The Free Standards Group is to move away from a single Linux specification (the
LSB) and divide it into server and desktop standards to reflect the real world:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1758074,00.asp
Apple's latest PowerBook models offer real improvement on functionality
and robustness, rather than the traditional boost in CPU speed:
http://news.techwhack.com/706/apple-powerbook-upgrade/
Cingular Wireless joins Sprint in adopting Palm's Treo 650 for its
network and says it will start to ship them in a couple of weeks:
http://news.com.com/Cingular+picks+up+PalmOnes+Treo+650/2100-1036_3-5560590.html
TelstraClear warns customers of its Paradise.net service that the system
was attacked last week, and suggests users change their passwords:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/A8752343432F5B66CC256F9C007452AE?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Zombie spam machines now tend to use the sender's own e-mail address,
giving real addresses from major ISPs to circumvent blocking:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050202-4577.html
Z Corp's Z510 System prints 600x450 dpi colour objects in a 254 mm X
356 mm X 203 mm volume. Available now for US$49,900, shipping Q1 2005:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050131/nem034_1.html
And finally. Fancy yourself as a firefighter? Drager, manufacturers of fire
safety equipment, have put up a game so anyone can have a squirt:
http://clients.wmteam.de/draeger/firefighter_en/index_fmx.php
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.