TT, a Chicago-based company, starts enforcing a series of patents basically
cornering the online stock trading market for 2.5 US cents per trade:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/eaccbcde-85d3-11d9-9011-00000e2511c8.html
If your Microsoft anti-spyware package mucks up your hard disk, Microsoft will
make ammends by giving you a whole US$5 (five) rebate. It says so in the EULA:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+offers+5+windfall+for+errant+software/2100-1029_3-5590042.html?tag=nefd.top
Microsoft pays a Dutch firm compensation and issues a formal apology after MS
anti-spyware blocks a legitimate competitor to MSN:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/75106891058B2DB6CC256FB200112104?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Philips Electronics unveils its new Nexperia Cellular System Solution 9000,
another Linux/Java-based smartphone platform:
http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/dailynewsdetail/000488
A Judge tells the FCC that it does not have the authority to dictate mandatory
copy protection in HDTVs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4290315.stm
China walks out of talks as their WAPI (Wireless Authentication & Privacy
Infrastructure) security scheme withdrawn & placed on a slow track by ISO:
http://www.commsdesign.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60403226
Mandrake buys up all the shares in the major Brazilian Linux distribution
company Conectiva, as Brazil's infrastructure starts to go Open Source:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2539
Lots of activity from Hitachi and Seagate on CF-sized disk drives, with a
smaller 10GB one expected soon:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21421
And finally. When your old hard disk breaks down, what is more satisfying than
eviscerating it & making a wind chime from the bits. You got a backup, right?:
http://halogen.note.amherst.edu/~wing/wingie/tech/hdchime/hdchime.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.