The NZ government seeks to water down provisions to legalise format
shifting as the film and music industries fight back:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4146679a6160.html
Emissions of toner from office printers appear to cause problems
similar to that caused by cigarette smoke:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6923915.stm
Official testing of Californian e-voting machines reveals significant
security flaws in both software and physical access:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/evoting_machine_review/
Competiton hots up for an automotive OS. 10 Japanese auto makers
join to develop an independent standard system for vehicl control:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070730TDY01001.htm
And finally. Air New Zealand are looking into the possibility of
using pond scum to make jet fuel - and clear up polluted water:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/31/pond-scum-biofuel-to-power-airplane
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.