Slingshot users find themselves mysteriously logged in to other
people's gmail accounts and university portals:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10527172
Appeals against the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML are rejected, so
the EU can now investigate - but they think OOXML is in MS Office:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080114134323486
A US federal appeals court finds that the Artistic Licence used for
some Open Source works is legally enforcable:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7561943.stm
T-Mobile will be the first US network to use a phone (made by HTC)
that runs the Google Android operating system:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/15/technology/15google.php
The US Army Research Office stumps up US$4m to investigate a brain
interface that can transmit thoughts wirelessly. Telepathy:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1827
And finally. The Clinton Foundation is currently in discussions with
the Indian government to set up a 5 gigawatt solar power station:
http://www.gizmag.com/clinton-foundation-considers-5000mw-solar-station-in-india/9792/
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.