Red Hat are justifiably proud of the FAA's announcement that the switch
to Linux saved US$15M and came in under budget:
http://www.alphatradefn.com/story/2006-04-26/BIZ/200604260800BIZWIRE_USPR_____BW5201.html
Air New Zealand is now allowing travellers to use the non-transmitting
capabilities of their PDAs and phones as long as they are in "flight mode":
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3649973a11,00.html
Netcraft reports that Apache has just overtaken Microsoft in the SSL server
market:
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/04/26/apache_now_the_leader_in_ssl_servers.html
The Cleversafe storage grid disperses backups in fragments over multiple
locations. 50% of fragments can recreate the backup. GPL'd:
http://www.cleversafe.org/
The Democracy internet TV player is now available free for many flavours of
Linux, Windows and Macs:
http://www.getdemocracy.com/downloads/
A US University research team discovers that water offers a new way to
create nanoscale ferroelectric memory devices:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=956
And finally. Celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 16th year of service, a
veritable feast of astronomical eye candy:
http://blog.wired.com/hubblesixteen/
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.