Mood-tracking apps already exist but the team from the Cambridge Computer Laboratory think this is the first time that user-input data and phone information sources have been combined.

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Simple navigation, texting and e-mail are enabled by a refined user-interface and fast text input.

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But for the researchers, the board is simply another interesting low-cost input device for enabling new user interactions, says Matthieu Deru.

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While it would be nice to see a better diagramming input solution for the average business graphics user, add-on graphics tablets, such as those from Wacom, make the most sense for professionals.

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The hack is a simple cross-site scripting vulnerability, a flaw in how Skype handles user input and prevents it from being interpreted as commands on the target machine.

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The NOR type needs to be ultrafast because it is directly connected to the central processing unit of a computer and stores its basic input-output system (the operating system used by the microchip that lies beneath user-interface operating systems, such as Windows).

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