While millions of tech savvy surfers could enjoy watching television shows over their computer screens via streaming, not many TV owners could surf on their sets.

Manufacturers are now trying the TV-Internet combination by including Internet connectivity as a standard feature of future television sets. Among the pioneers of this technology is Sharp Electronics which has produced some flat TV models that permit direct, although limited Internet connection.

To upgrade airport security equipment, the Transportation Security Administration is selling advertising spaces on plastic bins, carts and stainless steel tables where passengers place their bags for screening.

TSA spokesman Sterling Payne said it is part of a 12-month experiment which would permit the placement of advertising materials in selected airport items at 14 American airports including Los Angeles, Denver and Seattle-Tacoma. For the sold ad spaces, TSA already raised $435,000 which it used to purchase new checkpoint gadgets.

For two Las Vegas brokers, discounts are not enough to close deals. They give prospective buyers free tours of properties aboard their "foreclosure bus."

The 40-seater luxury coach of Ruth and John Ahlbrand, owner and manager of RE/MAX Central, takes clients to bank-owned foreclosed properties and builder-discounted new homes in the Las Vegas area.

Consumer electronics giant Sony unveiled a prototype hand-powered digital camera called the "Twirl N' Take." In the same vein as previous hand-powered radios and flashlights, 15 seconds of movement generates enough power to snap a photo.

According to reports, the "Twirl N' Take" is shaped like a pizza cutter and includes 3-megapixel mobile phone digital camera technology. Sony doesn't plan to market the device.

Imagine waiting in line for a Sony camcorder and bringing it home only to find a jar of pasta sauce in the box.

This is what a St. Louis couple claimed happened to them after purchasing what they thought was a camcorder at a Best Buy store outside of St. Louis.