LinuxConf starts in Melbourne next week, and Clippings will be there.
Postings may be irregular for a week or so as we look around stunned:
http://linux.conf.au
Linux/Apache servers suffering from a mystery rootkit infection that
then infects Windows machines connecting to the web server:
http://www.linux.com/feature/125548
Microsoft prepared to spend US$235 million to buy the educational computer market. It seems to be butting heads with the OLPC:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080123114324664
The Linux & UNIX KDE desktop makes it across to the Windows platform,
with KOffice suite (OpenDocument supported) and file managers etc.:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080123-kde-goes-cross-platform-with-windows-mac-os-x-support.html
VIA Come up with a new range of low-power x86 CPUs aimed squarely
at the mobile device market. Clock speeds go up to 2GHz:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=7600
And finally. Take a trip with Virgin Galactic. Richard Branson's company
puts out a promotional video for their upcoming spaceflight service:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=141
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.