The New Zealand Open Source Society files objection to Microsoft's broad XML
patent. Microsoft says it will persist:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/F68C4D35A4AE5DD5CC257038000F4A24?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Vail Unified School District switches completely from paper textbooks to laptops
and online learning:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8540381/
LG Are to use PalmOS in their new cellphones, which PalmSource is investing most
of its resources in porting to the Linux operating system:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=165700231
A buffer overflow flaw in the zlib compression library poses a security risk for
Windows and Linux users alike:
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/4745/
Patches for all, covering Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft's "patch day":
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/firefox_update/
Google's current vision-based access authentication effectively blocks access to
those who cannot see. They're working on an audio version:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3518741
The NZ Fire Service is to switch its old X.25 alarms to IP-based systems as
Telecom shuts the old lines down:
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3340742a28,00.html
Basix releases a completely reprogrammable video device, shipped as a retro MSX1
video game emulator. A large FPGA onboard can be repeatedly rewritten by users:
http://www.fpgajournal.com/news_2005/07/20050711_11.htm
Mark Shuttleworth puts US$10m into The Ubuntu Foundation to ensure that Ununtu
6.04 will be supported free for at least 3 years on desktops and 5 on servers:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/UbuntuFoundation
Universal Display Corp. develops a blue OLED with a 15,000 hour lifetime:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=165700100
Scientists at Seikei and Aichi universities develop an ultra-low friction
lubricant. They sandwich buckyballs between graphite sheets to stop binding:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24425
And finally. Skippy, a proud member of the US forces, lists the 213 things he's
not alowed to do. It looks like the enemy is the least of his worries!:
http://www.skippyslist.com/skippylist.html
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.