Now you can control your dreams

Takara has come up with the hi-tech toy Yumemi Koubou, Japanese for "Dream Viewing Workshop" and designed to give you control over your dreams.

Extreme Tech reports that the Yumemi Koubou begins its work by relaxing the user (lulling one to sleep with soft background music, mood lights and a "pleasing" fragrance). Once the mood has been set, the user records one simple, concise summary phrase with the built-in recorder. Make it a good one, warns the site - this phrase will be repeated throughout the night while you`re sleeping.

NewsFactor provides a look at some emerging networking technology trends. The first instalment in its two-part series identifies a move to place wireless behind the corporate firewall; growing interest in scalable `pay-as-you-grow` servers; increasing popularity of very dense `server blades`; the use of global assessment services to keep networks performing smoothly; and a dramatic rise in demand for speech-based servers.

Part two adds five up-and-coming networking trends to the list, ranging from the rise of IP telephony to adoption of real-time network backups. Read the full report here.

Red Hat plans to expand its network service so that customers can set up or reconfigure Linux servers from afar, reports CNet.

The "provisioning" system marks Red Hat`s entry into the utility computing vision that`s swirling through the computing industry. The company plans to launch and announce the new service on Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York.