Sun release their plugin for Microsoft Word that allows the user to
load & save ISO standard OpenDocument files in Word XP, 2000 & 2003:
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/92193
Word is that Micrsoft are to release Vista SP1 in beta this week,
with the full release coming out sometime this November:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=559
The OpenMoko embedded GNU/Linux environment for mobile phones, which
is completely Open Source, is shipped in the FIC 1973 SmartPhone:
http://www.myitablet.com/open-source-iphone-rival-neo-available-from-july-061103.php
Richard Stallman warns that open systems are going to offer businesses
more advantages than closed, proprietary ones with GPL3:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/mgmt/73485C3F2625B153CC25731000130AE6
And finally. RoboCup 2007 opens, with the 400 robotic footballers
entering 11 leagues and aiming to best people in 2050. Beats chess:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/robocup-kicks-off-180783.ph
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.