Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Fri Jul 13 14:32:45 NZST 2007

Today Index

Telecom is told by the Commerce Commission to drop the price of broadband to $26.35 per customer per month after complaints:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10451041

OOXML's spreadsheet formula implementation in the standard seems to have several flawed and underspecified functions. Examples here:
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/07/formula-for-failure.html

Gumstix bring out a range of modules that can be connected to form a GSM phone, GPS handset etc. all powered by Open Source:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5947466557.html

Ars Technica gets to preview a prototype Intel Mobile Internet device capable of running Linux or Vista:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070710-hands-on-with-a-prototype-intel-mobile-internet-device.html

And finally. Don't wear earphones in a thunderstorm. It's the equivalent of sticking aerials in your ears...:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12225-listening-to-mp3s-in-a-storm-could-blow-your-mind.htm

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.