New Zealand's population is second on the league table for Internet penetration,
with Malta leading the pack:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3534464a11275,00.html
Apple offering Intel-based Mac as of right now. They will run Windows if you
can figure out how to install it:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803208
The US Patent office rules that the Microsoft FAT patents are valid, causing
potential legal issues for devices implementing it and the Linux kernel:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28914
The US Department of Homeland Insecurity funds projects to scan Open Source
software for vulnerabilities and publish the bugs for developers to fix:
http://news.com.com/Homeland+Security+helps+secure+open-source+code/2100-1002_3-6025579.html
Recent advances in quantum technology result in ion spin and pared photons being
controlled on chips:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70001-0.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8568
Levi's RedWire DLX Jeans, weighing in at US$114, will feature an integral iPod
dock, headphones and wearable controls:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4601690.stm
China, which has a 30% uptake of Linux on the desktop, is gunning for an even
larger slice with Red Flag Linux and aims to replace middleware too:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1900214,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1908900,00.asp
The US Patent Office starts to recognise the usefulness of the Open Source
community for finding prior art on patent applications:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006011009141979
Firefox was measured at 9.57% of the web browser population in December 2005,
and now looks likely to have broken the magic 10% barrier:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3575876
AT&T Research develops a CPL'd POSIX-compliant DLL called UWIN for Windows
XP/2K/NT/etc.:
http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/
And finally. The Segway evolves to its minimalist form; the electric unicycle:
http://www.tlb.org/eunicycle.html
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.