If you’re the kind of person who spends hours on build-it-yourself radio-controlled models, you’ll love the Robovie-M walking robot. Assembly requires weeks, if not months,

A New York company that makes Internet pop-up ads has asked a judge to block enforcement of Utah’s new Spyware Control Act pending resolution of the firm’s challenge to the law’s constitutionality. WhenU.com Inc. claims the law that took effect last month is “arbitrary and Draconian” and violates its free-speech rights.

Comcast began selectively blocking a network loophole commonly exploited by spammers. The cable giant, whose broadband Internet service has more than 5.7 million subscribers, said it will block what’s known as “port 25” for accounts suspected of sending mass amounts of unsolicited email.

PopCap’s Zuma puzzle game is being ported to the Palm and Pocket PC Operating Systems. You can register for updates on Astraware’s preview page.

Microsoft has posted a beta version of its upcoming Pocket MSN software and service, a handheld version of its MSN network for Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC and smartphone devices.

Tapwave officially announced that their Zodiac products, and games for the Zodiac, will be available in CompUSA stores nationwide starting in June, 2004.

Creative introduced the Zen Touch, a 1.8-inch hard drive-based portable audio player that holds twice the music and provides up to three times the battery life as a 20GB Apple iPod. The Zen Touch 20GB is available for preorder exclusively at Amazon.com and the Creative site.

The Personal Satellite Assistant is a robot prototype designed to buzz around the space station, performing a variety of jobs for astronauts and mission controllers: monitoring life-support systems, keeping tabs on the day’s tasks and reminding space scientists how to do their experiments right.

Three O’clock Ltd. announced the launch of the first video magazine service for mobile phones. Subscribers can gain free access to 60 video magazines to watch and read on their Java-enabled mobile phones.

An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims’ computers that triggers pop-up ads. One flaw lets an attacker run a program on a victim’s machine, while the other enables malicious code to “cross zones,” or run with privileges higher than normal.