RIM Gets another NTP patent defeated, though the decision is not final. But
their court case to force an injunction against RIM proceeds regardless:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917831,00.asp
IR Cameras could be put in cellphones, enabling a host of measurement,
monitoring and safety applications. A real boon to emergency personnel:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=178600334
PDA Sales fall slightly, but Palm still leads the market with a 43% chunk. Next
is HP with 25%:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29446
The recent Windows WMF exploit has been on sale by Russian hacker groups for
US$4,000 since last December:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1918198,00.asp
LEDs look set to not only take over illumination, but to sterilise air and water
with UV light:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29437
And finally. A constructive way to blow up a building in an emergency:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=542
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.