It’s the end of the year, ups and downs, joys and sorrows, not just for the economy but for all the talented people who passed this year. Hopefully, next year will see better days. Enjoy today’s highlights.

Plunder Girls: The Keeley Hazell 2009 Calendar helps us ring in the new year on a high note.

Plunder Guide: The Camo Laptop Bag would be perfect for the jungles of Brazil, hey speaking of Brazilian Jungles, Raica Oliveira is enough to get all sorts of wildlife ready to mate.

SoleRedemption: Adidas x Vespa, the perfect combination for mods on scooters.

Kicksaholic: It’s not quite Chinese New Year yet, but it’s soon, and as stylish as ever with the Nike Year of the Ox Pack.

Gizmo Groove: Eliica Electric Car… Eight Wheels of Fury?!

Hipster Chic: Love is the New Hate Watch makes the perfect gift for V-Day!

YuKyung Technologies will release its entry into the Net Book/Tablet PC market with it’s Viliv S5. It’s Atom based and we’ll see a first glimpse of it in the 2009 CES. It’s powered by the Atom Z520 with Windows XP. It has a 4.8 inch LCD screen and some memory capacity to boost it’s powers to DDR2 1GB SDRAM. It has the storage capacity of 30 or 60 GB HDD and has a battery pack to last you 6 hours. As for connectivity it has Bluetooth/WiFi/HSDPA/WiBro, DMB and GPS functions. Basically all you’d ever need in everyday travel.

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 has been selected by AVING Global News Network as the 2009 Product of the Year 2008 and a Very Important Product Honoree in the Computing Category. For those who still haven’t got the program running in their computers the feature of the software is fast, light, and comprehensive security; pulse updates for up-to-the-minute protection; intelligence-driven for faster, fewer, shorter scans; blocks online identity theft, viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more.

Here’s some news around our network and some shout outs to friends.

Sole Redemption: Nike Air Classic BW Safari is fit for the Urban Jungle.

Kicksaholic: Nike Zoom Kobe IV Chaos gets the MVP ready for another title run.

Hipster Chic: Retro Webcam – Hollywood Swingin’.

Plunder Girls: Melissa Marie is Hot Salsa!

Plunder Guide: Fernanda Motta conquers the Brazilian modeling scene.

Plunder Tech: Lightsaber Nunchucks are a Force to be reckoned with.

Gizmo Groove: Eagle Eye Stimulights offers ‘night vision’.

Friends: EU Kicks: Nike Dunk SB Twin Peaks creeps us out a little bit. Where’s the midget in the red room?

Bachelor Guy: F’ed up Vanity Plates the DMV let slip by.

Ever wondered how it feels to be like a Jedi? Well, besides from a lightsaber, this is also a way to be as close to a Jedi as possible. Basically it’s like having two pieces of lightsticks connected by a chain. It would be a cool toy but nothing to defend yourself with! (Chuckles)

The Proporta Universal Charger works with a simple concept. Charge it up and it charges your various devices on the go! This handy product charges from any standard USB port and stores an impressive 3400 mAH of power for when you need it most. The nice thing about this device is that it is compatible with almost all devices since it comes with USB to Mini USB cable, and a retractable cable which is compatible with the following inter-changeable connector heads: 1 x Nokia – Universal , 1 x Sony Ericsson – Universal, 1 x iPod, 1 x Samsung (suitable for use with Ted Baker Samsung phone) 1 x Mini USB (suitable for use with Ted Baker Needle phone), 1 x Micro USB, 1 x 4.0 DC. That simply means that you can plug almost any device for charging up! Cool!

Electronic Whiteboards are getting more popular nowadays and the problem with them is security. Hopefully, Panasonic has made some great security enhancements to their next releases. In the new models, users can place a password using the LCD display on the whiteboards. The main effect of this is that data on the whiteboard is secure from unauthorized printing or storing into various storage media like USB drives.