They could also make and sell consumer electronics, like localized versions of MIT Media Lab OLPC laptops and PCs, and white goods, like televisions, air-conditioners, fans, rice cookers and refrigerators.

FORBES: China Turns Its Focus To Africa

Plaintiffs invoke consumer-protection laws in California, specifically, because Linden Lab is based in San Francisco.

CNN: Can people actually 'own' virtual land?

At an industry privacy seminar earlier this month, Federal Trade Commission Consumer Privacy chief David Vladeck said the FTC has set up a full-scale forensic mobile lab dedicated to reviewing applications on iPads, iPhones, Androids, and other smartphones.

FORBES: How Smartphone Apps Spy on Their Users

There are some studies that suggest harm in laboratory animals, but larger subsequent studies have failed to confirm any of these earlier findings of harm in lab animals, and there are no studies showing any harm in humans under normal consumer use.

FORBES: Using Science As the Guiding Hand of Food Policy

As you may have heard, I recently joined Kraft Foods as Vice President of Global Digital and Consumer Engagement, and one of the first projects I am leading is the Kraft Foods Nokia Mobile Innovation Lab, which we just announced this week (you may have also read some of the other exciting news from Nokia).

FORBES: The Future Is Mobile