This would be filed squarely in the "duh" department if we were talking about sugar, the stuff that makes candy taste so good. However, we are talking about the Linux-based Sugar UI. That probably wouldn’t make candy taste so good. We could try though.

An editor at Cnet gave his 8 year old daughter the choice between an OLPC XO laptop running Windows XP and one running the Sugar UI. She chose Sugar. Ok, this isn’t exactly the scientific method but the Sugar interface certainly makes more sense than that dreary ’ole XP interface.

Speaking of, Amazon’s "Give One, Get One" program will be limited to the Linux UI. So that works out, considering the kiddies like it so much.

In other news, kids prefer cute puppies to poisonous spiders.

It’s easy to imagine electric Honda Civics or Chevy Malibus, but electricity powering the creme de la creme of automobiles? A bit harder to imagine. Not for long, says Rolls Royce CEO Tom Purves. The bigwig has been considering making some batteries very, very happy by including them in the Phantom line. He says "many of its customers do small mileages exclusively in the city," and for these customers, "an electric Rolls-Royce would be ideal."

He didn’t give a release date or price but don’t worry, the latter is probably out of your reach. If it’s not, shoot me an email. I have a business proposition I’d like to go over with you. (Cue evil laugh.)

Click the link for more information, Richie Rich.

Homebrewing, or "amusement terrorism" as it’s known is certain circles, has always been a thorn in the side of Nintendo. It’s cited as the main reason the big N waited so long to transfer over to disc format in the first place. They have a paranoia about it that borders on the schizoid. So, when the homebrewing community set up stock in the Wii, we all knew it wouldn’t be long before their homes were foreclosed and their adorable kittens were kicked out on the street.

That time has come. A Wii System Update released last night blocks new installations of the Homebrew Channel and anything existing therein. Previous installs are unaffected but you won’t be able to get anything new and, as any homebrew enthusiast will tell you, that’s half the fun.

However, this increased vigilance on the part of Nintendo could be in response to a a program making the rounds called the Wii Backup Loader, which lets people run pirated Wii games right on the system. Still, it’s kind of sad given that a great percentage of the homebrew software available does nothing illegal. Oh well. They’ll figure something else out. They always do. The homebrewers will outlive us all.

Aigo has released a nifty little USB speaker that uses the power of elasticity to pump up the bass of your favorite jams. The Aigo E086 portable speaker is a 1.7 watt USB speaker that features a single 36mm driver, a 3.5-mm headphone jack and a 3-hour charge for up to 4 hours of usage.

The Japanese company has released the speaker for 27 American dollars or ¥2,580 if you happen to live in Tokyo. If you do live in Tokyo, may I suggest eating this. Yes, those are hot dogs in the crust.

Never to be outdone in the bootlegging department, China has done it again. First there was the "Nintendo Vii", and then the "mPod" mp3 player and now….this.

The iorgane is an iPhone knock off so base, so shameless, that even that orange logo is a bootleg of the doctor averting original. It looks like an iPhone and certainly seems like an iPhone, however something tells me it’s truly an iPhone in the same way those candy cigarettes truly give you a nicotine buzz. Chinese bootlegs aren’t exactly known for their functionality. The video is below.

Click here to check out the Iorgane web site. It’s in Chinese, so you’ll need to translate.