Claims that IBM, OSDL et al are re-writing linux to eliminate infringements of
Microsoft patents seem to be, charitably speaking, over-inflated:
http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/15/136251&tid=148&tid=17&tid=2
Memsen are developing USB keychain storage devices with built-in Wireless USB
that can exchange data with similar devices when not attached to a PC:
http://www.everythingusb.com/news/index/6118.htm
A class action lawsuit is launched against Verizon for crippling the Bluetooth
functionality in the v710 and advertising the device as a Bluetooth phone:
http://www.blueserker.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=288
The PC/104 Consortium adopts a form of the Embedded Platform for Industrial
Computing (EPIC) standard to update its single-board computer specifications:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7475675197.html
And finally. Living rat heart muscle cells are connected to silicon chip parts
to create a tiny 2-legged device that walks when the cells are contracted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4181197.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.