The setup seems simple: the Atlas connects via Bluetooth to the Kindle Fire, and the tablet pipes out video and audio to the HDTV, but Huang was quick to point out that the configuration is more than a mere wireless gamepad setup -- it's a multiplayer experience.

ENGADGET: Green Throttle Games Atlas and Arena hands-on (video)

As Wall Street drooled over new-economy industries, Mr Kozlowski dug into less glamorous work, buying struggling firms in businesses such as pipes and valves, water sprinklers, fire extinguishers, syringes and nappies.

ECONOMIST: Face value

In another incident in Bala, Gwynedd, a fire was started after water dripped into an electric heater used to defrost pipes.

BBC: Warning after frozen pipes spark spate of fires