Dell discovers that the way to give instant access to web functions,
VoIP and document viewing is to cut Microsoft out of the loop:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/149896/2008/08/.html
The UK Government forges ahead with its unpopular Road Pricing 2.0
plans called "Managed Motorway", using transponders in every vehicle:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/18/road_pricing_2_dot_beta/
Forget flat-panel monitors, these guys have got flat-panel rocket
engines:
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14551-invention-flatpanel-ion-thrusters.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_dn14551
Hard disk drives start to increase their speed in response to
pressure from SSDs. Here is the WD 20,000 RPM Raptor drive:
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06/06/western-digital-working-on-20-000-rpm-raptor/1
And finally. Here are some wiring jobs that should never see the
light of day, and possibly even the glimmer of a torch bulb:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/08/crazy-wiring-part-5.html
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.