Yes, we're back. Now the Bluetooth standard becomes the target in a
US-style patent infringement suit:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36694
Carbon-based optical sensing materials double in sensitivity and speed,
laying the ground for organic optical networks:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10882-new-molecules-are-most-lightsensitive-ever.html
In wringing the maximum usability out of the $100 laptop, the OS may
well be more revolutionary than the low cost hardware:
http://www.canada.com/topics/finance/story.html?id=3363481a-e3fb-40a7-8f42-047f3676beef&k=32394
Only 17% of Chinese are considering upgrading to 3G services when they
become available, citing high handset prices:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/21188.php
Rumours of a WiFi service being established in US Avis rental cars:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/01/business/avis.php
A hacker claims to have broken the Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
used to restrict access and disable playback of HD-DVD content:
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21001186%5E15321%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Plastic Logic is to establish a pastic semiconductor fabrication
facility in Dresden by the end of 2008 making plastic circuits:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c341b510-9aa4-11db-bbd2-0000779e2340.html
Samsung to unleash 32GB solid state disks, resulting in power savings
and 50% faster boot times for laptops. Then they'll double capacity:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/03/samsung_32gb_ssd/
And finally. NASA gives the Martian rovers a software upgrade, including
a hunt-the-dust-devil algorithm:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6224509.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.