eWeek upset by Microsoft's Jan 2007 security update, which installed an
unwanted IE 7.0 and cut off internet access:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2086423,00.asp
Microsoft to start another anti-piracy publicity campaign, this time
using comics to get their viewpoint across:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Microsoft_launches_its_anti-piracy_campaign_in_the_United_States
The BluRay content protection scheme is bypassed by the same hacker that
did the HD-DVD crack, starting a war of DRM incompatibilities for users:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/23/blu-ray_drm_cracked/
David Harris restarts Pegasus Mail due to popular demand, but will be
concentrating on the more lucrative server market:
http://www.pmail.gen.nz/helpus.htm
Real-world trials of solid state drives show boot time increases don't
match the hype, and question cost-effectiveness:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37139
Spansion Inc to put low-cost four-bit-per-cell "MirrorBit" flash into
production this quarter with densities ranging from 256Mib to 2Gib:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196902833
And finally. A passenger from Botswana hijacks a plane using an asthma
inhaler, a tub of lip balm, and a whole load of hogwash:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6291879.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.