Firefox usage in Oceania increases from 23.4% to 24.8% - in Europe it
averages 24.1% with some countries topping 40%:
http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/firefox-march-2007/index-1-2-3-77.html
Looks like the PS3 is going to get an even bigger hard disk:
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15825
Once more Sony foists copy protection on the world that breaks things.
This time their new copy-protects DVDs won't play in many players:
http://sonystrikesagain.wordpress.com/
Hot on the heels of acquiring YouTube, Google now looks set to get
DoubleClick for US$3.1 billion:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2114109,00.asp
Scalix, the e-mail and groupware server formerly known as Openmail, is
released as Open Source. Works with MS Outlook & Evolution clients:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalix
Serious bug found in the MadWi-Fi Linux kernel device driver that allows
remote takeover even when the PC is not on a wireless network:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130717-pg,1/article.html
The T-Mobile Sidekick iD is launched, offering a slide screen, QWERTY
keyboard & smile-based user interface. It's GSM with J2ME support:
http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=3303
Intel are to release a new ultra-mobile PC with WiFi and 3G. The
surprise? They're using Linux as the OS:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Intel-to-launch-Linux-powered-mobile-Internet-device-/0,130061702,339274887,00.htm
A new fringe theory to explain the loss of bees across the world -
mobile phone transmissions may interfere with bee guidance:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece
And finally. The UK issues approximately 10,000 valid passports with
RFID biometrics and all that annually - to fraudulent applicants:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2038442,00.html
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.