The NZ Electoral Enrolment Centre consolidates electoral rolls using the
open-source PostgreSQL database throughout the country:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/072965C09248DA04CC257268000C6C7F
The OSDL and Free Software Group combine to form the Linux Foundation.
The aim is to provide a single forum for Linux platform development:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070122053519523
Keen to sue over the iPhone, Cisco is caught out not complying with GPL
software used in the product. They say they'll comply real soon...:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37111
Scientists who claimed to have developed nanoscale wheels and axles
actually prove their achievement:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11002-nanowheels-seen-rolling-at-last.html
Another molecule is developed that can walk along surfaces while
carrying a cargo:
http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1496
And finally. A small Dutch brewery launches Kwispelbier, a beer
developed specially for dogs. Includes beef extract. Yum:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6288107.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.