Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Sat Feb 25 09:03:35 NZDT 2006

Today Index

A report justifying NZ Telecom's broadband fees compares their promises with ISP's current pricing, is seriously outdated, & only covers 1st generation ADSL:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/29BFF57CD51A236CCC25711E00732501?OpenDocument

Alex Ostrovsky is the lucky downloader of the 1 billionth iTunes track, netting himself a place in the history books as well as a host of material goodies:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1653881

Japan bans the sale of second-hand electronic devices manufactured before 2001 for "security reasons":
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29858

The Inquirer also reports that a twist in the Windows licence means that you have to buy a new licence if you change the case:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29854

AIST Demonstrates a true 3D display that works by generating plasma bursts in the air above the projector. Currently only 100 pixels are possible:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=559

And finally. The real world of goatse, where a Sudanese man is caught at it and ordered to marry the goat - with dowry:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.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.