Palm and Symbian both join the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) group, which
aims to present a consistent user interface across handhelds:
http://www.commsdesign.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57702205
Novell backs efforts to port the popular Linux/UNIX Evolution mail client to
Windows, hoping to displace Outlook as Firefox is threatening to do to IE:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/C22AA186F7A859DDCC256F8E0007427D?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Cringely suggests that Apple's Mini Mac may be to DVDs what the iPod is to CDs,
and form the basis of an interesting standard for digital HDTV centres:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050120.html
Desktop laser fabricators start appearing at under US$10,000. It cuts burnable
sheet material (plastic, leather) and can etch harder materials like stone:
http://www.versalaser.com
In a rare move for any corporate, Sony have admitted that they made a mistake in
not supporting the MP3 format and prefering their own proprietary ones:
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,12005964%255E15306,00.html
And finally. Cornell University discover how to make a plastic similar to
polystyrene from the orange oil beloved by cleansers and greenhouse CO2:
http://www.primidi.com/2005/01/18.html#a1083
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.