It's funny how sometimes a photograph can bring back memories of times long past. Things you always thought you have forgotten, they sometimes come back to haunt you, or suddenly mesmerize you like they used to do.

But it's not only those old pictures that can play tricks on your mind. An old song, even its rehashed version performed by that young singer who had the gall to reprise a piece originally done by a much better performer, can lead you back to memory lane, remembering things that are better left forgotten.

But the worst villain of all would be, hands down, the Internet. The online world as an eternal, digital repository of photos and songs, is like a virtual minefield with booby traps loaded with recollections of things long gone. The Internet's various nooks and crannies can spring surprises, some nasty, some elating.

So, surf the Internet at your own risk.

Nokia's Horrible Quarter

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone vendor, reported an $832 million loss in the third quarter. The Finnish giant's financial performance took a hit from a 20% drop in sales and a one-time charge for its investment in the network equipment joint venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, which the company has come to believe it is unlikely to recover.

This report is all the more ghastly when compared with the euro 1.09 billion profit it had in the same quarter last year.

The mobile phone industry has been severely affected by the financial crisis, although the company believes that the market outlook has definitely improved. Nokia revised upward its 2009 forecast for mobile phone shipments, as well as its predictions for the network infrastructure segment.

250GB PS3

After All Souls' Day, Sony will be releasing a PlayStation 3 with a larger hard drive. The $350 video game console will come with a 250GB hard drive, more than two times the hard drive of the recently released PS3.

Other than the hard drive, the new PS3 will look and function like the earlier version of the game console.

Portable Ultrasound Machine

General Electric Co. recently introduced a handheld ultrasound machine. Called the Vscan, the portable medical device looks like a cross between a clamshell-type mobile phone and an iPod. Equipped with digital capabilities, the portable ultrasound machine, however, does not have WiFi connectivity.

That's all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT and some other things.