Echos of the discontent in New Zealand - over the concept of Microsoft's
OOXML standard application to ISO - reach across the Tasman:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16571/1090/
The need for new ways of programming large parallel systems starts to
attract the likes of Intel and AMD. Erlang? :
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504466
OpenOffice Impress presentation suite to get OpenGL-based transitions
in release 2.4, though only in the Linux version:
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/eye-candy-3d-opengl-transitions-impress.html
Microsoft working on an external Blu-Ray player for the Xbox 360, possibly
bringing out an internal drive by May 2008:
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Console/J7L7H2R4?page=1
China investing heavily in nanotechnology with the aim of taking the
world centre stage:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/the-chinese-gov.html
And finally. Our desks are already infested with mice, now meet the
computer rat, complete with sensitive whiskers:
http://www.primidi.com/2008/02/18.html#a2101
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.