The EU patent legislation looks to be abandoned, as EPO members call
it "neither necessary nor desirable":
http://www.epo.org/focus/news/2007/20070706.html
Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu founder, proposes a "free" laptop. Not $0
free, but with no proprietary bits (even a free BIOS and drivers):
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/131
Firefox continues gaining on IE, with 27.8% market share across
Europe, and 28.9% in Australasia. Parts of EU now approach 50%:
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13517/53/
Dell fixes its pricing gaff, and the Inspiron laptop running Ubuntu
Linux is now cheaper than the Windows Vista on equivalent hardware:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9933912441.html
Google's security team discovers a flaw in Java affecting all
platforms. Sun have issued a patch, details below:
http://news.com.com/Sun+says+Java+flaw+has+been+patched/2100-1002_3-6196493.html
Intel joins in with the OLPC initiative to supply inexpensive
laptops to the children of developing countries:
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/H/HUNDRED_DOLLAR_LAPTOP_INTEL?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
And finally. Free bikes in Paris. Bikes are released from a rack by
swiping a city travelcard and can be returned to any rack:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6899082.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.