a cheap NAS, these WD My Books could be a decent way to let your family members access your photos without going through something like Flickr. – Jason Chen

Press Release [Western Digital]

Product Page [Via Consumer Electronics Net]