With projects like the FA 22 fighter having 80% of their development
cost in software, bugs are costing the US military US$12 billion:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32788
Nokia issues a software update for their 770 Internet Tablet that isn't
a PDA, no Sir, honest. Not compatible with the previous release, either:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/03/nokia_linux_tablet_update/
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006
The iLiad e-reader goes on sale, using an e-Ink screen. Looks very nice apart from the 650 euro price tag: https://www.irexshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/28
And finally. A way of putting sockets for artificial limbs into bones
that project through the skin is developed, based on deer antlers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5140090.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.