Telecom NZ is keeping a close eye on internet phone company Skype, which has
40,000+ users in NZ - about 1/3 of Telecom's broadband users:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/DD55FAF202AA0FF8CC256FA8000FCDA9?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Allegations Bill Gates told the Danish prime minister that 800 jobs would go at
a Microsoft-owned Navision if Denmark did not pass EU software patent laws:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21266
HP Is to release technology for virtual subnets as Open Source, Novell joins in
by contributing some of eDirectory:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1764131,00.asp
Sony Ericsson to release a Walkman-branded mobile phone this year, supporting
MP3, ACC and DRM with 6-10 CD's worth of music storage:
http://www.commsdesign.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60400621
A blind Hong Kong graduate develops a way of reading colour-coded maps using
musical notes to represent the visible spectrum:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4257961.stm
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. is to sell off its Magnetic Random Access
Memory division despite some successful initial sampling:
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=60400459
And finally. As well as Microsoft and Pfitzer going after fake stiffening pills,
a New Jersy man has launched a class action suit claiming ineffectiveness:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-02-15T132424Z_01_N14576514_RTRIDST_0_ODD-LIFE-ENLARGERS-DC.XML
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.