What happens when the Wired news editor uses only Google Apps for a
month? Well, the cracks start to show:
http://www.wired.com/software/softwarereviews/news/2007/04/lavidagoogle
HP Pushes pay-per-page printer services; lease the printer and pay for
the output. The printer is so efficient, the profit on ink is too small:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/HP-offers-Australia-cutting-Edge-printing/0,130061702,339274933,00.htm
NZ Telecom to use dual-mode GSM/CDMA phones to provide roaming services,
but will lock them to prevent any danger of use on Vodafone's network:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/1BFF8F0CFDDD22BDCC2572C2001C9D86
Due to popular demand, Del is bringing back Microsoft Windows XP on its
laptop and desktop PCs:
http://news.com.com/Dell+brings+back+XP+on+home+systems/2100-1046_3-6177619.html?tag=nefd.top
Thunderbird 2 launches. No, not the round, green one. This is the
Mozilla foundation e-mail reader we're talking about here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39041
Second Life have now opened up their server code as well as their client
under the GPL:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=142
And finally. Science images can sometimes be astoundingly beautiful.
Here are the winners of the annual Science as Art competition:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/04/amazing_microsc.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.