Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Apr 25 12:59:12 NZST 2007

Today Index

With the TelstraClear pullout from Tauranga and the dismantling of the equipment for dispatch to Oz, will the rest of TelstraClear follow it?:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/14C5C10F340DA1EFCC2572C300185A1B

Fujitsu samples a WinCE terminal with a colour "electronic paper" display:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199200358

Australian's ICT trade deficit hits A$21 billion:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B09A72EA82F01802CC2572C30019465A

London's financial district is now one big wifi hotspot thanks to The Cloud, covering 350,000 Londoners and their visitors for UKP12 a month:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39113

Improved filtering brings fuel cells closer to laptops, as long as you can persuade airlines to carry them:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11699-simple-filter-may-inspire-smaller-fuel-cells.html

And finally. Geologists discover a mineral that matches Superman's fabled kryptonite formula - but can't call it kryptonite as it has no krypton in it:
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/roundup/display.var.1350856.0.superman_beware_kryptonite_is_real.ph

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.