Parrot has announced a new hands-free device which lets drivers manage emails, texts and calls via voice control.

The MiniKit Neo will be available in September for £79.99.

Parrot said:

The latest creation from the leader in wireless peripherals for mobile phones, the Parrot MINIKIT Neo is a technological gem that uses voice commands to manage phone calls, e-mails or SMS.

Bonus: It comes with a new dedicated application for Smartphones packaged with practical and ingenious features

Focus on driving: the Parrot MINIKIT Neo, positioned on the sun visor thanks to its integrated holder, allows the driver to manage phone calls, texts messages and e-mails exclusively using their voice, whilst keeping their hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road.

Life president of Eidos Ian Livingstone has said the rape controversy around the latest Tomb Raider has been "blown out of proportion".

In an interview with Edge he said the argument was based on "a live interview that went slightly wrong – quotes were misinterpreted and blown out of proportion" he said.

“There was a momentary threat to Lara which she overcame in two seconds. The reaction has been quite extreme.”

The legal dispute involved The Oatmeal.com, another website and a lawyer are too detailed and fraught for us to go into here.

But the good news is that a charity drive launched by the comic site in response to legal threats < a href="http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fundraiser_update">has ended with more than $211,233 being donated.

The site's creator said originally he would withdraw the money in cash, and take a picture of it to send to the lawyer who threatened him - along with a cartoon of his accuser's mother.

He said:

Previously I stated that because the amount raised was so much larger than expected I was going to divide the money into four charities instead of two, but unfortunately Carreon's lawsuit claims that I'm holding an "illicit fundraiser" and not donating money where I said I would. To avoid further litigation with him, I decided to split the money between the original two charities. If Carreon wanted a minor victory, he got one here.

Lego will sell 340 million minifigures in 2012 - making it the most successful toy line on the market.

(And as you may now, we at HuffPost are also fans.)

So the news that a new massively multiplayer online game will be developed around the MiniFig range has been warmly received across the internet - and in the offices of HuffPost.

According to Lego:

“The market for family-friendly online experiences intended for children and youngsters is brimming with potential,” says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas.

“Being able to work with a world-renowned brand such as the LEGO brand to develop an MMO for this audience is incredibly exciting to us as game developers and for Funcom as a company.

"This is source material we all know and love and we simply cannot wait to get started working with the LEGO Group on realising this exciting project.”

Do you really, really need a 41megapixel camera phone? Do you really, really not care about everything else your phone is supposed to be able to do?

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/26/3117969/nokia-808-pureview-uk-pre-order-amazon" target="_hplink">Great - the Nokia PureView 808 and its market-leading camera absurda are available to pre-order from Amazon for £499.

A new in-browser game - Build With Chrome - allows you to build ANYTHING out of Lego, in full 3D, with just your browser and, yes, your imagination.

Check it out here.

Hat-tip to Boing Boing for pointing us to this video of the 7ft 2in Nigerian actor Bolaj Badejo, who played the alien in Alien practicing in a prototype suit:

From the BBC:

MI5 Chief Jonathan Evans said in a speech on Monday that it was trying to deal with "industrial-scale processes involving many thousands of people lying behind both state sponsored cyber espionage and organised cyber crime".

"Vulnerabilities in the internet are being exploited aggressively not just by criminals but also by states… The extent of what is going on is astonishing."

"This is a threat to the integrity, confidentiality and availability of government information but also to business and to academic institutions."

Good news for Mac owners with Galaxy phones - Samsung has released an app to help you sync music between iTunes and the Market-leading Android devices.

Simon Stanford, VP of Telecommunications and Networks for Samsung UK, said: "We know that traditionally iPhone users have been reluctant to switch to an Android device because they couldn't use iTunes to manage their content."

Check it out here.

The BBC looks at which predictions came true from Ridley Scott's 1982 movie.

Meanwhile The Verge does the same for Minority Report.

A marathon gaming session by Mario enthusiasts playing more than 800 levels of the game has raised $43k so far - and the number is still rising.

Joystiq reports that last year the marathon raised $112k.

Click here to donate.

YouTube finally explains why viral videos stop their views count at '301' when a clip is getting popular...

Despite its troubled performance in the US, Google is to launch its smart TV product in the UK starting from July.

Sony and Google will launch the new set-top box for about £200.

Entertainment content is available through so many channels and sites, and Google TV helps consumers easily find what they want to watch, listen to or play with the freedom of the internet and using the familiar Chrome search engine technology," said Gildas Pelliet, Sony's European head of marketing.

There will also be a Blu-Ray version of the box available later in the year for £300.

The UKI CEO of Cisco has responded critically to Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's comments in the Independent that UK entrepreneurs are risk averse:

Phil Smith, UKI CEO, Cisco, said:

“I was interested to read that Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey believes entrepreneurs in Europe lack ambition compared to those in Silicon Valley. While it may be said British entrepreneurs have a certain reserve compared to their US counterparts, there is still a thriving entrepreneurial community within the UK, with ground-breaking ideas up their sleeves. With the emergence of Tech City and initiatives like Cisco’s British Innovation Gateway (BIG) and TechHub there is now, more than ever, a real opportunity for entrepreneurs to take advantage and turn their ideas and businesses into global success stories. UK entrepreneurs shouldn’t be afraid to live up to their full potential. Rather than aspire to be acquired by the likes of Twitter or Google, they should aspire to be the next Twitter or Google. At Cisco, we believe it is vital to nurture and support the UK’s budding entrepreneurs to kick-start a new wave of innovation and entrepreneurism and help build a brilliant future for Britain. We can help the UK fulfil its potential as a global technology hub and show our American counterparts how it’s done”

Sci fi blog io9 finds out just how difficult, and brilliant, the task of dissecting a Lego Man can be.

Need a lamp? Hate wasting power? Enjoy controlling stuff with your phone for no very good reason?

Check it out.

And here's the making-of.