Microsoft finally kills off support and security fixes for Windows 98,
opening the field to small-footprint Linux distros like Xubuntu:
http://news.com.com/End+to+Win98+support+may+boost+desktop+Linux/2100-1016_3-6092653.html
Micronix ships "soft-core" processor modules based on FPGAs that can be
reprogrammed to form different CPU cores. US$140 ea in 1 off:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7466134955.html
Cornell University cracks the code proposed for the European Gallileo
GPS system. Will European universities now crack the US Navstar codes?:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32936
The Inquirer hunts down the current hiding place of the Firefox 2.0 beta
pre-release:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32957
And finally. Duct tape saves the day again, securing astronaut Piers
Sellers into his jetpack for a spacewalk aimed to test shuttle repairs:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,,1818229,00.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.