Injuries, sometimes devastating, are almost intrinsic to strongman contests: the inevitable product of extreme weight and sudden motion.

NEWYORKER: The Strongest Man in the World

After glancing over the external X-Fi module, our worries of being duped on yet another product not worth its weight in gold have been surprisingly eased, as the folks over at CNET have taken Creative's Xmod through its paces and now want one of their own.

ENGADGET: Creative Xmod external X-Fi device reviewed

Yesterday, the FTC held a workshop on deceptive weight-loss product advertising and its impact on public health, and the commission chairman turned up the heat by pressing cable channels, newspapers and magazines to screen and reject the ads--suggesting they could be sued if they don't.

FORBES: FTC Says Cut The Fat

Nevertheless, Weight Watchers is revamping its product with the launch in America on August 17th of a new programme called Flex Points, which is supposed to be easier for slimmers to follow.

ECONOMIST: Dieting

Part of the plan to create this better product experience involves opening up SAP to lighter-weight protocols that are more forgiving of distributed applications, including REST and OData, giving customers the freedom to quickly decide an application would be better run as a service, in the cloud, or exposed through a Facebook widget.

FORBES: SAP Product Architecture Takes a Hint from Urban Planning

The weight certainly helps when it comes to a product meant to be held for long reading marathons.

ENGADGET: Barnes & Noble's Nook HD 7-inch Android tablet, hands-on (video)

Talking with Asus executives about their new baby, the picture emerges of a project where unusual resources were dedicated to rapid development and engineering, and unusually narrow margins and tolerances are built into the final product, in order to meet the requirements for size, weight and battery life.

FORBES: Seven Inches, Four Months, A Number One Sales Target: How Asus Built The Nexus 7

Heber's book and the name of his weight-loss plan promote the company's signature product.

FORBES: Supplemental Income