Microsoft's attempt to replace Linux on Nigerian school laptops
falters after the government discovers $400,000 dubious contract:
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
The CDF format proposed by the misleadingly named OpenDocument
Foundation is not technically capable of replacing ODF:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200711091130433
Sony's latest W3800 Walkman phone comes with gesture control. Just
wave at the camera to mute calls, silence alarms etc.:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/sony-ericssons-w380-walkman-phone/8326/
Glasses with a built-in and extremely discrete colour digital
video camera. Only 32MB but takes SD cards:
http://www.spycatcheronline.co.uk/sunglasses-camera-with-personal-digital-video-recorder-p-591.html
And finally. How to improve factory safety by getting a robot to
punch you in the face:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=129
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.