NZ Telecom to merge Computerland into it's existing system integrator, Gen-i:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/FAF3ADEEAFE630D9CC256FDF000AEAB9?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Microsoft attempts to stifle the rise of Linux in Brazil by introducing a
stripped-down version of Windows there:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1784026,00.asp
Microsoft's Encarta follows Wikipedia's lead and allows limited editing of
encyclopedia entries, with checking. Security flaw allows unregistered access:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/MSN_Encarta_introduces_wiki-like_enhancements
The MIT Media Lab and the creator of the e-Ink display team up to produce 100m
US$100 laptops for 3rd-world. 12" Colour display, 500MHz, 1GB, 1Mpixel:
http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
Technology pundits point out that RFID tecghnology that is cheap enough to
replace the barcode will need to be printed just as easily:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783816,00.asp
And finally. Arabian camel racers are to switch to using remote control systems
to direct their camels in races, rather than young boys:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4430851.stm
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.