Children in Brazil and Asia get computers for first time with low-cost Linux software

A Linux-based software that lets you use one computer to control ten separate ones has been in "overwhelming demand" from schools in Asia and South America according the makers Userful. The computer system called Userful Multiseat Linux lets anyone provide desktop computers at a fraction of traditional costs, which opens up computers to places with…

Buzz Lightyear card game goes three dimensional – EEK

I remember a time when cards were cards. Now they're portals into augmented reality. Well you'd expect Buzz Lightyear cards to be sort of whizzy, and the new ones are pretty impressive. Wave the playing card in front of your webcam on the dedicated Buzz Lightyear site and instead of seeing yourself waving a card…

Five Likely Features of the Facebook Phone

If you hold to the old motto that where there's smoke, there's a fire, then you'll probably believe where there are technology blog rumours about Facebook making a phone there is a Zuckerberg plan, a device on the cards and probably a purpose-built factory in China. It's what I believe anyway. This is a quick…

How the Internet of Everything ends up in the Stomachs of Japanese Cows

Qualcomm are better known for making chips for top smartphones than for cows' intestines. That could be about to change. The Internet of Everything aka the Internet of Things is where chips are embedded in everything from toasters to cars to CD players. With everything wired up to a chip, all these separate devices can…

The Bluetooth headset for people that hate Bluetooth headsets

It doesn't have an obvious mouthpiece - and that, say makers Nica, is what makes it good. Nica make good-looking Bluetooth headsets, and their new top product is a headset called Sunrise which looks a bit like a shell. It does away with the "bar-shaped" mouthpiece bit, replacing it with "open air acoustics" so it…

Tunebug Shake turns your Helmet into a Surround Sound System

It's small mobile speaker that promises to turn your bicycle helmet into a personal concert venue. The Tunebug Shake helmet by Tunebug can be fitted to any type of helmet or hard hat and works by sending sound waves through the surface of the helmet creating they describe as "an overhead listening experience". Tunebug also…

From MySpace to the Ovi Store: Lily Allen is now an app

Seeing as she started off as a MySpace phenomenon, it's only appropriate she's now an app. Lilly Allen is also an Ovi app called Lily Allen. Kylie Minogue is one too in fact, her app is called Kylie Minogue. What do you get on Lily Allen the app? Well, not personal messages from the singer,…

What do real Farmers think about Farmville..?

I always suspected that the farming on Farmville is easier than in real life. I have grown a few strawberries in my time and let me tell you it is greatly romanticised in Facebook game Farmville. (Though licking a computer screen would probably taste better than the scrawny pink and green things I forced out…