Most of Android is effectively Java. It's not going anywhere. Java browser plugins are another matter.

Nobel boffin ≠ being someone to take seriously with regard to AGW

He may have won a Nobel, but Ivar Giaever would be a bit more credible if

a) he'd published any peer reviewed articles AT ALL in the field of atmospheric science/global warming etc. during his career

b) wasn't signed up with the CATO institute - notable for denying/downplaying the health effects of cigarettes.

The fact that the tactics of the AGW denial camp are so similar to the tobacco lobby downplaying health effects in past decades does make me rather suspicious of them.

I'm still hoping we'll sort out fusion power so we can stop having desert wars and coughing up trillions of dollars to a bunch of religious nutters (ok, not ALL Texans are religious nutters). It'd also be nice not to have to wait until London is underwater find out which bunch of scientists were right.

The fruit logo won't make people buy something they don't want

The current Apple TV is available at under a ton on the high street right now, and no one is buying it. Just because it's designed in Cupertino doesn't mean it will sell. Simply adding a big screen and voice control to the current proposition doesn't really change the equation. I'm sure Apple already know this. However, hate Apple as much as you like, but in creating the iPhone and iPad they have learnt a thing or two about what makes a truly disruptive, market defining, product. It'll be interesting to see if they manage it again with this new evolution of the Apple TV, or if it will be another flop. My money's on something new and something interesting that will have competitors racing to emulate it faster than you can say android.

A five-fingered shuffle is mandatory?

I have four fingers and a thumb on each hand. Parsing what a five-fingered shuffle may entail, well, lets just not go there eh?

Love the Woz. But droid fanbois get boring quickly. It's won. There's more droid than ios handsets being sold right now. It's a bit like windows vs osx. You can stop feeling all insecure now. However, it's good to have have competing os's to keep driving innovation, surely? For the record, some of us who do have a clue still have a preference (yes it's a preference, not a religious calling) of ios to android. This doesn't mean I think android is somehow unclean (though it would be nice if they sorted out the realtime audio latency issues and being able to connect through proxy servers without faffery).

Derailing the gravy train

Sounds good, but I suspect it's an excuse not to continue to invest in computer hardware in schools rather than wanting any sort of meaningful change to the curriculum. Where will that leave our beloved educational IT suppliers? RM have retreated from international waters into an increasingly stagnant and shrinking pond here in blighty and who's going to buy poor old Lord Sugars Viglen POS's? Couldn't happen to nicer companies.

This looks toy. The Alesis IO dock is a bit more expensive, but has much better connectivity, ergonomics etc.