Burning Man is the test zone for the OpenBTS cellular test site, offering up free GSM access to 50,000 people from a shoebox:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/083010-open-source-voip-cell-phones-at-burning-man.html?hpg1=bn
How the adoption of Open Source and Open Standards in UK local government stands to save UKP51m in Windsor & Maidenhead:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/aug/26/local-government-spending-open-standards-saving
3D Printers start to drop in price and drop onto desktops, but what are they good for?:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/diy/3d-printers-proliferate
NZICT vote in a new chair from Simpl, a company claiming "direct relationships with Microsoft in Redmond, MS UK, Canada, AsiaPac & NZ":
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/new-nzict-chair-elected
Google adds VoIP capabilities to gmail, allowing subscribers to call mobile and landlines in the US and UK. More to come:
http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/8/25/google-brings-voice-gmail/
LG Electronics have 19" flexible e-Paper screens, and will make them available in 2011 together with colour e-Paper:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/08/lg-will-mass-produce-19-inch-flexible-e.html
And finally. Some say he'll be named in a new autobiography, others say the case will be heard in private. All we know is, he's The Stig:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11139252
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