The guys at TomTom accidentally leaked an ad for their new Rider 2, a GPS unit for motorcycles and scooters. Not that many details were revealed from the Flash animation (other than the fact the Rider 2 will have a redesigned mount), but if it follows in its predecessor’s footsteps, chances are the Rider 2 will be water resistant, feature built-in Bluetooth, and sell for around $600, though hopefully TomTom gave their pricing a redesign too.

This has to be the 15th thing this month I’ve sene go up in flames. This time it’s an iPod nano that sets on fire.The owner says that the force sent his iPod flying to the ground, where it started smoking and sparking until it was unplugged. Unfortunately, the iPod was out of warranty, so the owner wasn’t able to get an immediate replacement. But let this be a lesson to all of us: Always keep an eye on your charging gadgets, ’cause you never know.

Following on from the Ferrari-Acer tie-up and the Lamborghini-Asus, here comes another.

German über-limousine company Maybach and Hewlett-Packard have gone all loved-up on us with the NS42. For $4,000 you get a leather-trimmed notebook, complete with Maybach logo, sensory buttons with amber-colored lighting under the touchpad and a spanky case with wheels, seven-speed gearbox and sunroof. Pics and info are from Russian site Tech2, and the most we can get on the specs side is an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, built-in SSD-store of 64 GB and video adaptor.