Vodafone roaming to Australia is out of action for 8 days as demand
exceeds supply of international bandwidth:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10485083
Intel loses interest in supporting the OLPC laptop after 6 months, and
"quits" - most likely after a spat over OLPC demotion by Intel:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/technology/kirkpatrick_negroponte.fortune/?postversion=2008010415
http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9839806-37.html?tag=nefd.top
Sony appears to be preparing to drop DRM on its music. Could 2008 see
the death of DRM'd music? :
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008013_398775.htm
SanDisk's new Cruzer Titanium Plus USB flash drive backs up to a web
service, which stores data onto Amazon.com's computers:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10485141
Philips' latest flexible 14.3-inch e-paper display has a resolution of
1280x800 pixels:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1385
US University researchers develop a foam which can be programmed to
return to a given shape permanently when in a magnetic field:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=110901
And finally. Microsoft patents a frustration detection system. Will they
now be able to sue you if you think you're frustrated with them?:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=139
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.