The NZ Government is wary of "Trusted Computing", basically because it
can't be trusted to preserve access to data:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/4CB0B493513346A8CC2572DF0005700D
A device made from CD drive components and a rubber band from some
broccoli generates power to charge cellphones from the user's breathing:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/05/breathing_power.html
Samsung now has 8GB memory cards in microSD format:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200705/200705180015.html
Following on from Sun's suggestion that ODF and the Chinese UOF document
formats merge, Microsoft suggests merging UOF with OOXML instead:
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070521074914744
Intel have laughed at the OLPC, criticised it, copied it, and now sell
their Classmate laptop under cost at US$200:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6675833.stm
A 3D mouse you wear as a ring:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/7293/
And finally. "U R ABT 2 B STRK BY LGHTNG" or how your cellphone could
warn of an imminent lightning strike in time to take cover:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11883-cellphones-could-warn-of-imminent-lightning-strike.html
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.