RIP ihug, the ISP created in 1994 and subsequently sold to Vodafone
will now merge entirely into the Vodafone brand:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10488214
The NZ Government is to overhaul its websites, adding RSS feeds and
desktop widget capabilities but little for democratic accountability:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10488373
The MPAA admits it hugely overestimated the filesharing issue in US
colleges. Only 3% of campus network users may be doing it anyway:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j33CBI8sUdc5ni7RlxSj5SIEc2mwD8UB6S0O2
The Epoq EGP-WP54-S GSM Quadband wrist-phone features a 1.5 inch colour touchscreen with 128x160 pixel resolution for US$450:
http://www.wristdreams.com/archives/2008/01/epoq_egpwp54s_g.html
And finally. A robot made from zombie rat muscles:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1413
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.