IBM Donates their DHTML code to Firefox, for use in rich interactive
applications (RIA). Version 1.5 is slated for release in late September:
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3527341
Microsoft's XML licence is incompatible with the GPL, and denies the freedom to innovate. Ironically, they don't want anyone embracing and extending their standards: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1829728,00.asp
Infoworld produces a special report on what Open Source business solutions are
available - and what ones are not:
http://www.infoworld.com/reports/32SRoss.html
The Bochs x86 emulator is ported to the Sony PSP, allowing it to run Linux,
Windows and so forth:
http://www.pspupdates.com/2005/08/confirmed-windows-linux-run-on-psp.html
UCSD Researchers develop a Y-shaped carbon nanotube that acts as a transistor.
The central conducting atom also acts as the catalyst for formation:
http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news_events/releases/release.sfe?id=413
Simple water ice deposited on silicon as a resist allows the etching of details
down to 20 nanometres in size:
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2005/081005/Ice_transforms_chipmaking_081005.html
And finally. Madison fellows finally follow the flow of feather formation. So we
now know how down goes up:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uow-mmo081005.php
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.