Microsoft Vista's licencing terms restrict the user to 2 core CPUs:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36815
Apple unveils their iPhone. 3.5" display, touch screen (multiple point
of contact), browser, 2MP camera, accelerometer. Awful photos 2nd link:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128474-c,tradeshows/article.html
http://flickr.com/photos/beausf/351847182/in/photostream/
OQO Show off their O2, the world's smallest Vista-capable PC:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/6708/
Novell tells the court that SCO's bancruptcy is "inevitable" and
"imminent". SCO's share price was down on the news...:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070109080031668
The Pegasus Mail client, created by New Zealander David Harris, is to be
wound down due to lack of funds:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/E89B5829BF1011F3CC25725D0083AFD7
Dell is selling laptops and PCs pre-loaded with Linux. But only in China:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
Acer have put a "back door" ActiveX control on their laptops allowing
web pages to execute arbitrary commands:
http://vuln.sg/acerlunchapp-en.html
ScanBuy system allows mobile phones to take a picture of a barcode and
find out where you can buy the product cheaper:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/
Kilocore launch the KC256 PowerPC chip with 256 8-bit processor
elements. The idea is scalable CPU power for mobile phone games:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36792
Philips patents the sending of UV levels to cellphones on a per mobile
site basis:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10905-invention-cellphone-sunscreen.html
And finally. Put not your trust in laptop locks, for lo they may be
defeated with a toilet roll, gaffer tape and a pen:
http://www.havelaptopwilltravel.com/lock-picking-101
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.