With nominations closing on the 17th, Google becomes the platinum
sponsor for the New Zealand Open Source Awards:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/
Several Ubuntu servers were compromised and had to be taken down. No word on any file infections getting distributed: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue52#head-b009291e4151391137b8f04a53adea995d0ee280
Defective by Design joins the protest against the Microsoft-only
media formats being used for distributing BBC content:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest
Japanese scientists develop a 3D display based on lots of
exploding plasma balls. Neat, but noisy:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/02/aist-develops-3d-image-projector/
And finally: A rumour I hope is not true. Jurassic Park IV is said
to have dinosaurs with frickin' lasers strapped to their heads:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_park_4/news/1662545/
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.