Beijing cancels a US$3.5M deal with Microsoft under pressure from national
government officials and in-country rivals, citing monopolies and security:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/54201276
Sybase reworks its Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) for Linux to run on IBM's
Power5-base OpenPower systems, aiming for the financial services market:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3441591
SCO's main website is cracked and subtly modified. The hack remained up for some
time, and is suspected to have been perpetrated through a PHP hole:
http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id=4434/
Microsoft confirms a remote access vulnerability in Windows Internet Name
Service (WINS) affecting NT 4.0 Server, Win2K Server and 2003 Server:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5471485.html
An interesting publicity photo from Microsoft's PR department showing off their
new MSN search engine - and the fact that even they use Firefox these days:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/photos/N/NY87511172021.html?SITE=MNFER&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
NTT DoCoMo causes a bit of a stir in Japan by saying that they'll start selling
phones from foreign companies next year, such as Nokia and Motorola:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/96d0f7d2-42f6-11d9-bea1-00000e2511c8.html
Article on emerging details of the IBM/Sony Cell processor, apparently being
built on 90nm SOI and shipped to developers, with 65nm devices sampling:
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=54200580
And finally. Sir Harry Kroto, C60 "buckyball" co-discoverer, says he'll return
his honourary degree to protest the closure of Exeter chemistry department:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4052221.stm
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.