New Zealand's ICT exports per capita appear to be larger than
Australia's:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/C36853E75586F3ADCC2572C90082382A
Beta copies of Windows Vista will terminate as of 31st May 2007.
Machines will then reboot every 2 hrs and only allow file retrieval:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39165
Dell might be resurrecting XP PCs, but their IdeaStorm site shows demand
is even higher for Linux PCs:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286787,00.htm
The Indian government is to offer free broadband at 2 Mb/s to all
citizens by 2009:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Broadband_to_go_free_in_2_yrs/articleshow/1955351.cms
Clusters of processors isn't enough. The Next Big Thing seems
to be clusters of processor dual cores...:
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/next-generation-high-performance-processor-unveiled-13080.html
IBM Will offer MySQL on its big servers. Note that Google recently
submitted its modifications back into the MySQL source tree:
http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3674076
http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2007/04/25/google-mysql/
Nanowires are formed with concentric cores, much like nanoscale
coaxial cable:
http://www.physorg.com/news96557368.html
And finally. Here's a custom Maglite that is so powerful you can light
fires with it:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1015
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.